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Who was the leader of the war Bloody Sunday?
hi i think it was NICRA Northern Ireland civil rights association
What were the Short term causes for Bloody Sunday?
The short term causes were:The partition of IrelandInternmentCivil Rights movement - NICRA
Why did Nationalist Support NICRA in the late 1960?
they were influenced by the U.S Civil rights movement led by Mark Luther King.Housing,jobs and voting. Not satisfied by Kennedy for justice
Why did some of the NICRA protests end in violence?
Because the Northern-Ireland government at the time did not want them protesting, so the police tried to break them up by baton-charging the protestors.
Why was there a civil rights march on Bloody Sunday January 30Th 1972?
The marchers, organised by the NICRA (Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association) were protesting against internment in Northern Ireland. This is where the security forces arrested and imprisoned many people - mostly Catholic nationalists (many innocent) - without trial or any kind of charge against them.
Why was the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association formed in 1967?
AnswerThe Civil Rights movement in Northern Ireland, inspired by events in the USA and France, was founded because many indigenous Irish people (including protestant and catholic) were being discriminated against with a form of apartheid that was supported and maintained by the British and Unionists in Northern Ireland.The Northern Irish Civil Rights Association (NICRA) demands were:one man, one vote which meant extension of the local government franchise from ratepayers to all those over 21an end to gerrymandering which meant Unionists were elected even in districts with Catholic majoritiesan end to discrimination in housingan end to discrimination in jobsthe disbandment of the B-Specials, a Protestant special constabulary, which many viewed as sectarian.The "one man, one vote" policy meant that Unionists could have numerous votes, while some indigenous Irish people had one or none at all. Shocking, I know, but, that was the norm under British rule in Northern Ireland and helped maintain Unionist political control over the region.Following a peaceful civil rights march in 1972, which included protestants and catholics, the British army shot dead innocent men, women and children taking part and the civil rights movement turned more militant, bolstering support and membership for the Provisional IRA who were also fighting for civil rights and an end to British involvement on the Island of Ireland.
Who are the Irish Republic Army?
u must mean the Irish Republican Army known as the IRA or Oghláigh na hÉireann the IRA have been around in Ireland since 1919 they are a guerrilla army which originally fought for the freedom of Ireland and succesfully created an Irish republic after a bloody war in 1919-1921 but there was a treaty that the Irish had to sign to end the war. the Dail Éireann signed it against the whishes of two thirds of the Irish population and this led to the Irish civil war of 1921-1923. In this war the IRA were beaten by the Free state army who had superior british army weaponry. This caused the partition of Ireland into the Irish free state and into the Protestant pro british Northern Ireland. There were many minor campaigns by the IRA like the border campaign. But when NICRA(the northern Irish civil rights association)was established in the late 1960s the Unionists feared the Catholics and so in august 1969 after the battle of the Bogside and a whole week of rioting across the whole country of Northern Ireland an element of the IRA realised it needed to defend its Catholic neighbourhoods bcuz 8 catholics had been killed along with 773 injured 121 of them shot by the security forces when protestant mobs attacked their neighbourhoods and drove over 10,000 catholic families over the border into the republic of Ireland and so the army took control of Northern Ireland but after complaints that the police and security forces were completely biased against Catholics. At first the Catholics welcomed the Army as peacemakers until Bloody Sunday (30th January 1972) when the army shot dead 14 innocent peaceful protesters looking for Civil rights the period known as the troubles began to turn sour after this incident as 437 people were murdered in cold blood by both sides including 47 british soldiers after this most of the Catholic minority began to look to the IRA 2 protect and defend them from the Army,RUC,B specials,UVF,LVF,Orange Order,UDR,UDA,Red hand defenders the IRA succesfully fought against these groups but interment was brought in which really was just an excuse to annoy the Catholic popultaion of NI one the bloodiest incidents of the whole toubles was the bombing of the village of Claudy this was a village of 94 people and their were 3 car bombs planted in it which killed 9 and injured 67 but as time went by the hunger strikes of 81 which killed 10 volounteers because Maggie thatcher wudnt give in after this they tried to assasanate her with the Brighton hotel bomb after Maggie survived the IRA sent this chilling message to her " u have to be luky al the time we onli hav to b luki once"after this 2 peace agreements broke down but then their was the Good Friday agreemnt of 1994 which nearly brought peace but the troubles were dragged on til 2001 after the good Friday agreement a splinter group called th RIRA planted a car bomb in the town of omagh on 15th august 1998 which killed 29 and 2 unborn babies this was the single bloodiest incident of the 30 years before it
When did the conflict start between Ireland and England?
It began in 1919 and ended in 1922. I think that it started in the 1530's, when Henry VIII sent the protestants over to Ireland for the first time. All events since then have led up to what has happened in Ireland. An extremly complex question. The Norman 'invasion' of Ireland in 1169 was carried out by Welsh-Norman barons from Wales. Edward and Robert Bruce invaded Ireland twice during the early 14th century, devastating the people and country. In the main, the question refers to the conflict between the English and Irish nations. Look at it this way: 1 - The Norman invasion of Ireland, which was'nt an invasion in the true sence of the world, ultimatly failed. The Normans were either repelled or integrated - like the Danes and Norwegians - into Irish society. 2 - English dominion began with Henry VIII in 1541. The policys of his successors (Edward, Mary, Elizabeth) slowly encrouched on Irish people and culture, but did not destroy it. 3 - The Nine Year's War (1594-1603) is usually described as an Irish defeat, which is strange as Kinsale (1601) was almost the only Irish defeat of the war, which in any case did not end for another eighteen months. It may be better to describe it as a draw with the Irish winning on points because they still preserved their culture and language, were pardoned by the 1608 Act of Oblivian, while the English Exchequer was bankrupted. 4 - The Irish Confederate Wars (1642-1653) did indeed end in defeat, but this was not looked upon as final. Certainly the restoration of the Stuarts in 1660 were great causes for celebration. Even more so was the fact that James II, a Catholic, became King of Ireland, Scotland and England in 1685. 5 - Only in July 1691, at Aughrim, were the Irish Jacobite forces signally defeated. However, the Treaty of Limerick safeguarded many of the interests of the Irish; sadly, it was betrayed by the English. If anyone is looking for the true start of English dominon of Ireland, 1691 is as good a year as any. And yet this still was not the end. The Jacobites remained a force to be reckoned with for the next sixty years. The Rebellions of the 1790's demonstrated that the patriotic impulse was not lost.
