Living through the Troubles in Northern Ireland

For thirty years, the citizens of Northern Ireland lived through the Troubles. Many were born into the conflict, and never knew anything else. By the 1980s, the situation was getting worse not better, and violence was escalating. With devastating attacks such as the Remembrance Sunday bombing in 1987 and killings at two funerals in 1988, public weariness of the conflict drove forward peace talks. Gerry Adams and John Hume began to meet in secret and by the early 1990s, it appeared that peace might be within reach. In the third episode of our series on the Troubles, we look at what was it like to live through this conflict, and – just as the situation seemed impossible – how the two sides finally came together for negotiations. Watch the rest of our Troubles series: Episode 1 - Origins: https://youtu.be/IHLYeBtGvOg Episode 2 - Escalation: https://youtu.be/fGo17SIvMRM Episode 3 - Division: https://youtu.be/NNmcRoNMC5E Episode 4 - Peace: https://youtu.be/F5RlWxirYYM Behind the scenes of our exhibition - https://youtu.be/l5szVTilBEo IWM's free exhibition 'Northern Ireland: Living with the Troubles' opens at IWM North on 22 March 2024. Plan your visit: https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/northern-ireland-living-with-the-troubles-iwm-north Explore and licence the film clips used in this video from IWM Film: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/mycollections/index/3353 Follow IWM on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/I_W_M​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iwm.london Image Credits John Hume via John Mathew Smith/𝒲. Gerry Adams and John Hume via Belfast Telegraph Gerry Adams image via Sinn Féin Gerry Adams, Albert Reynolds and John Hume via Independent.ie Ireland Unfree Mural via Guinnog From Conflict to Peace Mural via ManfredHugh Londonderry Mural via Ktoma No Surrender Mural via Fribbler #history #northernireland #thetroubles