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The Troubles    1960s-1990s

 

Bloody Sunday    30 January 1972

 

 

 

 

A mass funeral was held for some Bloody Sunday victims

days after the shooting.

 

Photograph:

Bettmann, via Getty Images

 

50 Years on, Bloody Sunday’s Wounds Are Still Felt

A half-century after the killings in Northern Ireland,

symbols of division and hostility still hold their potency.

NYT

Jan.29, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/
world/europe/bloody-sunday-ireland.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Huge crowds showed up for the victims’ funerals in Derry.

 

Photograph:

Press Association, via Reuters

 

50 Years on, Bloody Sunday’s Wounds Are Still Felt

A half-century after the killings in Northern Ireland,

symbols of division and hostility still hold their potency.

NYT

Jan.29, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/
world/europe/bloody-sunday-ireland.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

warning: graphic violence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bloody Sunday inquiry /

Saville inquiry sat between

April 1998 and January 2005

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/11/
saville-inquiry-revelations-bloody-sunday 

 

 

 

"... it is expedient that a Tribunal

be established for inquiring

into a definite matter

of urgent public importance,

namely the events

on Sunday 30th January 1972

which led to loss of life

in connection

with the procession

in Londonderry on that day,

taking account

of any new information

relevant to events on that day"

 

Resolution

of the House of Commons,

0th January 1998,

and of the House of Lords,

2nd February 1998

http://www.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/15/
bloody-sunday-inquiry-key-findings 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2010/jun/15/
bloodysunday-northernireland 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/11/
saville-inquiry-revelations-bloody-sunday 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jun/10/
bloody-sunday-inquiry-northern-ireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mourners at burials in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday.

 

Photograph:

Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos

 

50 Years Later,

Troubles Still Cast ‘Huge Shadow’ Over Northern Ireland

NYT

Oct. 4, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/
world/europe/northern-ireland-troubles.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A paratrooper grabs a youth by the hair

as he arrests him in Derry on Bloody Sunday.

 

Photograph:

Fred Hoare/Belfast Telegraph

 

Road to reconciliation:

ex-IRA members and British soldiers come face to face

G

Wednesday 4 March 2015    12.30 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/04/
road-reconciliation-ex-ira-members-british-soldiers-face-to-face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators and British troops face off

on either side of a street barricade

 

Photograph:

KPA/Zuma/Rex Features

 

How Bloody Sunday unfolded – in pictures

As Derry prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday,

we revisit the archive to show how the day unfolded on 30 January 1972,

when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march

and ended up killing 14 civilians

G

Fri 28 Jan 2022    12.32 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/2010/jun/10/
bloodysunday-northernireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Young demonstrators on William Street, Derry,

and soldiers face each other

minutes before paratroopers opened fire

 

Photograph:

William L Rukeyser/Getty Images

 

How Bloody Sunday unfolded – in pictures

As Derry prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday,

we revisit the archive to show how the day unfolded on 30 January 1972,

when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march

and ended up killing 14 civilians

G

Fri 28 Jan 2022    12.32 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/2010/jun/10/
bloodysunday-northernireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A priest, Edward Daly,

waves a blood-stained white handkerchief

as he escorts a group carrying a wounded protester

 

Photograph: MSI/Mirrorpix

 

How Bloody Sunday unfolded – in pictures

As Derry prepares to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday,

we revisit the archive to show how the day unfolded on 30 January 1972,

when British paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights march

and ended up killing 14 civilians

G

Fri 28 Jan 2022    12.32 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/2010/jun/10/
bloodysunday-northernireland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernard McGuigan, 41,

a factory worker who was shot in the back of the head,

was among the last of the 13 protesters to die on Bloody Sunday.

 

Photograph: Gilles Peress/Magnum

 

50 Years on, Bloody Sunday’s Wounds Are Still Felt

A half-century after the killings in Northern Ireland,

symbols of division and hostility still hold their potency.

NYT

Jan.29, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/
world/europe/bloody-sunday-ireland.html

 

 

 

Related

 

Barney McGuigan

was one of 14 unarmed demonstrators killed by British soldiers

on Jan. 30, 1972.

