UK: LONDONDERRY: 23RD ANNIVERSARY OF BLOODY SUNDAY
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Thousands of people have marched through the streets of Londonderry in Northern Ireland to mark the 23rd anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when 13 civilians were killed by British soldiers.
The people also gathered to hear Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the IRA, condemn the British Government for moving too slowly on the peace process.
Five thousand mainly Catholic nationalists took to `the streets of Londonderry Sunday, the same streets where 13 civilians were killed by British paratroopers 23 years ago.
In January 1972, British paratroopers confronted pro-Republican protesters, fatally shooting the unarmed civilians.
The tragedy has since been known as Bloody Sunday and has been a rallying point for the I-R-A.
Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, was among today's peaceful marchers.
He later addressed the crowd and called for the healing process to begin between Republicans, who want a united Ireland and loyalists who want Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom. .
SOUNDBITE: (English)
We want to see a process of forgiveness of reconciliation. And I have acknowledged publicly, the hurt the Republicans have inflicted. I have acknowledged that as have others. But the Unionists also must acknowledge the hurt that they have inflicted and the Loyalists and especially the British Government.
SUPER CAPTION: Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein President.
He also criticised the British Government for not acting on the issue of I-R-A political prisoners.
He said the British Government had refused to recognise the democratic rights of large sections of his people and had made no significant effort to demilitarize the situation.
SOUNDBITE:
The British Government does not listen to public opinion when that public opinion is Irish public opinion. And the British Government is still moving too slow to engage in the peace process.
SUPER CAPTION: Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein President.
Adams also called for the permanent withdrawal of the British Army from all nationalist areas and for the permanent disbandment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary -the Northern Ireland police force.
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DERRY (LONDONDERRY), VIEWING the famous BLOODY SUNDAY murals ????, NORTHERN IRELAND
SUBSCRIBE: - Let's walk together along bogside in Derry (or, Londonderry) in Northern Ireland and let's view the famous murals painted to represent the civil rights movement of the late 60s and early 70s and the incident of Bloody Sunday in January 1972. Vic Stefanu, vstefanu@yahoo.com. Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle, which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge. The city now covers both banks (Cityside on the west and Waterside on the east).
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Irish Murals Mark The Troubles in Bogside Derry/Londonderry - The Bogside Murals - History Tour
A walking tour of the Derry/Londonderry murals. Many found in the Bogside part of Derry - political murals marking many key events in the city's history including Bloody Sunday.
A haunting reminder to the times not that long ago that the people of Northern Ireland suffered due to the Troubles. It is well worthwhile for any tourist to take a tour in these areas with a local and hear first hand the events that consumed everyday life in Northern Ireland.
Bogside is a neighborhood outside the city of walls of Derry in county Londonderry and this is where the different large-garble wall murals drawn by Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner, and the Gasyard Feile (which is an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard). These different murals are considered a famous touristic attraction and that was the reason why we managed to visit this place and wander the streets looking for those art pieces.
Most of these different murals drawn on the walls of the streets are related to the period of The Troubles since this neighborhood has been the focal point of almost all the events of The Troubles. The Troubles was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century which was also known as the Northern Ireland Conflict. This conflict was mainly political and nationalistic but sometimes it was fueled by some historical events along the way
With the effort exerted by Bogside Artists, there are now 12 large wall murals drawn on the street walls of this small neighborhood and which the last one of them was completed in 2008. With all these different drawings found on the walls, this place has been referred to as The People's Gallery and which include The Petrol Bomber, Bernadette, Bloody Sunday, Bloody Sunday Commemoration, Death of Innocence, Hunger Strike, Operation Motorman, The Saturday Matinee, Civil Rights, Peace Mural, The Runner, and A Tribute to John Hume. Every single one of these different murals is drawn for a reason and to tell a specific story about the history of Bogside when it comes to The Troubles time.
There are different drawings from these which might be related to the same incidence or event but which might be telling a different story; there was this one for example related to the Bloody Sunday incident of those 14 people killed during a civil rights demonstration, and there is also another one related to the same day but which is about the face or portraits of those different 14 people along with drawing a leaf around them; 14 leaves, each one to resemble one of those victims.
Walking through streets that carry these different pieces and murals of art will definitely let one wonder about those who have been behind such creativity and ideas. Bogside Artists is a trio of mural painters from Derry, Londonderry and who are Tom Kelly, William Kelly, and Kevin Hasson; they are those three painters who transformed the walls of Bogside to this beautiful scenery which we are exposed to and not just that, but they tend to deliver something of meaning, something related to the history of Derry.
Those murals drawn in the streets of Bogside neighborhood are the most famous work for Bogside Artists, and which is all about the sectarian violence and the civil rights protests during the time of The Troubles in Northern Ireland - and we have to say that we were more than excited while watching all these drawings and experiencing the art that these three artists managed to deliver.
If you already know about the history of the place and know what used to happen during the time of The Troubles then you could just head to Bogside and wander the streets there in Derry to experience those murals and know the stories they tend to deliver, but if you don't know much about this period of time then there are two different things to do: you will either have to read about this history in order to understand every single mural, or else walk the place with a guide or someone who knows about these things well enough.
The idea of street murals is always fascinating, you walk by one of them and you feel as if you have seen the most beautiful thing in the whole world. There are other murals in Northern Ireland which are also becoming famous such as the Peace Wall in Belfast ( the murals and artwork in the Cathedral Quarter in Belfast ( the Tall Ships mural in Belfast ( and also The Son of Protagoras Mural which is found in Belfast as well (
Walking by any of these different murals - or graffiti as they are referred to more - will also leave you stunned by the art you are seeing displayed on the street walls and that is exactly the same with Bogside in Derry.
