Ch19-Outbreak Of The Troubles Flashcards
When was NICRA founded?
Jan 1967
When was the first civil rights march? How many?
Where? Why? What happened? Leaders?
24th August 1968; 2500 ppl
Coalisland-Dungannon; housing scandal in Caledon
Police barricade at Dungannon, 1500 loyalists behind. Protesters sat down, listened to speeches.
Betty Sinclair, chairperson of NICRA; Austin Currie; Gerry Fitt
Quote by Betty Sinclair, chairperson of NICRA, at first protest
What we have done today will go down in history
Showing the world we are a peaceful people asking for our own civil rights in an orderly manner
When was the Derry Housing Action Committee formed?
Sep 1967, direct action , sit-ins and marches
Who was prominent in the Derry Housing Action Committee?
Young socialist journalist from Derry, Eamon McCann
When was the Derry Civil Rights March? Background?
What happened? How many injured? Consequence?
Saturday 5th Oct 1968; when they announced it App Boys immediately announced March too
Police attacked protesters with batons
77 injured
Violent clashes next two days
What leaders were injured at the march in Derry?
Gerry Fitt, accompanied by 3MPs from British Labour Party struck on head
Austin Currie, Eddie McAteer - Stormomt nationalists
Who appeared the night of march in Derry on TV?
William Craig, Minister of Home Affairs . Defended police , accused marchers to be communists, republicans +front for IRA
What organisation was formed after the march in Derry?
Derry Citizens’ Action Committee, 4days after march
People’s Democracy, same day, Queen’s
Who did Harold Wilson summon to London?
O’Neill, Brian Faulkner, William Craig
When was the five-point programme announced ?
22 Nov 1968
Unionist reaction to five points programme
Believed it was introduced as a result of nationalists breaking the law
Nationalists response to five point programme
Pleased; keep up pressure to gain more reforms
Ian Paisley posters before protest quote + when &where was it
Armagh 30th November
For God and Ulster
SOS. To all Protestant religions.
Don’t let the Republicans, IRA and CRA make Armagh another Londonderry.
When was O’Neill’s famous Ulster stands at the crossroads speech?
9 Dec 1968
O’Neill famous speech quote , appealing to all NI
What kind of Ulster do you want?
A happy respected province
or a place continually torn apart
by riots and demonstrations?
Who attacked O’Neill’s speech?
William Craig; sell-out to nationalists
Immediately sacked
When did the violence at Burntollet Bridge take place? How many protesters? With what were they attacked? How many injured?
4th Jan 1969 March from Belfast to Derry Group of 50 protesters Sticks, stones, crowbars Dozens injured
What area did the RUC invade the night of the violence at Burntollet Bridge?
The nationalist Bogside area of Derry
O’Neill’s tv speech after the Burntollet bridge incident
Date + quote
5 Jan 1969 ; praised RUC for having
“handled this most difficult situation
as fairly and firmly as they could.”
In what other town were the marches becoming more violent as control passed to more radical young republicans?
Newry
When did O’Neill announce the enquiry into recent disturbances? Who was it to be chaired by? And was the unionist response ?
15 Jan 1969 ; chaired by Scottish judge Lord Cameron
Brian Faulkner resigned in protest
12 unionist MPs met and called for O’Neill’s resignation
When did O’Neill call for a general election?
24 Feb 1969
Paisley cake within how many votes of defeating O’Neill in which constituency ?
1,414 votes . In O’Neill’s own Bannside Constituency
Statistic of how many unionists elected were def pro ONeill
Of the 39 unionists elected, only 27 were def pro ONeill
When & where did the UVF explosions take place that were supposed to remove O’Neill from power and end the reform programme?
March and April 1969
Electricity stations and reservoirs
When did O’Neill resign?
28 April 1969
When were there riots in several places during the orange marches, when Chichester Clark called an amnesty for offences during riots?
12th July 1969
When was the Apprentice Boys of Derry parade supposed to be ?
12 Aug 1969
For how many days couldn’t the RUC enter the bogside area
Two days
When did Jack Lynch do a TV broadcast regarding the battle of the bogside
13th aug 1969
It is evident that the stormont government
Is no longer in control of the situation “
The Irish govt can no longer Stand by
And see innocent people injured
How long did the riot which resulted of Lynch’s speech last? How many cat and Protestants dead?how many premises burned?
4 days
5 cat, 2 prot dead
180 premises burned
When did rioting spread to Belfast and in which two areas?
August 1969 , Lower Falls and Ardoine (Nat)
When did the first British troop arrive in Derry?
14 Aug 1969
The loyalist riots in belfast after battle of the bogside , how many families fled? How many were catholic ?
1850 fled ,
1505 were catholic
What was the position of IRA in Belfast by 1969?
Around 100 members, 24 guns
When did the IRA convention that produced the split take place?
Dec 1969
The PROV IRA ignored the fact that how many unionists considered themselves to be British?
1 mil
Name two prominent members of the PROV IRA
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh - leader of Prov. sinn fein
Joe Cahill
