Uvf Stories

The Troubles- The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist[13][14][15][16] period of conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.[17] Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict,[18][19][20][21] it is sometimes described as an "irregular war"[22][23][24] or "low-level war".[25][26][27] The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.[2][3][28][29][30] Although the Troubles mostly took place in Northern Ireland, at times the violence spilled over into parts of the Republic of Ireland, England, and mainland Europe.

Jim Costello, a 10 year old middle-class catholic living on the Falls road in 1974 is in the middle of an ongoing war between the catholic IRA and the protestant UDA. His family believe that the war won't stop until the north is united with the south and living in the Falls that is expected because if you don't believe in a united Ireland in the falls you risk being shot or injured. Jim Costello and his friends take a trip to Shankhill and this trip will change their lives forever.