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Page Compiled: Martin Melaugh (and Fionnuala McKenna; 1996-2000)
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The following is a third draft of an index of the contents of the CAIN site. The index is mainly a subject index however there is also a list by author of the main items at the CAIN site. See also: search page.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

O

'O' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'O'

Official Irish Republican Army

Omagh Bomb (15 August 1998) - Key Event

Summary Background Details of Events during the day Names of those Killed

'On the Runs'

Operation Motorman, 31 July 1972

Opinion Polls

Orange Order

See Key Issue: Parades and Marches - Parading Organisations

See Abstract of Organisations - 'O'

Orange Volunteers: See also: Paramilitary Organisations Paramilitary Feuds Estimates of Strength

Organisations, abstracts of: 'A' 'B' 'C' 'D' 'E' 'F' 'G' 'H' 'I' 'J' 'K' 'L' 'M' 'N' 'O' 'P' 'Q' 'R' 'S' 'T' 'U' 'V' 'W' 'X' 'Y' 'Z'

Ormeau Road (Bookmakers Shop) Shootings, 5 February 1992

P

'P' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'P'

Painting

See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature in Northern Ireland

See also: Murals in Northern Ireland

Parades - Key Issue: Summary Reading List Parading Organisations Annual Parading Events Historical Dates and Events Developments at Drumcree Areas of Contention North Review Photographs Official Statistics Source Material
Articles and Reports:
Orange Parades: The Politics of Ritual, Tradition and Control by Bryan, Dominic (2000)
'Mediation in Practice', by The Art of Mediation Project
Newspaper Articles by Bryan and Jarman
'The Endless Parade', by Neil Jarman

Parades Commission / Independent Commission on Parades

Parker Report: - Report of the Committee of Privy Counsellors appointed to consider authorised procedures for the interrogation of persons suspected of terrorism (Mar 1972)

Paramilitary Organisations: Paramilitary Feuds Estimates of Strength of Paramilitary Groups

Parliament: See section on Government in Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and Elections

Patten Commission (Independent Commission on Policing)

Peacelines / Peace Walls / Interface Barriers

See: Information on peacelines

Peace Process - Key Event

Summary Reading List Background Briefing Paper Source Documents
The Agreement Document - Full Text Newspaper headlines following The Agreement
Referendum: Party Positions Referendum: Results
Chronologies:
Chronology - Peace Process, 1988-1993
Chronology - Peace Process, 1993-1998
Chronology - Peace Process, 1998-1999
Sean Farren Papers - Mitchell Talks (1996-1998)
Articles and Reports:
'The Framework Document and its Discontents' by J.D. Cash
'Nailing the Balance' by Birney and O'Neill
'Transforming the Conflict' by Sean Farren and Robert F. Mulvihill (2000)
'Peace or pacification process? A brief critique of the peace process' by Chris Gilligan
'The Irish Peace Process' by J. Ingraham
'The Role of Civil Society' by Clem McCartney
Full text of 'Protestant Perceptions of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland' edited by Dominic Murray (2000) [contributors: Duncan Morrow, Chris Gibson, May Blood, Robin Eames, Gregory Campbell, Barry White]
'Policing and the Northern Ireland Peace Process' by R. MacGinty
'Going to the Edge' by B. Rowan
'Northern Ireland between Peace and War' by Peter Shirlow and Paul Stewart

People: Personal accounts of the Northern Ireland Conflict; Biographies of People Prominent During 'the Troubles'

People's Democracy March (1-4 January 1969) - Key Event: Reading List Summary Background Chronology of Events
Articles and Extracts:
'Burntollet' by Egan and McCormack
'The People's Democracy 1968-73', by Paul Arthur

Personal accounts of the Northern Ireland Conflict: Articles and extracts:; 'Portadown: Bitter Harvest' by Susan McKay; 'Sharing our Grief' by Rita Restorick
Extracts from 'Before the Bandits'by Shane White

Photographs of Northern Ireland and the Conflict: Places; Photograph Collections
- People who have contributed a series of photographs to CAIN; Paul Crispin - Photographs of the British Army in Belfast during 1986; Neil Jarman - Parades, marches, bands and banners; Eamon Melaugh - The 350 photographs include: street scenes; the British Army; Republican paramilitaries; civil rights protests; parades; riot scenes; 'Bloody Sunday'; and children and the conflict.; Martin Melaugh
- Photographs of physical memorials to the conflict
- Photographs taken on behalf of CAIN (mainly those under 'places' above); Barney McMonagle - Photographs of 'Free Derry'; Jonathan McCormick - Political wall murals; Frankie Quinn - Photographs of Belfast: Peacelines; Short Strand; Interface areas.; Bill Rolston - Political wall murals; William L. Rukeyser - Photographs of 'Bloody Sunday'; Subjects

'Pipe-Bomb'

