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from the top of the high-rise
Rossville Flats, halting the police advance, and injuring 43 of the 59 officers who made the initial incursion. When the advantage of this position was realised, the youths were kept supplied with stones and petrol bombs. Groups of loyalists and nationalists continued to
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is about to flare across the North. The CRA demands that all
Irishmen recognise their common interdependence and calls upon the Government and people of the Twenty-six Counties to act now to prevent a great national disaster. We urgently request that the Government take immediate action to have a
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Bogside area. Police officers entered the house of Samuel Devenny (42), a local Catholic who was not involved in the riot, and severely beat him with batons. His teenage daughters were also beaten in the attack.
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333, 285 and finally 327 at 5.30 pm. While some of the fluctuation in numbers can be put down to exhaustion rather than injury, these figures indicate that the police suffered at least 350 serious injuries. How many
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Westland Street and tried to supervise the making of petrol bombs and the positioning of barricades. Petrol bomb workshops and first aid posts were set up. A radio transmitter, "Radio Free Derry", broadcast messages encouraging resistance and called on "every able-bodied man in Ireland who
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then tried to alleviate the pressure they were under by dismantling the barricade and moving into the Bogside, on foot and in armoured vehicles. This created a gap through which Protestants also surged, smashing the windows of Catholic homes.
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marched past the Catholic Bogside. The RUC drove back the Catholic crowd and pushed into the Bogside, followed by loyalists who attacked Catholic homes. Thousands of Bogside residents beat back the RUC with a hail of stones and
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activists and local people. This group stated their aim as firstly to keep the peace, but if this failed, to organise the defence of the Bogside. To this end, they stockpiled materials for barricades and missiles, ahead of the
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of Derry. This march passed off peacefully, as did another demonstration attended by up to 15,000 people on 16 November. However, these incidents proved to be the start of an escalating pattern of
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The Bogside in 2004, looking down from the city walls. The area has been greatly redeveloped since 1969, with the demolition of much of the old slum housing and the Rossville Street flats.
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believes in freedom" to defend the Bogside. Many local people, however, joined in the rioting on their own initiative and impromptu leaders also emerged, such as McCann,
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1095:deployment of British troops
924:South Armagh sniper campaign
828:Armagh City roadside bombing
702:Ballygawley land mine attack
505:Rose & Crown Bar bombing
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3907:Crime in County Londonderry
2979:Abercorn Restaurant bombing
2735:Direct Action Against Drugs
2715:Irish Revolutionary Brigade
2605:Ulster Special Constabulary
2330:(extracts available online)
2313:Dr Raymond McClean (1997).
1709:
1630:1969 Northern Ireland riots
1568:Ulster Special Constabulary
1549:United Nations peacekeeping
1371:Ulster Special Constabulary
1266:
1225:Northern Ireland Parliament
1196:, it had been ruled by the
1150:United Nations peacekeeping
1127:Ulster Special Constabulary
978:1994 Shankill Road killings
818:Downpatrick landmine attack
727:Ballygawley barracks attack
425:Abercorn Restaurant bombing
385:Scottish soldiers' killings
43:1969 Northern Ireland riots
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3655:Progressive Unionist Party
3598:Communist Party of Ireland
3448:Downing Street Declaration
3105:Reavey and O'Dowd killings
2768:Ulster Defence Association
2011:McKittrick, David (2012).
1627:
1424:marches commemorating the
1379:Burntollet bridge incident
1246:'s investigation into the
1217:Londonderry County Borough
1104:Violence broke out as the
1028:
914:Cloghoge checkpoint attack
796:Derryard checkpoint attack
682:Altnaveigh landmine attack
659:Dungannon land mine attack
580:Reavey and O'Dowd killings
525:Bleary Darts Club shooting
520:Mountainview Tavern attack
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3294:Aughanduff Lynx shootdown
3126:La Mon restaurant bombing
2958:Balmoral showroom bombing
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2271:Johnathan Bardon (2005).
