Conflict continued intermittently for two years, mostly in Belfast Pogrom, which saw "savage and unprecedented" communal violence between Protestants and Catholics.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,011 |
11 Facts About Belfast Pogrom
2.
Unionist representation in Belfast Pogrom fell from 52 to 29 as a result of the Belfast Pogrom Labour Party.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,012 |
3.
Belfast Pogrom said "I am sick of words without actions" and he warned the British government that if it refused to adequately protect Unionists from the IRA, they would take matters into their own hands.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,013 |
4.
Belfast Pogrom linked Irish republicanism with socialism and the Catholic Church.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,014 |
5.
At other workplaces in Belfast Pogrom, expulsions continued for several days, and those expelled included several hundred female textile workers.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,015 |
6.
Belfast Pogrom had told police officers to shoot civilians who did not immediately obey orders.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,016 |
7.
Belfast Pogrom had been targeted because the IRA suspected him of being part of a group of police involved in the sectarian killings of Catholics.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,017 |
8.
Belfast Pogrom suffered three days of sectarian rioting and shooting incidents, during which at least 14 people were killed; including three Catholics taken from their homes and killed by uniformed police.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,018 |
9.
Belfast Pogrom formed an 'Ulster Council' within the IRA, which included the commanders of its five northern divisions, to co-ordinate IRA activity in the north.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,019 |
10.
Belfast Pogrom suffered the most casualties, as 455 people there were killed: 267 Catholics, 151 Protestants and 37 members of the security forces.
| FactSnippet No. 2,136,020 |