Northern Ireland Study

None of the sources provide direct evidence relating to the time of The Troubles but do give us enough evidence (though biased) to determine why they broke out that year. Source D ("A Roman Catholic describes her school days") gives us an insight into the views of Catholic children at a sectarian school. The source is written by Bernadette Devlin, a well known Republican activist in the 1960's. The source describing her views is clearly biased to the Irish Nationalist cause. She specifically states that she did not hate Protestants, but did despise the British, partly because her family had suffered at the hands of British forces. Bernadette Devlin organised many Civil Rights marches in the late 1960's and is partly responsible for The Troubles breaking out.