| I am learning a great deal about Northern Ireland – between yesterday, today, and the future.. It’s just to much to include here, so I will add little by little – By no means is what I post here any kind of reprentation of the history or historical events. This is just going to be a place to post pics and what I see. |
| The Bogside Murals |
 This is the Free Derry Wall. It marks the autonomous nationalist area of Derry and the location where the infamous Bloody Sunday incident took place where 14 civil rights protesters were killed and 12 more were shot by British troops in January 1972. This collection of murals has become known as The People’s Gallery. |
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This mural depicts an events from ‘Bloody Sunday’: a local Catholic priest (later to become Bishop Daly), carrying the body of Jack Duddy from the scene of the shooting. The ‘civil rights’ banner became bloodstained when used to cover the body of one of the dead. |
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A typical scene from the Troubles: tear gas was used extensively in riot situations. Also a portrait of two small children, unintended casualties. This mural is intended to be a cautionary reminder to the young of the dangers inherent in civil conflict. |
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Young boy in a gas mask – used to try to protect himself from the CS gas used by the RUC – holding a petrol bomb. Another cautionary reminder of the horrors. |
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Annette McGavigan, 14 when killed by a British soldier while standing on the street where she lived. |
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This scene depicts how commonplace riots were – many on Saturday afternoons. This is called ‘The Saturday Matinee’. |
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Bloody Sunday memorial erected by the Civil Rights Association with the names of those killed on 30 January 1972. I was there right at the 2008 anniversary. |
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Painted to remember Che Guevara on the 40th anniversary of his murder. |
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Inspired by the civil disobedience campaigns of MLK, the struggle for democratic rights, involved both Protestants and Catholics. This 1968 march ended in bloodshed, with an attack on protesters by the RUC. |
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