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1319:Royal Ulster Constabulary
1083:Royal Ulster Constabulary
998:Thiepval barracks bombing
889:Craigavon Hyster killings
874:Glenanne barracks bombing
649:La Mon restaurant bombing
415:Balmoral showroom bombing
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3560:Irish republican parties
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3273:Milltown Cemetery attack
3161:Republican hunger strike
2986:Beginning of direct rule
2851:Ulster Protestant Action
2789:Loyalist Volunteer Force
2384:Coogan, Tim Pat (2002).
1869:Coogan, Tim Pat (2002).
1716:Timeline of the Troubles
1450:Apprentice Boys of Derry
1013:Quinn brothers' killings
752:Milltown Cemetery attack
3818:Special Category Status
3676:Ulster Democratic Party
3631:Ulster loyalist parties
3301:Ballygawley bus bombing
3245:Remembrance Day bombing
3070:Miami Showband killings
3056:Birmingham pub bombings
2824:Protestant Action Force
2701:Republican Action Force
2586:Ulster Defence Regiment
2200:McCann, Eamonn (2018).
781:Ballygawley bus bombing
747:Remembrance Day bombing
732:Birches barracks attack
600:Flagstaff Hill incident
540:Miami Showband killings
510:Clogher barracks attack
3462:Loughinisland massacre
3259:Start of peace process
3203:Brighton hotel bombing
3049:Guildford pub bombings
2761:Ulster Volunteer Force
2335:9 January 2019 at the
1649:
1587:British Prime Minister
1583:James Chichester-Clark
1465:
1407:Ulster Volunteer Force
1362:
1204:Nationalist grievances
1053:was a large three-day
983:Loughinisland massacre
823:Operation Conservation
672:Dunmurry train bombing
630:Andersonstown incident
605:Charlemont pub attacks
565:Dublin Airport bombing
535:Forkhill beer keg bomb
495:New Lodge Six shooting
435:Battle at Springmartin
370:Battle of St Matthew's
286:At least 1,000 injured
3641:Ulster Unionist Party
3532:Good Friday Agreement
3434:Shankill Road bombing
3350:Augher Lynx shootdown
3315:Deal barracks bombing
3224:Anglo-Irish Agreement
3091:Balcombe Street siege
3014:Sunningdale Agreement
2564:State security forces
2504:Battle of the Bogside
2203:War and an Irish town
2190:Loyalists, pp. 41–44.
2072:. cain.ulster.ac.uk.
1699:Battle of the Bogside
1636:
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1463:
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1304:Members of Parliament
1283:, and members of the
1198:Ulster Unionist Party
1051:Battle of the Bogside
954:Shankill Road bombing
944:Cullaville occupation
595:Hillcrest Bar bombing
590:Castleblayney bombing
470:Newry customs bombing
356:Battle of the Bogside
276:Casualties and losses
31:Battle of the Bogside
21:The Troubles in Derry
3825:Shoot-to-kill policy
3584:Republican Sinn Féin
3518:Second IRA ceasefire
3175:Droppin Well bombing
3084:Tullyvallen massacre
2951:McGurk's Bar bombing
2858:Ulster Service Corps
2487:published in (1969).
2353:23 July 2019 at the
2303:Mallie, Bishop p. 99
1906:. CAIN web service.
1824:23 July 2019 at the
1432:in Derry set up the
1346:January to July 1969
1194:partition of Ireland
949:Battle of Newry Road
929:Forensic Lab bombing
697:Droppin Well bombing
560:Drummuckavall ambush
555:October 1975 attacks
550:Tullyvallen massacre
480:Annie's Bar massacre
410:McGurk's Bar bombing
405:Red Lion Pub bombing
395:Ballymurphy massacre
291:At least 350 injured
261:Uncertain; thousands
101:54.99778°N 7.32722°W
3734:Irish republicanism
3427:Bishopsgate bombing
3420:Warrington bombings
3217:Newry mortar attack
2944:Operation Demetrius
2817:Down Orange Welfare
2593:Force Research Unit
2461:Shanahan, Timothy.
