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Label: movies. Synopsis: On 12 August 1969, the disaffected Catholic population of the Bogside in Derry, Northern Ireland took to the streets to confront the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the wake of a protestant Apprentice Boys parade in the City. The violence, which was a manifestation of long-standing political grievances, was so extreme that ...
12 de ago. de 2019 · It is difficult to talk about the Battle of the Bogside without talking about what had happened prior to it. People's Democracy was a group of students from Belfast, mostly from Queen's University.
- 11 min
- Dermie McClenaghan
11 de ago. de 2019 · In a 2004 documentary about the Battle of the Bogside, McCann said it was difficult to define her role in the events but that she was “an inspirational figure” who was “out there among the ...
5 de ago. de 2019 · A new exhibition marking fifty years since the Battle of the Bogside in Londonderry has opened in the city. Free Derry Lives, curated by the Bloody Sunday Trust, aims to specifically remember ...
12 de ago. de 2019 · 50 years since the Battle of the Bogside. Police fire tear gas at protesters in Derry's bogside in August 1969 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) British troops deployed into Northern Ireland for the ...
On 12 August, the Battle of the Bogside erupted in Derry: three days of fierce clashes between the RUC and thousands of Catholic/nationalist residents of Derry's Bogside district. The besieged residents built barricades and set up first aid posts and workshops for making petrol bombs.
The Battle of the Bogside was one of the first major confrontations of the Troubles and changed Northern Ireland forever. In the ensuing riots in Derry and Belfast, 10 people were shot dead, 154 were wounded by gunfire and hundreds more had their homes burnt out, most of them Catholics. Television pictures of the violence were beamed across the ...
