Bloody Sunday in Derry - Origins & Consequences of a Massacre

andrew
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:23:25 +0000
Bloody Sunday, Policing, Republicanism, Imperialism, Ulster, Newsroom, Analysis, Andrew N Flood, Shane OCurry

On the 30th January 1972 British soldiers opened fire on protesters in the city of Derry, north-west Ireland. Twenty six unarmed protesters were shot, 13 died immediately or within hours, one more died just over four months later. Derry was in the section of Ireland claimed by the British state and the shootings happened in the context of the suppression of a growing civil rights movement demanding equality for Catholics in the 6 of Ulster’s counties claimed by Britain.