Irish Murals Mark The Troubles in Bogside Derry/Londonderry - The Bogside Murals - History Tour
Northern Ireland - Bloody Sunday
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Preparations were underway on Saturday (1/2) in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, for a march on Sunday to commemorate the fourteen people who were killed in shooting by British paratroopers on Bloody Sunday in 1972 by British soldiers.
The deaths came during what had started as a nationalist, mostly-Catholic march against internment, but which turned into a pivotal incident which polarised the British province's Protestant and Catholic communities. Thirteen people were killed at the scene, and one man died six months later from his wounds.
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LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND, 1/2
wide pan of Londonderry;
armoured landcruisers move in;
drive by welcome to free derry sign;
Men in cherry picker erect mural of victims;
IRA sign depicting bloody sunday;
WS Zoom to police on hillside;
WS Sniper in hedgerow;
black flags hanging out of window.
ws of memorial;
cu of monument;
pan down of photographs of victims;
SOT, brother of one of victims, Liam Wray - 22 year-old brother James in english my brother was shot twice in the back. Once when he was already lying wounded ; there was no evidence that he was in the march against the internment. He was murdered. There is no other way to put it. He was murdered. And i'm looking for justice. I want the guilty brought to book and I want to prosecute. I want the government that says it's my government to pursue that matter. That is my demand
ws of church;
ws of interior church;
people watching exhibition of photographs;
cu photographs;
SOT parish priest father stephen McLaughlin, St. Mary's church, Creggan in english The fact that the deaths on bloody sunday came about as a result of a official operation not paramilitary acitivity it was the state who was involved and that is the significance and that's why it has to be re-examined. MS sign depicting police brutality reading ' Nothing has changed;
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☘️ Bloody Sunday memorial march through Derry marks 47th anniversary | Al Jazeera English
People in the Northern Irish city of Londonderry have been marching to remember Bloody Sunday, the day British troops killed 14 unarmed civilians.
The event in 1972 took place during the height of the Troubles - a conflict pitting mostly Catholic Irish nationalists or republicans, against pro-British, mostly protestant unionists.
The march also comes a week after suspected dissident republicans detonated a bomb in Derry.
Police fear fringe paramilitary groups will exploit the threat of a hard border in Ireland due to the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
Al Jazeera's Catherine Stancl reports from Derry, Northern Ireland.
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British Paratroopers killed 14 Catholic protesters, and injured 13 more, on 30 January 1972 in Londonderry.
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More than 30 petrol bombs were thrown at police during disorder in Londonderry on Saturday night.The trouble happened at the Fountain estate interface and Nailor's Row in the city's Bogside.Shortly before 22:00 BST, three petrol bombs were thrown into the mainly Protestant Fountain, one of which ignited, before police were attacked with petrol bombs, bricks and bottles.On Sunday night, police said there was another attack on the Fountain estate.Police resources are now moving in to protect people and evidence gathering teams have been deployed, the PSNI said in a tweet.Shortly after 23:00, the PSNI tweeted that the Lecky Road flyover in the Bogside had been blocked with burning bins and was best avoided.DUP MLA for Foyle Gary Middleton tweeted to say bottles had been smashed in the gardens of homes in the estate on Sunday night.Supt Gordon McCalmont called Saturday's disorder an attack on our whole community.I would like to express my thanks and admiration to those in the community and my colleagues who worked tirelessly to minimise the impacts of this disorder and indeed bring the situation under control, he said.I would also appeal to those in the community to use their influence to help us maintain control of the situation so that we do not have a repeat of this behaviour.I would, however, like to reassure the community that we will deploy the necessary resources to detect and deter those responsible. There have been a number of attacks on the Fountain estate in recent weeks.In a tweet on Saturday the DUP's Gary Middleton said: We must all stand against these sectarian attacks.The PSNI must do all they can to protect the residents of the Fountain. SDLP MLA Mark H Durkan said: ''For the second week in a row, petrol bombs have been thrown into the Fountain estate.The destruction and death that could have been caused does not bear thinking about.These attacks are completely reprehensible and those behind them must be brought to their senses and brought to justice. Sinn Féin MLA Karen Mullan said: A number of petrol bombs have been thrown into the Fountain estate.There were several more thrown right outside the gates of Alexander House.Wrecking and terrorising your own community or a neighbouring community is wrong and is not reflective of the proud community that is the Bogside. The MLA for Foyle also reacted on Twitter to the further incidents on Sunday night.The deputy mayor of Derry and Strabane, UUP councillor Derek Hussey, also condemned the latest attacks on the Fountain estate.The Fountain has com under attack in recent weeks for one reason and one reason alone - pure sectarian hatred, he said.This is a small protestant community whose very existence is an affront to a section of republicans who will not be content until all protestants are removed from the west bank of the Foyle.
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Murals in Northern Ireland
Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contains arguably the most famous political murals in the country. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, 'The Belfast Mural Guide' estimated that, in Belfast, there were on display. approximately 300 quality murals, with many more in varying degrees of aging and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and show display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community. In Republican communities the themes of murals can range from the Hunger Strikes of 1981, with particular emphasis on Bobby Sands; murals of International solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy and Springhill Massacres or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class Unionist communities, murals are used to promote loyalist paramilitary groups such as the UDA and UVF or commemorate deceased members. However traditional themes such as King William of Orange, 1690, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common. Political point of view, Irish, British or International, an event or person(s), with a particular emphasis on the Troubles are clearly recognizable themes.
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Loyalist wall murals from the Fountain ,Waterside and other areas of Derry / Londonderry.
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