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Northern Ireland, born of strife 100 years ago, again erupts in political violence

  • Written by James Waller, Cohen Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Keene State College
Northern Ireland, born of strife 100 years ago, again erupts in political violenceNorthern Irish protesters on April 7, 2021, burn the Peace Gate in Belfast, built in the 1990s to separate the city's warring Protestant and Catholic communities.Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Sectarian rioting has returned to the streets of Northern Ireland, just weeks shy of its 100th anniversary as a territory of the United Kingdom.

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