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The Battle of the Bogside
Apprentice boys marched near Bogside and threw pennies to mock Catholic poverty. People who lived in Bogside used slingshots to throw marbles and then both sides started throwing stones at each other. Officers and a loyalist group were hit with stones and molotov cocktails when they entered Bogside. After the three days of battle 10 people died and 154 were hurt. Many also lost their homes. This is seen as the beginning of the 30 year conflict known as the troubles. -
The formation of 14 Intelligence Company
Lord Mountbatten was the grandson of Queen Victoria and second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He was a world war II hero. On a vacation near Ireland he went on a boat with his family where a planted bomb was activated to terrorize the British forces to leave Northern Ireland. -
Bloody Sunday
British soldiers shot 26 civilians during a protest in Bogside. 14 people died. March was organized by the NICRA against imprisonment without trial. This was seen as one of the most significant events of the Troubles because it was the most amount of people killed in a shooting since Bogside and it led to Catholic and Irish nationalist hostility to the British Army. -
Donegall street bombing
The IRA set off a car bomb in a city when the street had a lot of shoppers, office workers, and school children. Seven people died in the explosion. Before the explosion, calls were made to a carpet dealer and the Irish News giving notice that a bomb would go off and where it would be. Afterwards the British Prime Minister announced the suspension of the 50 year old stormant parliament and the imposition of the direct rule from London. -
Bloody Friday bombings
20 bombs exploded in 80 minutes. Many were car bombs others targeted buildings. 9 people were killed and 130 were injured. The IRA gave warning 30 minutes before the bombs went off. These were a response to the talks between the IRA and British Government. This launched Operation Motorman which had the British Army retake IRA controlled areas in Belfast and Derry and drove IRA members into Republic of Ireland. -
Bombing of Guilford pubs in southern England
The IRA detonated two 6-lb bombs at two pubs that were targeted because they were popular with the British Army personnel stationed at Pirbright barracks. Four soldiers and a civilian were killed. 65 people were wounded. -
The IRA bombing of Birmingham
Bombs exploded in two public houses in Birmingham killing 21 people and injuring 182. One of the deadliest acts of the Troubles and deadliest act of terrorism to occur in English between World War II and the 2005 London Bombings. -
The official deployment of the SAS in Northern Ireland
This was after the Besssbrook massacre in retaliation for the spate of loyalist murders. -
The kidnapping of Captain Robert Nairac
Nairac was abducted by the IRA while on an undercover operation in Armagh. He was taken to Flurry Bridge in County Louth to be beaten and shot. -
The death of John Boyle during an SAS operation
John Boyle was a 16 year old boy who was killed by two SAS men who were stalking out a terrorist arms cache at a cemetery in Dunloy. He had previously found the weapons and told security but then went back and was mistaken for an IRA member. -
Lord Mountbatten's Assassination
Lord Mountbatten was the grandson of Queen Victoria and second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. He was a world war II hero. On a vacation near Ireland he went on a boat with his family where a planted bomb was activated to terrorize the British forces to leave Northern Ireland. -
Warrenpoint Ambush
A guerrila attack by the IRA who ambushed a British Army with roadside bombs. 18 british soldiers were killed and 20 more injured. This was the deadliest attack on the British army during the Troubles. The attack happened the same day that the IRA assassinated Lord Louis Mountbatten, a close relative of the British Royal Family.