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Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, [1] was a massacre on 30 January 1972 when British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, [n 1] Northern Ireland. Thirteen men were killed outright and the death of another man four months later was attributed to gunshot injuries from the incident.
The army had also killed several civilians, including 14-year-old Annette McGavigan. [6] Extensive barricades were erected in Catholic suburbs of Derry, organized mostly by the two IRAs. These were intended to prevent access to the army, police, and loyalist mobs, and many were impassable even to the British Army's one-ton armoured vehicles.
1969 Northern Ireland riots. During 12–16 August 1969, there was an outbreak of political and sectarian violence throughout Northern Ireland, which is often seen as the beginning of the thirty-year conflict known as the Troubles. There had been sporadic violence throughout the year arising out of the Northern Ireland civil rights campaign ...
Ulster Defence Association. The Top of the Hill bar shooting, or Annie's Bar massacre, [1] was a mass shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland on 20 December 1972, during the Troubles. Five civilians were killed when members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), a loyalist paramilitary group, opened fire on the customers in a pub frequented by ...
The Guildhall, Derry, location of the early part of the inquiry. The Bloody Sunday Inquiry, also known as the Saville Inquiry or the Saville Report after its chairman, Lord Saville of Newdigate, was established in 1998 by British Prime Minister Tony Blair after campaigns for a second inquiry by families of those killed and injured in Derry on Bloody Sunday during the peak of The Troubles.
54.9925°N 7.3400°W. / 54.9925; -7.3400. (approximate) Known for. Victim of Bloody Sunday massacre. Gerard V. Donaghy (20 February 1954 – 30 January 1972), sometimes transcribed as Gerald Donaghey, was a native of the Bogside, Derry who was killed by members of the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday in Derry, Northern Ireland .
McGregor died on 5 March 1729 and was buried in Londonderry, New Hampshire. [1] His son, David McGregor, became the first minister of the western parish of Derry, when the second congregation was formed. [2] David McGregor's son, Robert McGregor, was a Colonel during the Revolutionary War and was an aide-de-camp to Gen. John Stark. [2]
August 29, 2024 at 10:58 AM. [BBC] A vigil has been held in Londonderry for Spanish woman Montserrat Martorell, who was killed in the city last weekend. Dozens of people gathered in Guildhall ...