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List of Northern Ireland riots

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The following are a list of riots that have occurred in Northern Ireland.

Name Dates Locations Cause Deaths Wounded Ref
1935 Belfast Riots 12 July - August 1935 Belfast Tensions between Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics 9 Unknown [1]
1969 Northern Ireland riots 12 – 16 August 1969 Mainly Derry, Belfast, Newry, Armagh, Crossmaglen, Dungannon, Coalisland, Dungiven Northern Ireland civil rights movement 8 750+ [2]
1997 Northern Ireland riots 6 – 11 July 1997 Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland The Troubles 2 162+ [3]
Holy Cross dispute 19 June 2001 – 11 January 2002 Ardoyne, Belfast Tensions between Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics 0 170+ [4]
July 2001 Belfast riots 12 July 2001 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 113+ [5]
November 2001 Belfast riots 11 November & 16–17 November 2001 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 28+ [6]
2005 Belfast riots 10 – 12 September 2005 Belfast and County Antrim Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 81 [7]
2010 Northern Ireland riots 11 – 15 July 2010 Belfast, Derry, and County Armagh Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 83 [8]
2011 Northern Ireland riots 20 June – 16 July 2011 Belfast, Portadown, Newry, Ballyclare, Larne, Derry, Ballymena Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 300 [9]
2012 North Belfast riots 12 July, 25 August, and 2–4 September 2012 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 92 [10]
Belfast City Hall flag protests 3 December 2012 – 30 November 2013 Belfast Belfast City Council voting to limit the number of days the Union Jack was flown from Belfast City Hall 0 157 [11]
2013 Belfast riots 12–17 July & 9 August 2013 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 90+ [12]
2018 Derry riots 8–13 July 2018 Derry Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists Uncertain Uncertain [13]
2021 Northern Ireland riots 30 March – 9 April 2021 Belfast, Carrickfergus, and Derry Northern Ireland Protocol, the funeral of Bobby Storey, and the COVID-19 pandemic 0 88 [14]

References

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  1. ^ Hepburn, A.C (January 1990). "The Belfast Riots of 1935". Social History. 15 (1): 75–96 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Fields, Rona M. Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege. Transaction Publishers, 1977. p.19
  3. ^ Chronology of the Conflict: July 1997. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  4. ^ Heatley, Colm. Interface, Flashpoints in Northern Ireland. Chapter 1: Alliance Avenue and Holy Cross Dispute. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)
  5. ^ Brown, Derek (19 September 2001). "Northern Ireland timeline: May 2000 to September 2001". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Melaugh, Dr Martin. "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 2001". cain.ulst.ac.uk.
  7. ^ "Violent clashes erupt in Belfast". 11 September 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ^ McDonald, Henry (14 July 2010). "Belfast rioters 'will not plunge Northern Ireland back into conflict'". the Guardian.
  9. ^ McDonald, Henry (27 June 2011). "The truth about Belfast's riots - Henry McDonald". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  10. ^ "Owen Paterson in call over Northern Ireland parades". BBC News. 13 July 2012.
  11. ^ "Northern Ireland Orange Order leaders warn of cultural war" BBC News. 12 July 2013
  12. ^ Peter Taggart; Laura Smith-Spark. "Extra police sent to Northern Ireland after Belfast rioting". CNN.
  13. ^ "Violence continues in Derry as 74 petrol bombs are thrown in a single night". independent.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Twelve officers injured in Londonderry disorder". BBC News. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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