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Operation Motorman of 1972

In the early morning of 31 July 1972, the British army initiated Operation Motorman in response to Bloody Friday, a series of bombs that occurred days earlier in Belfast. Their goal was to re-take control of 'no-go' areas in Irish nationalist communities and...

Bloody Sunday 1972

Bloody Sunday occurred on January 30, 1972, in the city of Derry when the parachute regiment of the British army opened fire on a Civil Rights march killing 13 people, another victim died later from his wounds. By 1969 Northern Ireland was spiraling out of control and...

British Troops Arrive In Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

In the summer of 1969, the British government invoked Operation Banner, the deployment of troops to Northern Ireland. What was supposed to be a "limited operation" to restore law and order, it became the longest continuous deployment in the history of the British...

The Battle of the Bogside in 1969

Following on from the Peoples Democracy march of 1st January 1969 from Belfast to Derry and the subsequent rioting in the Bogside and other towns in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association and its supporters were openly condemned by the...

John Hume: The Visionary Leader Who Championed Non-Violence in Politics

John Hume (1937-2020) was an Irish politician, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process. He was born in the city of Derry and was educated at St....

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