Bloody Sunday: What Really Happened? Essay -- British History, Europe

On the 30th of January 197213 Catholics were killed by BritishParatroopers on the streets of Londonderry. It was the result of an illicit but origin tout ensembley tranquillityful meet led by the NICRA the civilrights movement. The march attracted 15000 people all for a similarcause, to ban Internment. The day became know as blooming(a) sunlightbecause of the fantastic events that took place. Although the detailsof what actually happened remain undecided, because of thecontr everyplacesial views of the people that took part in the march.Internment was a law enforced by the government of N Ireland to filtrateand keep the Nationalist population under control. It allowed theGovernment to put people in prison who were suspected of beterrorists without trial. Consequently only Catholics were arrested.Bloody Sunday happened because of many geezerhood of conflict betweenNationalist and Unionist communities. In Northern Ireland nationalistsare almost all Catholics and want a united Ireland with no connectionswith Britain. Unionists are almost all Protestant and want to staypart of the United Kingdom, afraid that if they join the body politic ofIreland the Catholic Church would take over and their economy wouldbreak down. The street history and segregation between the communitiescreated a further tension between the deuce sides. When British Troopscame into N. Ireland in 1969 to influence peace between Nationalists andUnionists, peace was restored for a few months, but gradually theBritish troops went from being the peace makers to the peacedestroyers.The British armament presently clashed with both(prenominal) Nationalists and Loyalists.The British government handed the control of their soldiery to the Irishgovernment. This meant that the army was run j... ...as to what happened on BloodySunday, who fired the first shot, and whether the paratroopers werejust retaliating. both sides had reasons to hate the other and itwould have been understandable if ei ther of the sides shot first, whenin operation in Ireland the army must(prenominal) have been constantly attackedmaking the army want to get their own back, but it was their job andthis was something they should not have done. The Catholics saw thearmy as a force that oppressed them and they wanted liberty from that,feeling bitter about those years they also had plenty of reason toshoot. After so many years of conflict in Northern Ireland both sidescan not listen to the other, they are so adamant that their ownbeliefs are correct. The Saville inquiries conclusions will probablynever be acceptable to either the army or the original marchers andtheir relatives. Bloody Sunday What Really Happened? Essay -- British History, EuropeOn the 30th of January 197213 Catholics were killed by BritishParatroopers on the streets of Londonderry. It was the result of anillegal but originally peaceful march led by the NICRA the civilrights movement. The march attracted 15000 peopl e all for a similarcause, to ban Internment. The day became known as Bloody Sundaybecause of the terrible events that took place. Although the detailsof what actually happened remain undecided, because of thecontroversial views of the people that took part in the march.Internment was a law enforced by the government of N Ireland to tryand keep the Nationalist population under control. It allowed theGovernment to put people in prison who were suspected of beingterrorists without trial. Consequently only Catholics were arrested.Bloody Sunday happened because of many years of conflict betweenNationalist and Unionist communities. In Northern Ireland nationalistsare almost all Catholics and want a united Ireland with no connectionswith Britain. Unionists are almost all Protestant and want to staypart of the United Kingdom, afraid that if they join the Republic ofIreland the Catholic Church would take over and their economy wouldbreak down. The street history and segregation between the c ommunitiescreated a further tension between the two sides. When British Troopscame into N. Ireland in 1969 to bring peace between Nationalists andUnionists, peace was restored for a few months, but gradually theBritish troops went from being the peace makers to the peacedestroyers.The British army soon clashed with both Nationalists and Loyalists.The British government handed the control of their army to the Irishgovernment. This meant that the army was run j... ...as to what happened on BloodySunday, who fired the first shot, and whether the paratroopers werejust retaliating. Both sides had reasons to hate the other and itwould have been understandable if either of the sides shot first, whenin operation in Ireland the army must have been constantly attackedmaking the army want to get their own back, but it was their job andthis was something they should not have done. The Catholics saw thearmy as a force that oppressed them and they wanted freedom from that,feeling bitter about th ose years they also had plenty of reason toshoot. After so many years of conflict in Northern Ireland both sidescan not listen to the other, they are so adamant that their ownbeliefs are correct. The Saville inquiries conclusions will probablynever be acceptable to either the army or the original marchers andtheir relatives.