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The Bogside is a nationalist neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, Northern Ireland. The area has been a focus point for many of the events of the Troubles, from the Battle of the Bogside and Bloody Sunday in the 1960s and 1970s to today. The large gable-wall murals by the Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Feile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are popular tourist attractions. An Irish nationalist is generally one who seeks (greater) independence of Ireland from Great Britain, including since 1921 the goal of a United Ireland. ... Londonderry redirects here. ... Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 kmÂ², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... For other uses, see Troubles (disambiguation) and Trouble. ... A mural by the Bogside Artists in Derry of a young boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside, August 1969. ... // The Bogside area viewed from the city walls Bloody Sunday (Irish: Domhnach na Fola) is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment led... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... The Bogside Artists are a trio of mural painters, living and working in Northern Ireland. ... Free Derry was the name given to the self-declared independent Bogside region of the city of Derry, Northern Ireland, following the Battle of the Bogside in 1969. ...

The Bogside, looking down from the entrance to the city walls. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1440x1080, 511 KB) [edit] Summary The Bogside area of Derry, taken by me SeanMack, Oct 2005. ...	Mural of a young boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside, August 1969. Image:Mural - Battle of the bogside 2004 SMC.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A mural by the Bogside Artists in Derry of a young boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside, August 1969. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...	Bloody Sunday Memorial Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 185 KB)[edit] Summary Taken by myself in 2005. ...	Memorial to the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 169 KB)[edit] Summary Taken by myself in the Bogside, Derry, in 2005. ... A mural in Derrys Bogside, commemorating Irish hunger strikers. ...
Monument to former IRA leader Sean Keenan Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 153 KB) Photo taken by myself in the Bogside, Derry, in 2005. ... This article is about the historical army of the Irish Republic (1919â€“1922) which fought in the Irish War of Independence 1919â€“21, and the Irish Civil War 1922â€“23. ...	Plaque honouring Irish National Liberation Army members Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 157 KB)[edit] Summary Taken by myself in the Bogside, Derry, in 2005. ... The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organization which was formed on December 8, 1974. ...	Memorial stone to IRA members from Derry Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 260 KB)[edit] Summary Taken by myself in Derry in 2005. ...	Free Derry Mural Image File history File links Derry. ...
The Death of Innocence (July 31, 2007) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 Ã— 2448 pixel, file size: 901 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I took this photograph. ...	Westland Road in the Bogside, viewed from the city wall (July 31, 2007) Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 Ã— 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ...

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Museum of Free Derry - History of the Bogside
Bogside Murals
Battle of the Bogside
Bogside & Brandywell Initiative

Categories: Northern Ireland geography stubs | Derry

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Bogside - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (144 words)
	A mural in Derry of a young boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside, August 1969.
	The Bogside is a nationalist neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry in Ireland.
	The large gable-wall murals by the Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Feile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are popular tourist attractions.

Bloody Sunday Trust- How you can help the Trust. (1755 words)
	Plans were prepared in the Bogside to try to prevent confrontation between local people, the RUC and marchers but if this failed defence plans were also drawn up.
	Within the Bogside the news that Irish troops were moving towards the border was greeted with delight.
	It is clear from the rumours that swept the Bogside, as well as Unionist areas of the city, that not everyone expected them to stop there.

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