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Hace 3 días · The Battle of the Bogside caused Catholics in Belfast to riot in solidarity with the Bogsiders and to try to prevent RUC reinforcements being sent to Derry, sparking retaliation by Protestant mobs.
Hace 4 días · In 1969, the Battle of the Bogside erupted, with clashes between Catholic protesters and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) taking place in the shadow of the walls. The walls also bore witness to the tragic events of Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972, when British soldiers shot and killed 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights protesters in the Bogside.
Hace 2 días · the Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nationalists (republicans), who wanted Northern Ireland to become part of the republic ...
14 de may. de 2024 · By early March 1970, clashes between troops and Catholic youths had become endemic. Older people, although dissatisfied with progress on the political front were prepared to reluctantly accept army restrictions. Younger people were not. The Bogside was not in danger of attack now that the RUC were disarmed and the B-Specials disbanded.
14 de may. de 2024 · The Battle of Bogside will go down in Irish History as a victory for the ordinary people of Bogside, who after the battle declared the Bogside area as "Free Derry". Proceeds from this album will go towards constructing a hall to facilitate an ever increasing membership of the Bogside Republican Movement.
14 de may. de 2024 · Battle of the Bogside. The Apprentice Boys held their annual parade on the 12 August and as they paraded past the Bogside (a working-class Catholic part of Derry) they jeered and threw pennies at Catholics.
17 de may. de 2024 · The Bloody Sunday Memorial, located near Bogside, the area where the murders took place, is a striking sculpture representing a square column pointing skywards, with the names of the victims engraved at its base.
