Bogside

Bloody Sunday, on 30 January 1972, when British soldiers opened fire on 26 unarmed civilians in the Bogside area of Derry, was one of the darkest days of the Troubles.

This is the first election for Aisling Hutton, a well-known community worker at the Bogside and Brandywell Health Forum.

That interest bears testament to the high esteem in which the People's Gallery and the Bogside Artists are held internationally.

Fifty years ago, an 18-year-old schoolgirl left the Bogside in Ireland and journeyed to Amsterdam to represent her country in the 15th Eurovision Song Contest.

Initially, 300 men from 1st Battalion The Prince of Wales Own Regiment were sent to Londonderry to quell the rioting known to history as the Battle of the Bogside.

LONDONDERRY and BELFAST, Northern Ireland — The Bogside neighborhood is where Northern Ireland’s brutal sectarian war began in the late 1960s.

Events of the day main The Bogside in 1981, overlooking the area where many of the victims were shot.

Found to have 'deliberately disobeyed' his superior Brigadier Patrick MacLellan's orders by sending Support Company into the Bogside (and without informing MacLellan).

On 12 August, the loyalist Apprentice Boys of Derry were allowed to march along the edge of the Bogside.

On Sunday 30 January 1972, 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead by British paratroopers during a civil rights march in the Bogside area.

Residents then sealed off the Bogside with barricades to keep the police out, creating " Free Derry ", which was briefly a no-go area for the security forces.

That night, RUC officers went on a rampage in the Bogside area of Derry, attacking Catholic homes, attacking and threatening residents, and hurling sectarian abuse.

The construction of the Roman Catholic St Eugene's Cathedral in the Bogside in the 19th-century was another major architectural addition to the city.

The large political gable-wall murals of Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner, the Foyle Film Festival, the Derry Walls, St Eugene's and St Columb's Cathedrals and the annual Halloween street carnival citation are popular tourist attractions.

The paratroopers, on foot and in armoured vehicles, chased people down Rossville Street and into the Bogside.