Some of the worst things imaginable have been done with the best intentions" ( ). The History of Northern Ireland and the IRA is a history of oppression and terrorism where there is no clear line between morally righteous actions, or violent atrocities. Both the Irish Republican Catholics and the British/Irish Loyalist Protestants had fought each other for generations before the troubles (Name given to this period) began, since the annexation of Ireland ( ). Once Ireland became Independent, is when the Issue of the mostly British held Northern Ireland became to unravel. The IRA was a response of intimidation and mistreatment by the Protestant North Irish government, as a means of fighting back. The reality became that the IRA turned into