The Troubles in County Antrim - The Troubles in Belfast, Shankill Butchers, 1969 Northern Ireland Riots, Maze Prison Escape (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: The Troubles in Belfast, Shankill Butchers, 1969 Northern Ireland riots, Maze Prison escape, Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade, McGurk's Bar bombing, Falls Curfew, 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings, Bloody Friday, Corporals killings, Battle of St Matthew's, Operation Motorman, Dunmurry train explosion, Shankill Road bombing, Milltown Cemetery attack, National Graves Association, Belfast, Ballymurphy Massacre, La Mon restaurant bombing, Springhill Massacre, UDA South East Antrim Brigade, Pat Finucane Centre, The Troubles in Lisburn, The Troubles in Ballymoney, The Troubles in Antrim, The Night We Burned Ardoyne, The Troubles in Newtownabbey, The Troubles in Ballymena, The Troubles in Dunloy, The Troubles in Jordanstown, The Troubles in Aghagallon, Abercorn Restaurant, The Troubles in Crumlin, Military Reaction Force, Freds, The Troubles in Templepatrick, Shankill Defence Association, The Troubles in Monkstown, County Antrim, The Troubles in Whitehead, County Antrim. Excerpt: During 12-17 August 1969, Northern Ireland was rocked by intense political and sectarian rioting. There had been sporadic violence throughout the year arising from the civil rights campaign, which was demanding an end to government discrimination against Irish Catholics and nationalists. Civil rights marches were repeatedly attacked by Protestant loyalists and by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), an overwhelmingly Protestant police force, who were viewed by nationalists as biased against the campaign. The disorder led to the Battle of the Bogside in Derry - this was a three-day riot in the Bogside district between the RUC and the nationalist/Catholic residents. In support of the Bogsiders, nationalists and Catholics launched protests elsewhere in Northern Ireland. Some of these turned violent and provoked attacks by loyalists. The most bloody rio...