4b.U9 - Whose Derry

Question 1

What was the role of British colonialism?

Answer 1

William of Orange establish British rule in Ireland

Question 2

What’s the significance of Walkers Column?

Answer 2

It’s on the City Walls
Overlooking the Bogside
A reminder of Protestant imperialism

Question 3

What’s the Guildhall?

Answer 3

Replicates the Guildhall in London
The Guilds are the representative of industrial sectors, e.g. Mercers / Leatherworkers - the rich employers
Sent by Britain to ‘own’ Ireland and make out of it

Question 4

Why did they build the Peace Bridge

Answer 4

Crosses the River Foyle
Waterside (train station) - Protestant)
With the city centre / Bogside - Catholic side, although the City Centre is more Protestant

Question 5

Who are the loyalists?

Answer 5

They are loyal to the Crown
They’re the Protestant
They want a United Kingdom

Question 6

Who are the Nationalists?

Answer 6

They want a United Ireland
They’re Catholic

Nationalist tendencies - i.e. they want to separate NI from the United Kingdom

Question 7

When was the Good Friday agreement signed?

Answer 7

10th April 1998

Question 8

What was the outcome of the Good Friday agreement?

Answer 8

Peace between Loyalists and Nationalists

End of civil conflict / IRA terrorist campaign

Question 9

What are the principles of the Good Friday agreement?

Answer 9

50:50 Quota System - positive discrimination
No hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland
Giving up weapons by the IRA, and withdrawal of British Army

Question 10

What’s the symbolic value of Ebrington Baracks art installation?

Answer 10

Lit up in colour, determined by sound files uploaded by people across Londonderry, from all the different communities
Represents unity across the city
BUT: costs a lot of money

Question 11

Who has paid for the Peace Bridge, Ebrington Baracks and associated projects?

Answer 11

EU Post-conflict funds

Question 12

What is the physical evidence of continued conflict in the Bogside

Answer 12

Free Derry #FreeTony Taylor - symbols of internment (which represents injustice, imprisonment without trial)

Question 13

Who is Tony Taylor?

Answer 13

In Prison during the Tourbles, released as part of Good Friday
Was IRA ex-offender, released subject to tagging
Violated conditions of that tagging
Put back in prison, i.e. therefore without trial
Feels like internment

Question 14

What is internment

Answer 14

Imprisonment without trial
During the troubles - it was a system invented by the British because everyone was too scared to be a jury
And the British government was not willing to accept civil unrest on the street

Question 15

Why were there Palestine murals (solidarity)

Answer 15

Another example of British imperialism gone bad…

Question 16

What changes to the physical environment still show a divide between Bogside and City Centre

Answer 16

Still a hill
Murals
Tricolor flags (Irish flags)
Derry-Londonderry
Still called Bogside
Free Derry Corner monument
Bloody Sunday monument

Question 17

Free Derry monumbet - what is it remembering?

Answer 17

Night when student protesters from Belfast reached Derry - and were scared of police brutalist
Barricaded themselves inside the Bogside
Declared independence from the UK
It’s the corner of the barricade

Question 18

Free Derry monument - what is it remembering?

Answer 18

Night when student protesters from Belfast reached Derry - and were scared of police brutalist
Barricaded themselves inside the Bogside
Declared independence from the UK
It’s the corner of the barricade

Question 19

Is there continued violence today

Answer 19

Troubles no.
Orange Order marches - and 2018 protests at the boundary line
2019 - bomb attack at the bottom of the city walls

Question 20

How does Brexit complicate thing?

Answer 20

It introduces a hard border between the two countries
This violates the Good Friday Agreement
The DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) want to remain in Europe, whilst the rest of the UK want to leave.
The DUP backs up the Conservative Government in Westminster

Question 21

Is there still physical divide between the areas (i.e. well managed)

Answer 21

Yes - there are fences between the two communities in some parts of the city
No - you can walk between the Bogside and the City centre, via William Street, previously a flashpoint in the Troubles