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

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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.