the troubles

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...

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...

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...

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...