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.