2413:. Cain.ulst.ac.uk.
2409:Dr Martin Melaugh.
2275:A History of Ulster
2168:. Cain.ulst.ac.uk.
1721:Exercise Armageddon
1426:Battle of the Boyne
1081:, clashed with the
964:Fivemiletown ambush
939:Castlerock killings
859:Mullacreevie ambush
791:Jonesborough ambush
767:Lisburn van bombing
762:Avenue Bar shooting
737:Clontibret invasion
722:Newry mortar attack
692:Divis Flats bombing
677:Lough Foyle attacks
615:Chlorane Bar attack
575:Central Bar bombing
475:Benny's Bar bombing
450:Springhill massacre
430:Donegall St bombing
390:Operation Demetrius
380:Crossmaglen bombing
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3577:Official Sinn Féin
3497:Manchester bombing
3441:Greysteel massacre
3280:Corporals killings
3189:Maze Prison escape
3147:Warrenpoint ambush
3112:Kingsmill massacre
3077:Bayardo Bar attack
3007:Old Bailey bombing
3000:Operation Motorman
2803:Ulster Third Force
2506:Documentary (2004)
2481:Google street view
1813:Stetler, Russell.
1750:. 12 August 1969.
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1244:Cameron Commission
959:Greysteel massacre
845:Lough Neagh ambush
786:Drumnakilly ambush
757:Corporals killings
687:Glasdrumman ambush
654:Warrenpoint ambush
610:Store Bar shooting
585:Kingsmill massacre
545:Bayardo Bar attack
530:Strand Bar bombing
500:Coleraine bombings
460:Operation Motorman
445:Battle of Lenadoon
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2782:Ulster Resistance
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2395:978-0-312-29418-2
2324:978-0-946451-37-1
2290:978-0-85640-764-2
2213:978-1-60846-975-8
2126:cain.ulster.ac.uk
2024:978-0-241-96265-7
1880:978-0-312-29418-2
1852:Coogan, Tim Pat.
1819:Chapter 3: August
1706:in October 2004.
1624:Rioting elsewhere
1519:Bernadette Devlin
1430:Irish republicans
1355:Free Derry Corner
1327:Republican Labour
1252:Ulster Protestant
1168:were allowed in.
1073:residents of the
1071:Irish nationalist
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988:Killeeshil ambush
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1692:Documentary
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1414:The Twelfth
1377:during the
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1311:Ivan Cooper
1186:nationalist
809:Derrygorry
772:Aughanduff
712:Kesh ambush
365:RTÉ bombing
140:Resulted in
104: /
3882:1969 riots
3866:Categories
3769:Free Derry
2842:Vigilantes
2726:Vigilantes
2222:1090397177
1727:References
1682:republican
1669:Coalisland
1553:Irish Army
1541:Jack Lynch
1496:The battle
1399:Free Derry
1387:barricades
1359:Free Derry
1323:Gerry Fitt
1279:, such as
1221:government
1192:after the
1172:Background
1162:Free Derry
1158:no-go area
1142:the border
1134:Irish Army
1119:barricades
1106:Protestant
1085:(RUC) and
1029:See also:
1008:1997 riots
360:1969 riots
201:B-Specials
165:no-go area
163:becomes a
161:Free Derry
122:background
89:54°59′52″N
3570:Sinn Féin
3329:1990–1997
2895:1967–1972
2708:Saor Éire
2230:cite book
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1665:Dungannon
1638:A war of
1610:partition
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1490:slingshot
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1391:vigilante
1383:sectarian
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117:Caused by
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3748:Unionism
3511:NI riots
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2694:Real IRA
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1784:17 April
1752:Archived
1748:BBC News
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1267:Activism
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1144:and the
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1653:Belfast
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1160:called
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190:Bogside
174:Parties
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129:Methods
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251:Number
3783:Flags
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1939:JSTOR
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