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Question 1

What cultural title does derry have

Answer 1

In 2013, Derry was the inauguralUK City of Culture, having been awarded the title in 2010.

Question 2

Describe derry’s size in NI and ireland

Answer 2

Derry,officiallyLondonderry,is the second-largestcityinNorthern Irelandand the fourth-largest in Ireland.

Question 3

Describe the troubles in derry

Answer 3

• Sectarian tension continued into the 1960s/70s/80s/90s
• British Armed forces intervened to protect (Protestant) Loyalists, by ‘containing’ (Catholic) Irish Nationalists into ‘Free Derry’ in the Bogside
• Rule of law (Bloody Sunday) vs. Rule of fear (Walkers Column)

Question 4

What was Derry like post ww2

Answer 4

Unemployment & economic stagnation
Lots of failed attempts to locate key services away from Belfast
Significant inequality between rich/poor (Protestant / Catholic)
1968/69 Global civil rights marches (Prague / S Africa / Belfast to Derry)

Question 5

What is derry londonderry like today

Answer 5

Now covers both banks of the river Foyle
Waterside (Loyalists)
Bogside (Nationalists)
90,000 in the Derry Urban rea