Troubles in Northern Ireland

What was the NI civil rights association called?

NICRA

How did NICRA attempt reform?

through publishing, documenting and lobbying for an end to discrimination in areas like: employment, elections and public housing

Between 1932-34, there was a rise in what?

sectarian paramilitary violence

The prime minister of NI, Terence O’Neill was under pressure from Harold Wilson to do what?

end gerrymandering and allocation of housing

What happened on the 5th January 1969?

Long March was met with violence, police pushed marchers back into the Catholic Bogside Region (police charged the area, smashing windows and beating residents)

What was proclaimed on the 19th April?

Free Derry

What happened with the police on the 19th April?

they were pushed back as rioting intensified, but they regrouped and 400 attacked the Bogside, beating residents so viciously that a man died

What happened on 14th August?

British troops arrived in Derry, the violence was feared to become a full blown massacre, Prime Minister requested the British army to keep the peace, undermining the NI government

What happened on 13th August?

over 1,000 Nationalists were injured in the fighting, while 350 RUC members were involved

Who were the B specials?

an armed corps, on military lines, called out in emergencies (made up of Protestants)

Who were Sinn Fein?

an Irish Republican and democratic socialist political party

Who was Ian Paisley?

a militant Protestant leader, the cofounder and moderator of his own church (organised extreme street protests and rallies, leading to lots of confrontations with authorities)