northern ireland

What would the Troubles look like in a United Ireland? How would Dublin respond to a low-level insurgency from the Protestants in Ulster? Would there even be an insurgency, or would the loyalists move to Britain instead to stay with the crown? As for how this United Ireland might come about, I...

IOTL, in a historic move to promote the peace process, POTUS Bill Clinton made a visit to Northern Ireland in 1995. This was following an IRA ceasefire. The trip broke two centuries of American foreign policy involving not intervening in the affairs of the United Kingdom, specifically in regard...

What if the INLA car bomb that killed Airey Neave either malfunctioned or was intercepted by Westminster security? Neave was a staunch ally of Margaret Thatcher, and he would've taken over the brief of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland had he lived to see the Tories' 1979 General Election...

The 1973 Northern Ireland border poll was a referendum asking if Northern Ireland should either "remain part of the United Kingdom" or "join with the Republic of Ireland". Republicans boycotted so "remain" got 99% of the vote (with a 59% turnout). ITTL the republicans participate while a few...

Not long ago I made this ALT Wiki box regarding the Home Championship had it not ended in 1984 and carried on into the present day. For those who don't know about this, between 1884 and 1984, the United Kingdom's four Home Nations football team would play for six matches in the attempt of...

For anyone who knows railways will know that Ireland has a rather different rail gauge to the rest of the continent of being 5ft 3in, a gauge that can also be found in Australia and Brazil. However Ireland's first railway, Dublin and Kingstown, was built as standard gauge but it found itself in...

What if the Troubles play out similarly to how the Algerian War went for the French? Let's say the IRA had more support if Northern Ireland is bigger in the territory wise. This may produce a Catholic majority Ulster where the IRA would conduct terrorist bombings and shootings of Loyalist...

I found this map of British counties and was wondering what POD will take to have these borders.

What if at some point during the Troubles in Northern Ireland (between 1969 and 1997) the Republic of Ireland for whatever reason decides that it could no longer stand idly by and that it must intervene militarily in Northern Ireland? In 1970 military the Irish Government examined the...

The UK government entertained the idea of resettling 5.5 million Hong Kongers in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. The site chosen was Magilligan. Apparently the idea was these likely pro-Unionist Chinese would secure Ulster for the UK. Even if a fraction of this number arrived, they would...

two possibly starting points: Once he gets elected MP Once he enters a coma (and comes out of it.)

Paddy Ashdown, former leader of the Liberal Democrats had grown up in Northern Ireland on his family's farm but moved to England after his father's business collapsed. What if it didn't and Ashdown stayed? Does he decide to stay in the intelligence field, or does he still enter politics? If he...

So I came across this paragraph: "As Morrison had forecast, the IRA’s war of attrition would continue despite Sinn Féin's move into the political arena. A short list of headline-grabbing incidents might include the assassination of the Reverend Robert Bradford, Member of Parliament for South...

Rather than make two separate threads, I figured I'd just combine these into the same one. The first AHC: Create a situation in which the Irish might return to the fold of the British monarchy after independence. I expect that closer to the modern day, the fact that Ireland is heavily Catholic...

Until 1998, treason was an hanging offense in Britain, and although IRA member were convicted for murder and various violent offense, none was indicted for Treason even though some lawyers might argue they were waging war against the Queen in her realm, as Mssrs Justice Donaldson and Bridge...

How could there be an electorally successful Labour Party in Northern Ireland in 2016? One that could appeal to both unionist and nationalist communities? Either from a home grown party, from the UK Labour Party, or from the Labour Party in the Republic? Home grown Northern Irish Labour Party...

"Blinded by the light. Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light. Revved up like a deuce Another runner in the night." -Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Blinded by the Light --- Oh - look what the cat dragged in. Uhh... Hi...? It's you again. Yes it is...? Have you...

I've been writing up an alt history of the United Kingdom national football team, and I thought it would be fun to simulate the matches in FIFA 14. So here they are! :) AltHistory Page: http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_(UKatWC) YouTube Channel...