Ch20. Descent Into Conflict 1969-72 Flashcards
What date did Chichester-Clark meet Harold Wilson at 10 Downing Street?
19 Aug 1969
When was the Cameron Report issued?
12 Sep 1969
Where was there loyalist riots after the Hunt Report was published? How many died?
Belfast Shankill Road
First policeman killed during Troubles
2 rioters killed
When was the Falls Road Curfew?
3-5th July 1970
How long was Falls Road sealed off for?
35 hrs
How many ppl held under curfew in Falls Road?
20 thousand
How many soldiers sent in to Falls Road?
3000 , w armored cars and helicopters
How many weapons found in Falls Road?
Over 100
How many men killed in Falls Road?
4, all Catholic
When was Paisley elected to Stormont and for what constituency?
April 1970; MP for Bannside Constituency
Name the ally of Paisley who was elected in a by-election on the same day Paisley was elected to Stormont
Rev William Beattie
When was Paisley elected to Westminster and for which constituency?
June 1970, MP for North Antrim constituency
When was the Alliance Party founded?
21 April 1970
When was the Labour Govt voted out in Britain, and who was the new leaders?
June 1970.
Edward Heath, Conservative Party
British Home Secretary - Reginald Maudling
When was SDLP formed?
August 1970 . Social Democratic Labour Party
When was the first British soldier killed in west Belfast?
6 Feb 1971
When did the Prov IRA launch their bombing campaign?
1971
When did the IRA blow up the BBC transmitter in Enniskillen, killing 5?
Early 1971
When did the IRA kidnap the 3 off duty Scottish soldiers?
10th March 1971. 2 were brothers, 17&18.
When did tensions increase and the SDLP walked out of Stormont, and there was riots and IRA intensified bombing?
Height of Orange marching season, July 1971
When was internment without trial introduced?
9 August 1971
What was the code name for internment without trial?
Operation Demetrius
How many men rounded up in the first day of internment without trial? How many were catholic?
342 men, all but one Catholic
How many men released within 3 days of internment ?
140
How many people killed in violence on the day that internment was introduced?
13
Fact about bias of internment
Despite the fact that loyalist paramilitaries has murdered over 100 Catholics by then, no loyalist was interned till Feb 1973
Who united to condemn internment?
Catholic bishops, priests, SDLP, Sinn Fein, GAA
Fact about violence escalating after internment
In 1970, 29 ppl killed.
In 1971, 180 people killed.
Fact about Ulster Defence Association membership.
Between 1971 and 1973 it had 40,000 members
Fact about Ulster Freedom Fighters killing Catholics
From 1972 to 1973 killed over 200 Catholics
When was Bloody Sunday?
30th Jan 1972
How many people went to the protest on Bloody Sunday?
15000 ppl
Fact about unemployment in nationalist areas of Derry
33,000 Catholics in Bogside and Creggan areas, with a 50% rate of unemployment
At what time did the firing begin on Bloody Sunday?
Shortly after 4pm
How many killed in Bloody Sunday?
13 ppl killed
7 of them under 19 yrs
How many seriously injured in Bloody Sunday?
1 woman and 12 men
Who attended to the dead and wounded in Bloody Sunday?
Fr Edward Daly and Dr Raymond McClean
Quote from a British Army Major condemning Bloody Sunday
Hubert O’Neill “sheer unadulterated murder”
When was the British Embassy burned in London and by how many people?
2nd Feb (3 days after Bloody Sunday) 30,000 ppl
Quote from Jack Lynch regarding Bloody Sunday
“unbelievably savage and inhuman “
When did the IRA bomb the London Headquarters of the Parachute Regiment?
How many killed?
February 1972
7 civilians killed
Name of popular restaurant in central Belfast that IRA bombed.
When.
Dead & injured
The Abercorn
March 1972 (following Bloody Sunday)
2 women killed
70 injured
When did the IRA bomb Belfast city center after Bloody Sunday?
How many injured?
March 1972; two weeks after The Abercorn bombing
150 injured
When did Faulkner and his govt ministers meet Heath , where he announced the transfer of control of security ? This led to direct rule.
24 March 1972
Who visited Falls Road without announcement the day after the curfew, annoying unionists but indicating support?
Irish Minister for External Affairs
Dr Patrick Hillery
Two men on arms trial
Neil Blaney
Charles Haughey
Who had urged that Irish army schools cross into NI?
Neil Blaney
When we’re the two guys on arms trial dismissed by Lynch?
6 May 1970
What happened to the two men on trial?
Blaney discharged in July
Haughty declared not guilty in October
As unionists were dissatisfied with govt dealing of IRA after internment was introduced, what party did Paisley found and when?
Sep 1971 , DUP Democratic Unionist Party
When was UDA formed?
Sep 1971
