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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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MP, with bloody head and shirt were broadcast around the world. The actions of the police were televised and caused widespread anger across Ireland, particularly among northern nationalists. The following day, 4,000 people demonstrated in solidarity with the marchers in Guildhall Square in the centre
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As a result, although Catholics made up 60% of Derry's population in 1961, due to the division of electoral wards, unionists had a majority of 12 seats to 8 on the city council. When there arose the possibility of nationalists gaining one of the wards, the boundaries were redrawn to maintain unionist
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east of Northern Ireland rather than the mainly Catholic west. Examples of such controversial decisions affecting Derry were the decision to close the anti-submarine training school in 1965 which added 600 to an unemployment figure already approaching 20%, the decision to site Northern Ireland's new
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Over 1,000 people were injured in the rioting in Derry, but no one was killed. A total of 691 policemen were deployed in Derry during the riot, of whom only 255 were still in action at 12:30 on the 15th. Manpower then fluctuated for the rest of the afternoon: the numbers recorded are 318, 304, 374,
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The RUC, who had suffered a barrage of missiles, then moved against the Catholic/nationalist rioters. Whilst the police fought with the rioters at William Street, officers at the Rossville Street barricade encouraged Protestants slingshotting stones across the barricade at the Catholics. The police
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were too small and did not protect their whole bodies. Furthermore, their uniforms were not flame resistant and some officers were badly burned by petrol bombs. Moreover, there was no system in place to relieve officers, with the result that the same policemen had to serve in the rioting for three
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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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Secondly, only owners or tenants of a dwelling and their spouses were allowed to vote in local elections. Nationalists argued that these practices were retained by unionists after their abolition in Great Britain in 1945 in order to reduce the anti-unionist vote. Figures show that, in Derry city,
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On 19 April there were clashes between NICRA marchers, loyalists and the RUC in the 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 Bogsiders were injured is unclear, as many injuries were never reported.
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in 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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Although the march did not pass through the Bogside, it passed near to it at the junction of Waterloo Place and William Street. It was here that the initial disturbance broke out. Initially, some loyalists had thrown
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against the Catholic minority. Seven people in Belfast were killed and hundreds wounded, five of them Catholic civilians shot by police. Another Catholic civilian was shot dead by B-Specials in Armagh. Both
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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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Devenny died of his injuries on 17 July and he is sometimes referred to as the first victim of the Troubles. Others consider John Patrick Scullion, who was killed 11 June 1966 by the
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By 14 August, the rioting in the Bogside had reached a critical point. Almost the entire Bogside community had been mobilised by this point, many galvanised by false rumours that
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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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On 13 August, NICRA called for protests across Northern Ireland in support of the Bogside to draw police away from the fighting there. That night it issued a statement:
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for over a year before the Battle of the Bogside. In part, this was due to long-standing grievances held by much of the city's population. The city had a majority
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nationalists comprised 61.6% of parliamentary electors, but only 54.7% of local government electors. There was also widespread discrimination in employment.
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On 5 October 1968, these activists organised a march through the centre of Derry. However, the demonstration was banned. When the marchers, including
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for those civilians injured in the fighting. Some Bogsiders believed that Irish troops were about to be sent over the border to defend them.
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had been attacked by loyalists. The police were also beginning to use firearms. Two rioters were shot and wounded in Great James Street. The
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population. In 1961, for example, the population was 53,744, of which 36,049 was Catholic and 17,695 Protestant. However, because of
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days without rest. The overstretched police also resorted to throwing stones back at the Bogsiders, and were helped by loyalists.
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MPs to observe the march. Fitt took his place at the front of the march and was assaulted by RUC officers. TV pictures of Fitt, a
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Darby, John (1976), Conflict in Northern Ireland: the Development of a Polarised Community, p. 67, Dublin: Gill & Macmillan
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Gallagher, Frank (1957), The Indivisible Island: the Story of the Partition of Ireland, pp. 227–278, London: Gollancz.
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The actions of the Bogside residents were co-ordinated to some extent. The DCDA set up a headquarters in the house of
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were deployed and the RUC were withdrawn. The British Army made no attempt to enter the Bogside, which became a
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rather than Derry, which had four times the population and was Northern Ireland's second biggest city.
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were gerrymandered so as to give unionists a majority of elected representatives in the city. The
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Statement by the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, regarding events in Northern Ireland (13 August 1969)
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Johnson, James H. (25 April 1970). "Reorganization of Local Government in Northern Ireland".
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from the top of the walls at Catholics in the Bogside below, in return marbles were fired by
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into the Bogside – the first time it had been used by UK police. Residents feared the
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wrote that the march "was regarded as a calculated insult to the Derry Catholics".
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control. Control of the city council gave unionists control over the allocation of
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Communal riot that took place from 12 to 14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland
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patrols organised to keep the police out. It was at this point that the famous
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The annual Apprentice Boys parade on 12 August commemorates the relief of the
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Wilson considered direct rule option as violence raged in North
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maintained political control of Derry by two means. Firstly,
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1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
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In January 1969, a march by the radical nationalist group
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force to be sent to Derry. Lynch also announced that the
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would be sent in and would massacre Catholic residents.
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Late on 12 August, police began flooding the area with
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Ceasefires of the Provisional IRA, UVF, UDA and RHC
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Index

The Troubles in Derry
the Troubles
1969 Northern Ireland riots

Derry
Northern Ireland
54°59′52″N 7°19′38″W / 54.99778°N 7.32722°W / 54.99778; -7.32722
background
rioting
The Troubles
British Army
deployed
Free Derry
no-go area
Derry Citizens' Defence Association
Bogside
Royal Ulster Constabulary
B-Specials
Paddy Doherty
Bernadette Devlin
Eamonn McCann
Anthony Peacocke
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e
The Troubles
Ireland
Battle of the Bogside
1969 riots
RTÉ bombing

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