Name
|
Dates
|
Locations
|
Cause
|
Deaths
|
Wounded
|
Ref
|
1935 Belfast Riots
|
12 July - August 1935
|
Belfast
|
Tensions between Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics
|
9
|
Unknown
|
[1]
|
1969 Northern Ireland riots
|
12 – 16 August 1969
|
Mainly Derry, Belfast, Newry, Armagh, Crossmaglen, Dungannon, Coalisland, Dungiven
|
Northern Ireland civil rights movement
|
8
|
750+
|
[2]
|
1997 Northern Ireland riots
|
6 – 11 July 1997
|
Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland
|
The Troubles
|
2
|
162+
|
[3]
|
Holy Cross dispute
|
19 June 2001 – 11 January 2002
|
Ardoyne, Belfast
|
Tensions between Ulster Protestants and Irish Catholics
|
0
|
170+
|
[4]
|
July 2001 Belfast riots
|
12 July 2001
|
Belfast
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
0
|
113+
|
[5]
|
November 2001 Belfast riots
|
11 November & 16–17 November 2001
|
Belfast
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
0
|
28+
|
[6]
|
2005 Belfast riots
|
10 – 12 September 2005
|
Belfast and County Antrim
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
0
|
81
|
[7]
|
2010 Northern Ireland riots
|
11 – 15 July 2010
|
Belfast, Derry, and County Armagh
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
0
|
83
|
[8]
|
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
|
[9]
|
2012 North Belfast riots
|
12 July, 25 August, and 2–4 September 2012
|
Belfast
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
0
|
92
|
[10]
|
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
|
[11]
|
2013 Belfast riots
|
12–17 July & 9 August 2013
|
Belfast
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
0
|
90+
|
[12]
|
2018 Derry riots
|
8–13 July 2018
|
Derry
|
Tensions between Irish republicans and Ulster loyalists
|
Uncertain
|
Uncertain
|
[13]
|
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
|
[14]
|