4b.U9 - Whose Derry Flashcards
What was the role of British colonialism?
William of Orange establish British rule in Ireland
What’s the significance of Walkers Column?
It’s on the City Walls
Overlooking the Bogside
A reminder of Protestant imperialism
What’s the Guildhall?
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
Why did they build the Peace Bridge
Crosses the River Foyle
Waterside (train station) - Protestant)
With the city centre / Bogside - Catholic side, although the City Centre is more Protestant
Who are the loyalists?
They are loyal to the Crown
They’re the Protestant
They want a United Kingdom
Who are the Nationalists?
They want a United Ireland
They’re Catholic
Nationalist tendencies - i.e. they want to separate NI from the United Kingdom
When was the Good Friday agreement signed?
10th April 1998
What was the outcome of the Good Friday agreement?
Peace between Loyalists and Nationalists
End of civil conflict / IRA terrorist campaign
What are the principles of the Good Friday agreement?
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
What’s the symbolic value of Ebrington Baracks art installation?
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
Who has paid for the Peace Bridge, Ebrington Baracks and associated projects?
EU Post-conflict funds
What is the physical evidence of continued conflict in the Bogside
Free Derry #FreeTony Taylor - symbols of internment (which represents injustice, imprisonment without trial)
Who is Tony Taylor?
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
What is internment
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
Why were there Palestine murals (solidarity)
Another example of British imperialism gone bad…
What changes to the physical environment still show a divide between Bogside and City Centre
Still a hill Murals Tricolor flags (Irish flags) Derry-Londonderry Still called Bogside Free Derry Corner monument Bloody Sunday monument
Free Derry monumbet - what is it remembering?
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
Free Derry monument - what is it remembering?
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
Is there continued violence today
Troubles no.
Orange Order marches - and 2018 protests at the boundary line
2019 - bomb attack at the bottom of the city walls
How does Brexit complicate thing?
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
Is there still physical divide between the areas (i.e. well managed)
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