List of Northern Ireland riots

The following are a list of riots that have occurred in Northern Ireland.

Name Dates Locations Cause Deaths Wounded Ref
1969 Northern Ireland riots 12–16 August 1969 Mainly Derry, Belfast, Newry, Armagh, Crossmaglen, Dungannon, Coalisland, Dungiven Tensions between Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics 8 750+ [1]
1997 Northern Ireland riots 6–11 July 1997 Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland Drumcree conflict (The Troubles) 2 162+ [2]
Holy Cross dispute 19 June 2001 – 11 January 2002 Ardoyne, Belfast Tensions between Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics 0 170+ [3]
July 2001 Belfast riots 12 July 2001 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 113+ [4]
November 2001 Belfast riots 11 November & 16–17 November 2001 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 28+ [5]
2005 Belfast riots 10 – 12 September 2005 Belfast and County Antrim Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 81 [6]
2010 Northern Ireland riots 11–15 July 2010 Belfast, Derry, and County Armagh Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 83 [7]
2011 Northern Ireland riots 20 June – 16 July 2011 Belfast, Portadown, Newry, Ballyclare, Larne, Derry, Ballymena Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 300 [8]
2012 North Belfast riots 12 July, 25 August, and 2–4 September 2012 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 92 [9]
Belfast City Hall flag protests 3 December 2012 – 30 November 2013 Belfast Belfast City Council voting to limit the number of days the Union Jack was flown from Belfast City Hall 0 157 [10]
2013 Belfast riots 12–17 July & 9 August 2013 Belfast Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists 0 90+ [11]
2018 Derry riots 8–13 July 2018 Derry Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists Uncertain Uncertain [12]
2021 Northern Ireland riots 30 March – 9 April 2021 Belfast, Carrickfergus, and Derry Northern Ireland Protocol, the funeral of Bobby Storey, and the COVID-19 pandemic 0 88 [13]
2025 Ballymena riots 9 June – 18 June 2025 Ballymena, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Coleraine, Lisburn and Newtownabbey Alleged attempted rape of a girl by two Romanian teenagers, anti-immigration 0 32 [14]
2026 Northern Ireland riots 9 June 2026 Various places around Northern Ireland, particularly Belfast Stabbing attack, Anti-immigration sentiment 0 Uncertain [15]

References

  1. ↑ Fields, Rona M. Northern Ireland: Society Under Siege. Transaction Publishers, 1977. p. 19
  2. ↑ Chronology of the Conflict: July 1997. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  3. ↑ Heatley, Colm. Interface, Flashpoints in Northern Ireland. Chapter 1: Alliance Avenue and Holy Cross Dispute. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)
  4. ↑ Brown, Derek (19 September 2001). "Northern Ireland timeline: May 2000 to September 2001". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ Melaugh, Dr Martin. "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 2001". cain.ulst.ac.uk.
  6. ↑ "Violent clashes erupt in Belfast". 11 September 2005 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ McDonald, Henry (14 July 2010). "Belfast rioters 'will not plunge Northern Ireland back into conflict'". the Guardian.
  8. ↑ McDonald, Henry (27 June 2011). "The truth about Belfast's riots". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Owen Paterson in call over Northern Ireland parades". BBC News. 13 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "Northern Ireland Orange Order leaders warn of cultural war" BBC News. 12 July 2013
  11. ↑ Peter Taggart; Laura Smith-Spark. "Extra police sent to Northern Ireland after Belfast rioting". CNN.
  12. ↑ "Violence continues in Derry as 74 petrol bombs are thrown in a single night". independent.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "Twelve officers injured in Londonderry disorder". BBC News. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  14. ↑ Telford, Lyndsey; Kidd, Faye; Lima, Linzi (10 June 2025). "Seventeen police officers injured during second night of Ballymena violence". BBC News. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  15. ↑ HUI, SYLVIA (9 June 2026). "UK leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing". AP News. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
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