Troubles

See also: troubles and troublés

English

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Proper noun

the Troubles pl (plural only)

1. (Ireland, historical) The continued violence and terrorist, military and paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland that happened from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s.
   • 2023 August 1, “Son of slain republicans brings actions”, in The Irish Times, page 4:

     Under McGlinchey's leadership, the INLA committed several atrocities and murders during the Troubles, resulting in the Co Derry native's imprisonment both north and south of the border.

Translations

violence in Northern Ireland, 1960s–1990s

• Irish: na Trioblóidí f pl

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• Boulters, boulster, boulters, ostruble