Ti Me LiNe
| 1920 | The Government of Ireland Act partitions Ireland into North and South Ireland. |
| 1921 | The Northern Anglo Irish Treaty is
signed creating the Irish Free State. The Northern Ireland Parliament is opened. |
| 1932 | The Northern Ireland Parliament moves to Stormont. |
| 1937 | A New Constitution is established in the Irish Free State. |
| 1970 | The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is created. |
| 1971 | The Democratic Unionist Party is created. |
| 1988 | August 1, first IRA bombing
in Britain since 1984 October14, Members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Democratic Unionist Party, Ulster Unionist Party, Alliance Part of Northern Ireland all met in Germany for talks. |
| 1991 | April 29, midnight Combined
Loyalist Military Command Ceasefire begins. March 14, Peter Brooke, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, starts talks between four main parties, these talks were called Brooke/Mayhew Talks July 4, midnight Council Loyalist Military Command ceasefire is ended. |
| 1992 | August 10, The Ulster Defence
Associationb is banned starting midnight by Patrick Mayhew. December 24, The IRA calls a three- day ceasefire |
| 1993 | October 30, The Ulster
Freedom Fighters killed six Catholics and one Protestant at the 'Rising Sun" September 4 - 11 One week suspension of all IRA activities November 14, Sinn Fein convention in Belfast. |
| 1994 | April 6 - 8 The IRA had a
three-day ceasefire. June 18, Ulster Volunteer Force killed six Catholic Men in a gun attack on a bar. August 31 The IRA announces a "complete cessation of military activities" to the media. Friday , December 9 The first meeting between Sinn Fein, led by SF vice President Martin McGuinness, and Northern Irish officials on behalf of the British Government. Thursday , December 15 The first meeting between delegations from the Progressive Unionist Party, Ulster Democratic Party, and Northern Irish officials on behalf of the British Government took place. |
| 1996 | February: The IRA calls off its
ceasefire and one hour later sets off a bomb at South Quay near Canary South Quay near
Canary Wharf in London's Docklands which kills two, injures 100 and causes millions of
pounds' worth of damage. June: A huge IRA bomb destroys Manchester's Arndale Centre but no-one is killed. July : 40 people are injured by a bomb at the Killyhevlin Hotel in Enniskillen. Responsibility is claimed by the extremist republican Continuity Army Council. October: An IRA bomb explodes at the Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, killing a British soldier. |
| 1997 | February: Corporal Stephen
Restorick is shot dead by an IRA sniper at a checkpoint in south Armagh. July: IRA declares another ceasefire. UUP leader David Trimble meets Tony Blair in Downing Street. At a news conference afterwards, Mr Trimble announces that the Unionists are unhappy with the talks proposals and will not support the Government on the decommissioning vote. Ian Paisley meets Tony Blair and claims the talks process was 'dead in the water'. First Sinn Fein-Government meeting since the restoration of the IRA ceasefire. December :Londonderry experiences its worst violence since the restoration of the IRA ceasefire in July, when riots break out as nationalists protest at a Protestant Apprentice Boys parade through the city centre. |