Glossary

See chronology of 'pipe-bomb' attacks, July 1997 to 13 February 2001

Poetry of the Northern Ireland Conflict

See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature

Extracts from A Rage for Order: Poetry of the Northern Ireland Troubles ed. Frank Ormsby (1992, 1994)

Police, Policing - Key Issue -: Summary Reading List Background Chronology Statistics Source Material
Articles, Extracts and Reports:
The Crowned Harp: Policing in Northern Ireland by Ellison, Graham and Smyth, Jim. (2000)
'The Public and the Police', by J.D. Brewer
Human Rights on Duty: Principles for Better Policing, by CAJ
Two-tiered Policing: a middle way for Northern Ireland?, by Democratic Dialogue
'Powers of the Police', by Brice Dickson
'Cross Border Police Co-operation in Ireland'. Dunn, S., Murray, D., and Walsh, D. (2002)
Foundations for Policing: Proposals for Policing Structures in Northern Ireland (Cmnd 3259)
'Principles for Policing in Northern Ireland: A Discussion Paper'
Report of the Advisory Committee on Police in Northern Ireland (Hunt Report)
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Police Interrogation Procedures in Northern Ireland (Bennett Report)
'Policing a Divided Society: Issues and Perceptions in Northern Ireland', by Hamilton, Moore and Trimble
'Policing and the Northern Ireland Peace Process', by Roger MacGinty
"It's part of life here ..." The Security Forces and Harassment in Northern Ireland', by R. McVeigh
'Who should be in the police?' - by John McGarry and Brendan O'Leary
Mulcahy, Aogán. (2006) Policing Northern Ireland: Conflict, legitimacy and reform. Cullompton: Willan Publishing.
Policing Plan for Northern Ireland, 1998/1999
"Why?" - published by the Ulster Special Constabulary Association
The Patten Report - Full Text

Police Ombudsman

Policy Initiatives Taken During the Conflict - Key Issue: Summary Reading List Chronological List of the Main Policy Initiatives Source Material
Articles:
'Social Policy Responses to Urban Violence in Northern Ireland', by Derek Birrell

Political Ephemera Material

Guide to political ephemera material on CAIN

The Political Ephemera Collection of Peter Moloney

Political Initiatives Taken During the Conflict

Political Murals: Loyalist Murals Republican Murals Contemporary Murals (1998)
Articles and Extracts:
'Seeing is Believing? Murals in Derry', by Oona Woods
'Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland', by Bill Rolston
'Drawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace', by Bill Rolston
'Painting Landscapes: the place of murals in the symbolic construction of urban space', by Neil Jarman; See also Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Arts and Literature in Northern Ireland

Political Parties: - See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and Elections Links to Party Websites Manifestos of the political parties

Political Solutions

Politics, Political Parties and Elections - Key Issue: Reading List Westminster Governments, Prime Ministers and Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland, 1968 - Devolved Government Political Initiatives Political Solutions Party Websites Party Manifestos 1997 Westminster Election Pages 1997 Westminster Election Manifestos 1997 Westminster Election Candidates 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Manifestos 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Candidates 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly Election - Results Election Results 1968-1997: Summary Election Results 1968-1997: Details Guide to Information on the Internet Source Documents
Articles, Extracts and Reports:
Alcock, Antony. (1994). 'The Unloved, Unwanted Garrison - The Unionist Community in Northern Ireland'
Arthur, Paul. (2000). 'The Endogenous and the Exogenous'
Elliott, Sidney., and Flackes, W.D. (1999). 'Systems of Government'
Connolly, Michael. (1990). 'Political Groupings in Northern Ireland'
Cochrane, Feargal. (1997). 'The Unionists of Ulster: An Ideological Analysis'
Lynn, Brendan. (1997) '1964-1969: Eclipse'
McEvoy, Joanne. (2008). Towards Rrestored Devolution
Porter, Norman. (1996) 'Interpreting Unionism'
O Connor, Fionnuala. (1993) 'Shifting, complex and ambiguous' Political Allegiance
O'Doherty, Malachi. (1998) 'The Trouble with Guns'
Shirlow, Peter., and McGovern, Mark. (eds) (1997) 'Who are 'the People'? Unionism, Protestantism and Loyalism in Northern Ireland'
Wilford, Rick., and Wilson, Robin. (2006) The Trouble with Northern Ireland: the Belfast agreement and democratic governance

Population

See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Population

Posters

Examples of political posters

Presidential Visit to Ireland (November 1995)

Speeches:
Key note speech, Belfast Inauguration of the Thomas O'Neill chair, Derry Guildhall Square, Derry East Belfast Enterprise Park Belfast City Hall Hillary Clinton at Belfast City Hall
Articles:

'Nailing the Balance', by Birney and O'Neill

Prevention of Terrorism Act (1974)

Prisons / Prisoners: 'The State they are Still In. Republican Ex-Prisoners and their families: An Independent Evaluation' by Dr Pete Shirlow (2001)

Progressive Unionist Party (PUP): See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System

PRONI Public Records on CAIN (available from 6 October 2010): Updated on 7 April 2011 - Records for 1980; Updated on 28 June 2012 - Records for 1981

