Remembering
Bloody Sunday January 30, 1972
On January 30, 1972, soldiers from the British
Army's 1st Parachute Regiment opened fire on unarmed and peaceful
civilian demonstrators in the Bogside, Derry,
Ireland, near the Rossville flats, killing 13 and
wounding a number of others. One wounded man
later died from illness attributed to that shooting.
The march, which was called to protest
internment, was "illegal" according to British
government authorities. Internment without trial
was introduced by the British government on
August 9, 1971.
The British-government-appointed Widgery
Tribunal found soldiers were not guilty of shooting
dead the 13 civilians in cold blood.
Current News Coverage
Saville Inquiry into Bloody Sunday
Newshound (has daily coverage from multiple news outlets)
Irish News (has daily Coverage)
Irish Times (has daily coverage)
Special Coverage from The Guardian/Observer
BBC's Northern Ireland News (has daily coverage)
History
 Submission to the UN on 'Bloody Sunday', 30th January 1972
Lessons of the civil rights movement (from Workers Solidarity, 1989)
Republican Sinn Fein's Analysis of Bloody Sunday
Derry's Rossville Street and Bloody Sunday, 1972
ITN's Bloody Sunday and the events that led up to it
History of Bloody Sunday (from Irish Northern Aid)
News and Commentary
From the PFC Ireland News Update:
Matt Morrison, eyewitness to the events, remembers Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday essay (from Seven Stars)
A Boy on Bloody Sunday (from the Andersonstown News)
1997 statement from Irish Northern Aid Chairperson Paul Doris 
New 'Bloody Sunday' evidence confirms British cover-up
The truth hurts in operation cover-up (from the Irish News)
Bloody Sunday an "open wound" 25 years on (21 Jan 1997)
"Bloody Sunday" relatives demand fresh inquiry (17 Jan 1997)
"Bloody Sunday" solidarity statements and demonstrations on 25th anniversary
Other Information
Photos taken in the aftermath of violence in Derry on Bloody Sunday
Photos of Bloody Sunday Memorial and murals (August 1996) 
Visiting Derry
Related Websites
CAIN Web Service's "Key Events for Bloody Sunday"
Irish History on the Web
The Irish Republican Socialist Party
Bloody Sunday - Justice at Last?
Pat Finucane Center, Derry
An Phoblacht/Republican News
Sinn Fein
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