Good Friday Agreement On 10 April 1998, something called the Good Friday Agreement (or Belfast Agreement) was signed. This agreement helped to bring to an end a period of conflict in the region called the Troubles. The Troubles was a period when there was a lot of violence between two groups - Republicans and Loyalists. Many people were killed in the fighting. But where did this fighting come from in the first place and how did it lead to the Good Friday Agreement? What were the Troubles? The conflict in Northern Ireland dates back to when it became separated from the rest of Ireland in the early 1920s. Great Britain had ruled Ireland for hundreds of years, but it split off from British rule - leaving Northern Ireland as part of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland as a separate country.
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