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Derry
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When the North exploded: 50 years since the “Battle of the Bogside”
By Kevin Henry For many, August 1969 was the month that saw the real beginning of the Troubles…
Free Derry – legacy of working-class resistance
By Seamus McLaughlin Free Derry has a proud place in the history of radicalism in Northern Ireland, when…
October 1968 – Mass revolt against sectarianism & poverty
By Ciaran Mulholland In a few brief months in late 1968, a mass movement challenged the Unionist government…
Derry Girls: Laughter and tears of working-class life during Troubles
By Courtney Robinson It’s fair to say that the Channel 4 hit Derry Girls, which was commissioned for…