 

The events became known as Bloody Sunday.

 

Photograph:

Gilles Peress/Magnum Photos

 

50 Years Later,

Troubles Still Cast ‘Huge Shadow’ Over Northern Ireland

NYT

Oct. 4, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/
world/europe/northern-ireland-troubles.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 January 1972

 

Bloody Sunday

 

13 unarmed civil rights protestors

are shot dead by British soldiers

in Bogside district of Londonderry / Derry

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/bloodysunday

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/northern_ireland/2010/bloody_sunday/
default.stm

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1972/jan/31/
bloodysunday.northernireland 

https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/bsunday/bs.htm

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/30/
50-years-bloody-sunday-sectarian-tensions-derry-unionists-northern-ireland

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/29/
world/europe/bloody-sunday-ireland.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/28/
bloody-sunday-what-has-happened-in-the-50-years-since-the-killings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/gallery/2010/jun/10/
bloodysunday-northernireland - 28 January 2022

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=l08rdWxrcM8 - G - 14 March 2019

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/14/
one-soldier-to-face-charges-over-bloody-sunday-killings

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/14/
bloody-sunday-the-victims

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/14/
bloody-sunday-timeline-from-1972-killings-to-charges-against-soldier

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/
world/europe/northern-ireland-troubles.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/08/
the-most-rev-edward-daly-obituary

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/08/
dr-edward-daly-derry-cleric-wounded-bloody-sunday-dies-aged-82

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/20/bloody-sunday-murder-inquiry

 

 

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/20/bloody-sunday-saville-inquiry

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/16/bloody-sunday-british-army

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10205628

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/7829208/
Bloody-Sunday-families-march-to-read-Saville-Inquiry-publication.html

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/7829557/
NEEDS-PICBloody-Sunday-Saville-Inquiry-Leo-Young-remembers-losing-his-brother.html

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/
will-the-wounds-ever-be-healed-2000587.html 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/
12-year-5-000-page-report-aiming-unlock-truth-2000511.html 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/
don--mullan-i-shall-never-forget-the-silence-that-descended-on-my-native-town-2000510.html

 

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/
story.php?storyId=128103347 - June 25, 2010

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/16/world/europe/16nireland.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/jun/15/bloodysunday-northernireland

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/15/bloody-sunday-report-victims-families

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/15/legacy-bloody-sunday-killings

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/14/bloody-sunday-first-person-reflections

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/15/saville-inquiry-marks-milestone-to-peace

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2010/jun/10/bloodysunday-northernireland

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/15/bloody-sunday-report-victims

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/13/bloody-sunday-inquiry-report

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/14/bloody-sunday-guardian-archive

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/interactive/2010/jun/10/northern-ireland-bloody-sunday-interactive-map

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/10/bloody-sunday-inquiry-northern-ireland

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jan/25/
culture.peterbradshaw2

 

 

 

 

http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/low/events/northern_ireland/history/64609.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/30/newsid_2452000/2452145.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/northern_ireland/2000/bloody_sunday/gallery/victims.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/northern_ireland/2000/bloody_sunday_inquiry/default.stm

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/northern_ireland/2000/bloody_sunday_inquiry/665100.stm

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1972/jan/31/
bloodysunday.northernireland 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reuters > Factbox: Fraught Anglo-Irish conflict goes back centuries

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ireland-queen-britain-relations/
factbox-fraught-anglo-irish-conflict-goes-back-centuries-idUSTRE74G2UI20110517 

 

 

 

 

Reuters > Timeline: Long road to Northern Irish settlement

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ireland-queen-north/
timeline-long-road-to-northern-irish-settlement-idUSTRE74G2UJ20110517 

 

 

 

 

Reuters > Timeline: Worst bomb attacks on mainland Britain        1974-2001

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-security-bombings/
timeline-worst-bomb-attacks-on-mainland-britain-idUSTRE74F30T20110516 

 

 

 

 

BBC > Timeline: Northern Ireland's road to peace        1987-2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4072261.stm

 

 

 

 

BBC > Ireland timeline        1914-2012

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038669.stm 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian > Northern Ireland timeline        1919-2009

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/08/
northern-ireland-timeline 

 

 

 

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