The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalistconflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict,it is sometimes described as an "irregular war"or "low-level war". The conflict began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed to have ended with the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.Although the Troubles mostly took