Proportional Representation (PR): See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System;
See also: Northern Ireland Office (1973) Questions & Answers on Proportional Representation

Protestant Action Force

Protestant Unionist Party

Provisional Irish Republican Army: See Irish Republican Army

Public Records: Belfast - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
PRONI Records on CAIN - A selection of public records from the PRONI archives;
Dublin - The National Archives of Ireland(NAI)
NAI Records on CAIN - Public records from The National Archives of Ireland;
London - Public Record Office (PRO) in Kew
PRO - A selection of public records

Public Record Office (PRO) in Kew

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

Punishment Attacks: Table of paramilitary ('punishment') shootings and assaults, 1987-1996; 'They Shoot Children Don't They?: An Analysis of the Age and Gender of Victims of Paramilitary "Punishments" in Northern Ireland' by Prof. Liam Kennedy (2001)

Q

'Q' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'Q'

Quilts - The Art of Survival International and Irish Quilts

R

'R' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'R'

Reading

A suggested reading list on the conflict and politics in the region

Waterstones Guide to Irish Books

"Real" Irish Republican Army (RIRA): See also: Paramilitary Organisations Paramilitary Feuds Estimates of Strength

Recent Additions to the CAIN Website

Reconciliation

Red Hand Commandos (RHC): See also: Paramilitary Organisations Paramilitary Feuds Estimates of Strength

Red Hand Defenders: See also: Paramilitary Organisations Paramilitary Feuds Estimates of Strength

Religion: See Background Information on Northern Ireland: Religion
'Anti-Catholicism in Northern Ireland,1600-1998' by John D. Brewer

Republican Clubs

Republican Sinn Féin

Research: Register of Research Projects on Northern Ireland
Register of Research on Northern Ireland (1993 Edition)
Research Data on Northern Ireland

Resources - Available on the Internet

Royal Black Preceptory

See Key Issue: Parades and Marches - Parading Organisations

See Abstract of Organisations - 'R'

Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)

See Key Issue: Policing in Northern Ireland

S

'S' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'S'

Scarman Report: - Violence and Civil Disturbances in Northern Ireland in 1969 (Apr 1972)

Sectarianism: See definition in glossary of terms; See Key Issue: Sectarianism

'Section 31': see media source material

Security - Key Event: See also: Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Security

Search Page for the CAIN Web Service

Segregation in Northern Ireland: See: Templegrove Action Research; See also: Deloitte. (2007). Research into the financial cost of the Northern Ireland divide, (April 2007), [PDF; 7641KB]. Belfast: Deloitte.

Shankill Butchers

Shankill Road Bombing, 23 October 1993

Sinn Féin: See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website; Éire Nua, The Sinn Féin Policy - The Social, Economic and Political Dimensions (1979)
The 'TUAS' Document. An internal Republican Movement document that is thought to date from the summer of 1994.

Social Attitudes Survey

See Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey (NISAS)

Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP): See Key Issue: Politics, Political Parties and the Electoral System Party Website

Social Science Bibliography of Northern Ireland 1945-1983

Social Security

See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society: Health and Social Security

Society: - See Background Information on Northern Ireland Society

Solutions: - See Political 'Solutions'

Special Powers Act, 1922

Sport

See Sport and Leisure in Northern Ireland

Statistics: - See Northern Ireland Guide to Statistics; Agricultural statistics Crime and Justice statistics Demography statistics Education statistics Employment and Labour Force statistics Eurostat Publications Finance statistics General publications General UK statistical publications Health and personal social services statistics Housing statistics Industry statistics Social security statistics Social statistics Tourism statistics Transport statistics

Strikes: - See Key Events: Hunger Strikes of 1981 Ulster Workers' Council Strike 1974 United Unionist Action Council Strike 1977
- See also Abstract of Important Events: United Loyalist Council Strike 1973

Sunningdale Agreement - Key Event: - See also Abstract of Important Events: The Sunningdale Agreement, 9 December 1973

Symbols

Menu Joint_Symbols Unionist_Loyalist Nationalist_Republican Flags Loyalist_Murals Republican_Murals Murals_Menu
Articles:
Essay on Symbols, by Dara Mulhern
'Painting Landscapes: the place of murals in the symbolic construction of urban space', by Neil Jarman

Survivors: Victims, Survivors and Commemoration

Sutton Database of Deaths

T

'T' - Abstracts of Organisations beginning with the initial letter 'T'

Teebane Bombing, 17 January 1992

Television Programmes: The Peter Heathwood Collection of Television Programmes; The Film and Sound Resource Unit's (FSRU) searchable database of television programmes relating to the conflict and politics, 1968 to 1996. The information contained in the database was supplied by the Film and Sound Resource Unit of the Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities, University of Ulster. The database contains details on 695 programmes, or news items, or current affairs items, about 'the Troubles'.; The Belfast Bulletin's list of British television programmes about the conflict, 1968 to 1978