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A loyalist mural in Belfast commemorating the 1969 riots. Belfast has a long history of riots between Catholics and Protestants. Beginning in 1835 there have been at least 15 major riots in Belfast, the most violent ones taking place in 1864, 1886 and 1921. [11] See 1886 Belfast riots, Bloody Sunday (1921) and The Troubles in Ulster (1920 ...
Burntollet Bridge was the setting for an attack on 4 January 1969 during the first stages of the Troubles of Northern Ireland. [1] [2] A People's Democracy march from Belfast to Derry was attacked by Ulster loyalists whilst passing through Burntollet.
That night, loyalists took to the streets of Belfast in protest at the report. During violence in the Shankill, UVF members shot dead RUC officer Victor Arbuckle. He was the first RUC officer to be killed during the Troubles. [113] In October and December 1969, the UVF carried out a number of small bombings in the Republic of Ireland. [58]
12 July – Rioting in Belfast, Derry and Dungiven follows Orange Institution parades. [3] 1 August – A huge protest rally over events in Northern Ireland is held outside the General Post Office, Dublin. The crowd demands that the Irish Army cross the border. 5 August – Belfast experiences the worst sectarian rioting since 1935.
August – Andrew Boyd's historical work Holy War in Belfast was published in Tralee, going through six impressions in three years. [22] 5 October – Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. December – Rock band Thin Lizzy was formed in Dublin. Donagh MacDonagh's poems A Warning to Conquerors were published in Dublin.
Northern Ireland riots of August 1969 – in response to events in Derry, Irish nationalists held protests throughout Northern Ireland. Some of these became violent. In Belfast, loyalists responded by attacking nationalist districts. Rioting also erupted in Newry, Armagh, Crossmaglen, Dungannon, Coalisland and Dungiven. Six Catholics and two ...
The Battle of the Bogside was a large three-day riot that took place from 12 to 14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland.Thousands of Catholic/Irish nationalist residents of the Bogside district, organised under the Derry Citizens' Defence Association, clashed with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and loyalists.
Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles.It was the longest continuous deployment in British military history.