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Ireland Revisited: Part 3

Following the failed British policy of internment, violence continued to escalate in the North and worse was yet to come. Under increasing pressure from unionism, the British Army began adopting more aggressive policies to keep Civil Rights marches in order. Then, on 30th January 1972, in an ‘illegal’ Civil Rights march, the British Army deployed […]

Ireland Revisited: Part 2

Against a backdrop of early violence in 1969, both the IRA and UVF continued to grow in strength, arming themselves for what both perceived as an inevitable war, after the frequent Civil Rights demonstrations turned into riots. In August 1969 the Apprentice Boys’ march in Belfast created three days of ferocious nationalist rioting in Derry. […]







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