... Protestants were burning an effigy of O'Connell on a bridge over the railway line which spurred the Catholics into violence. It later saw a large crowd of Catholics attack a Protestant school with stones in retaliation to the events of the railway station. In regards to politics, the act of union can be said the biggest factor to Ulster's development. At the time of ... ...

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... violence that was escalating was about to explode. On Sunday, January 30, 1972 there was a large anti-internment march in Derry. Toward the end of the march, some protesters threw stones at British troops, and a riot began. For reasons still unknown, the British troops opened fire on the crowd, killing thirteen and wounding eighteen. This terrible day soon came to be ... ...

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