Irishman shunned by loyalists in civil unrest (5)
I believe the answer is:
riots
'civil unrest' is the definition.
(I know that riots is a type of civil unrest)
'irishman shunned by loyalists' is the wordplay.
'irishman' becomes 'pat'.
'shunned by' suggests deleting specific letters.
'loyalists' becomes 'patriots' (I've seen this before).
'patriots' with 'pat' taken out is 'RIOTS'.
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riots that I've seen before include "Violent disturbances" , "Wild disturbances by crowds" , "Public disturbances" , "Protests" , "Acts of violence by unruly mobs" .)