Bloody Sunday Memorial
Bloody Sunday Memorial
Bloody Sunday Memorial
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Steven H
Helena, MT6 contributions
Sep 2023 • Couples
Great self guided tour. The Derry Museum is a must see. Very informative. Provides a better understanding of what happened during those times and well as the history of how it started in the 18th and 19th centuries. An easy side trip for the day from Ballycastle or Belfast if you are not staying there.
Written October 12, 2023
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Bozeman-Dublin
Trim, Ireland8,858 contributions
Apr 2019 • Solo
The Bloody Sunday Memorial was one of the first things I sought out when i visited Derry It is an easy walk onto the Bogside from tbe city walls and is located right beside the Free Derry Corner, H Block Memorial and IRA Memorial. All can be visited for free within a hundred metres of each other or so.
While I found the memorial deeply moving and interesting, I was surprised by how understated it is. But I guess that's the point, these were ordinary folks going about the business of a peaceful protest so I guess an ordinary but thoughtful monument is the most appropriate commemoration. I don't know why I expected it to be grander but in a way I'm glad that it's not.
Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely monument set right beside houses in a working class area, just such a sad and tragic thing to see.
While I found the memorial deeply moving and interesting, I was surprised by how understated it is. But I guess that's the point, these were ordinary folks going about the business of a peaceful protest so I guess an ordinary but thoughtful monument is the most appropriate commemoration. I don't know why I expected it to be grander but in a way I'm glad that it's not.
Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely monument set right beside houses in a working class area, just such a sad and tragic thing to see.
Written April 14, 2019
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Anne S
Supply, NC52 contributions
Jul 2019 • Couples
The Bloody Sunday Memorial is a tasteful remembrance of that horrible day in 1972. The entire battle of the Irish for their Civil Rights can be summed up right there. And it's still going on.
Written July 28, 2019
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ZinamonKveen
Colombo, Sri Lanka786 contributions
Oct 2014 • Solo
Visited as part of a walking tour. Having heard all about The Troubles along the way, ending up at the memorial was a moving experience. The memorial itself is innocuous. It may not necessarily interest the average tourist but if you're visiting Ireland for the first time and happen to be in Derry, worth going by.
Written October 28, 2014
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rankin2010
Atlanta, GA164 contributions
Jul 2012 • Couples
Unless you have a specific reason for making the visit, not worth the walk down the hill and dodging traffic to get there. Unless I missed it (and I tried), there was nothing on the history or events of Bloody Sunday, just a monument with names on it.
Written August 10, 2012
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S C
England, UK133 contributions
Mar 2017 • Family
Busy little memorial at the roadside in Bogside in remembrance of those who fell on Bloody Sunday. Worth tying this in with a visit to the Free Derry Museum
Written March 27, 2017
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Colette M
16 contributions
Jan 2017 • Family
Brilliant day our guide Paul Donnaghue was really informative and was willing to stop and answer any questions that were asked of him this trip is well worth the time I would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Derry
Written February 12, 2017
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Patrick D
Warsaw, Poland5,246 contributions
Mar 2016 • Solo
Bloody Sunday, also called the Bogside Massacre, is far from the only violent episode of the troubled history of Northern Ireland. If this day is passed on to posterity, it is because it has major political implications: it has directly influenced the consequences of the conflict in Northern Ireland. This event has encouraged many young Catholics to take up arms and engage in paramilitary organizations, especially in the ranks of the IRA (Irish Republican Army)
Brief overview of the Sunday, January 30, 1972,
In the afternoon 15 to 20,000 demonstrators gather in the area of the Bogside in Derry, the second city of Northern Ireland.
The initiative of the walk back to the Northern Ireland Association for Civil Rights (NICRA), fighting since the late 1960s against the discrimination against the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, including relation to voting and housing.
The implementation August 9, 1971 of administrative detention, which allows the British army to imprison anyone without trial, has fueled anger nationalist Catholics.
At the origin peaceful, the demonstration degenerated when the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment of the United Kingdom is dispatched to contain the rioters possible. British soldiers opened fire on the crowd, killing thirteen people (including seven teenagers) and injuring fourteen others. A 14th protester dies four months later of his injuries.
Artists like John Lennon in 72, and U2 in 83 are inspired by these events in their song Bloody Sunday .. The film Bloody Sunday recounts these dramatic events , is a true historical record
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The monument is a single block of granite shaped obelisk, erected in memory of the 14 people of Derry, who were killed that tragic Sunday, The Memorial is situated in the Bogside area of Free Derry, where s event ' is produced. Area residents regularly go to the place and leave wreaths at the monument, making it an important monument of the city ... Touching place and great part of history of Irland
Brief overview of the Sunday, January 30, 1972,
In the afternoon 15 to 20,000 demonstrators gather in the area of the Bogside in Derry, the second city of Northern Ireland.
The initiative of the walk back to the Northern Ireland Association for Civil Rights (NICRA), fighting since the late 1960s against the discrimination against the Catholic minority in Northern Ireland, including relation to voting and housing.
The implementation August 9, 1971 of administrative detention, which allows the British army to imprison anyone without trial, has fueled anger nationalist Catholics.
At the origin peaceful, the demonstration degenerated when the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment of the United Kingdom is dispatched to contain the rioters possible. British soldiers opened fire on the crowd, killing thirteen people (including seven teenagers) and injuring fourteen others. A 14th protester dies four months later of his injuries.
Artists like John Lennon in 72, and U2 in 83 are inspired by these events in their song Bloody Sunday .. The film Bloody Sunday recounts these dramatic events , is a true historical record
.
The monument is a single block of granite shaped obelisk, erected in memory of the 14 people of Derry, who were killed that tragic Sunday, The Memorial is situated in the Bogside area of Free Derry, where s event ' is produced. Area residents regularly go to the place and leave wreaths at the monument, making it an important monument of the city ... Touching place and great part of history of Irland
Written May 20, 2016
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Juliana V
Houston, TX9 contributions
Oct 2013 • Family
Definitely neat to see with our own eyes and be where the protests and deaths occurred on a historical standpoint. Monument is a simple construction, with the pictures of the victims, and an explanation of what occurred that day. It became more interesting to see after the recent admission of unnecessary use of force by England during the protests that led to those deaths on Bloody Sunday.
Written November 4, 2013
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mandr268
Westport, Ireland913 contributions
Feb 2022
this is a very moving memorial and well worth spending a few minutes reflecting on the fact that nobody has been held to account for 50 years
Written February 11, 2022
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