What is the Troubles in Northern Ireland about?
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The Troubles in Northern Ireland, a conflict that raged from the late 1960s to the late 1990s, was rooted in deep-seated religious and nationalist divisions between the predominantly Protestant unionist community, who favored maintaining Northern Ireland's status as part of the United Kingdom, and the predominantly Catholic nationalist community, who sought unification with the Republic of Ireland.
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