The Receipt: The Troubles Tee

Somebody always pays. For three decades, Northern Ireland was split into two camps, and each camp had a church label on the door: Catholic and nationalist on one side, Protestant and unionist on the other. Paramilitaries, politicians and pulpits kept the lines drawn: separate schools, separate streets, separate funerals.

By the time the Good Friday Agreement was signed in 1998, the CAIN Sutton Index had recorded 3,532 conflict-related deaths (its count runs from July 1969 to 2001), most of them people with no uniform at all. This tee prints the bill: ITEM: The Troubles. DATES: 1969–1998. WHO PAID: Civilians. THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A SIDE.

Every figure is a historians' estimate, printed as a range where the source gives one. See our sources.

No refunds. No returns. Wear the truth.

Fit: Unisex retail fit, 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton (Ash 99% cotton; Athletic Heather 90/10). Lightweight, soft, crew neck.

Product information: Bella+Canvas 3001, two year warranty in the EU and Northern Ireland

Warnings, Hazard: For adults

Care instructions: Machine wash: cold (max 30C or 90F), Non-chlorine: bleach as needed, Tumble dry: low heat, Iron, steam or dry: medium heat, Do not dryclean