On Bloody Sunday : a new history of the day and its aftermath by those who were there / Julieann Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Julieann, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972.

Bloody Sunday, Derry, Northern Ireland, 1972--Personal narratives.

Political violence--Northern Ireland--Derry--History--20th century.

Political violence.

Demonstrations--Northern Ireland--Derry--History--20th century.

Demonstrations.

Massacres--Northern Ireland--Derry--History--20th century.

Massacres.

History.

Derry (Northern Ireland)--History--20th century.

Derry (Northern Ireland).

Northern Ireland--Derry.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xviii, 446 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

On Bloody Sunday : 30.1.1972

30.1.1972

Place of Publication:

London : Monoray, 2022.

Summary:

"In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. Seven of those killed were teenage boys. The day became known as 'Bloody Sunday'. The events occurred in broad daylight and in the full glare of the press. Within hours, the British military informed the world that they had won an 'IRA gun battle'. This became the official narrative for decades until a family-led campaign instigated one of the most complex inquiries in history. In 2010, the victims of Bloody Sunday were fully exonerated when Lord Saville found that the majority of the victims were either shot in the back as they ran away or were helping someone in need. The report made headlines all over the world. While many buried the trauma of that day, historian and campaigner Juliann Campbell - whose teenage uncle was the first to be killed that day - felt the need to keep recording these interviews, and collecting rare and unpublished accounts, aware of just how precious they were. Fifty years on, in this book, survivors, relatives, eyewitnesses and politicians, shine a light on the events of Bloody Sunday, together, for the first time"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Rising for Civil Rights

2. Police Attack at Duke Street, 1968

3. `You Are Now Entering Free Derry'

4. The Battle of the Bogside

5. Ordinary Lives

6. Imprisonment Without Trial, 1971

7. Murder in Ballymurphy

8. `Measures to Control Marches'

9. Scenes at Magilligan Strand, 1972

10. Army Plans and IRA Assurances

11. The Day Before

12. Sunday Morning

13. Setting Off from Bishop's Field

14. Snipers in William Street

15. The Breakaway Riot

16. Shots Fired at the Waste Ground

17. `The paratroops want to go in'

18. Advance into Rossville Street

19. The First Fatality

20. Targets on Rossville Street

21. At the Rubble Barricade

22. In the Square and Abbey Park

23. The Final Shots

24. Aftermath

25. Word Spreads

26. The Morgue

27. A Cover-Up Begins

28. The Next Morning

29. Seven Priests Accuse

30. The Wakes

31. Nail Bombs and Hate Mail

32. The Funerals

33. The Widgery Tribunal

34. The Whitewash

35. Summer 1972

36. Decades

37. Igniting Embers

38. Enough New Evidence

39. The Second Inquiry

40. `Innocent!'.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1800960409

9781800960404

9781800960480

1800960484

OCLC:

1252844083

Publisher Number:

99989605478