Thirteen unarmed civil rights marchers were shot dead by the British Army's Parachute Regiment on January 30, 1972 on a day that came to be known as Bloody Sunday. This book recalls the events with eyewitness accounts. Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of that day, this book also examines the findings of the Widgery Tribunal of Inquiry, set up to investigate the events. Among those interviewed are adults who attended the march, schoolchildren, priests, paramedics, former British servicemen and an ex-RUC ...
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Thirteen unarmed civil rights marchers were shot dead by the British Army's Parachute Regiment on January 30, 1972 on a day that came to be known as Bloody Sunday. This book recalls the events with eyewitness accounts. Published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of that day, this book also examines the findings of the Widgery Tribunal of Inquiry, set up to investigate the events. Among those interviewed are adults who attended the march, schoolchildren, priests, paramedics, former British servicemen and an ex-RUC officer.
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Very Good. 8vo. Foreword by Rev Terence McCaughey. Preface by Jane Winter. 286pp, 16pp b/w photos, six appendices, index of eyewitnesses. Page edges lightly soiled/foxed. Two-line personal note by the upper edge of the half title page. Paperback. Over 500 eyewitness testimonies to the events of Bloody Sunday in Derry on 30 January 1972. Only 15 of those presented to the Widgery Tribunal by the National Council for Civil Liberties were considered. Forgotten for more than 20 years, they were all unearthed by the author, himself an eyewitness. More than 100 are published here for the first time.
