Thursday, February 5, 2009

Task 12: Bloody Sunday.

1. Where was the accident? It was in Derry, Northern Ireland.
2. When was it? It was on 30 January 1972.
3. How many investigations have been held? By who? Two investigations have been held by the British Government.
4. How many people died? Thirteen people, seven of whom were teenagers, died immediately, while the death of another person 4½ months later has been attributed to the injuries he received on the day.
5. How is known the era of factional violence? Factional violence had become commonplace in Northern Ireland in an era that would be known as The Troubles.
6. When was Seamus Cusack and Desmond Beattie shot dead by soldiers?
On 8 July 1971 in Derry's Bogside two rioters, Seamus Cusack and Desmond Beattie, were shot dead by soldiers in disputed circumstances.
7. How died John Duddy? John Duddy was shot in the chest in the car park of Rossville flats.
8. Who has commemorated the incident? The incident has been commemorated by U2.
9. Where has they commemorated it? In their 1983 protest song "Sunday Bloody Sunday".
10. Who more? John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Christy Moore, Cruachan, etc.

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