Bloody Sunday
The sequence of events known as "Bloody Sunday" has some very
differing interpretations. The main two being those of the British
paratroopers stationed in Northern Ireland at the time and the
Catholics marching on the day and their families. Each side has stood
firmly by their interpretations, but new evidence has led to some
changes in opinion.
The Catholics who were marching have remained adamant that they were
fired on first. They believed that none of those shot had been in
contact with explosives, although the Widgery inquiry 'ruled that many
of those who had been shot had been handling weapons.' Many
Nationalists were under the impression that the attack on the marchers
was pre-planned. Source C, written in a recent newspaper report shows
how Mr Porter, a British man, heard some off duty paratroopers saying
they were going to "clear the bog" some Nationalists read into
statements such as this as meaning clearing the barricades which they
had put up to protect themselves. They felt as though even though the
army had been brought in to protect them they were ignoring their
needs and were only there to get members of the IRA. There was a
building tension as every day in the months leading up to "Bloody
Sunday" there was rioting in the city, Rioters operating out of Free
Derry would pelt the army with stones at a place known as "agro
corner" and for a good reason.
Perhaps it is this endless rioting that made some members of the army
based in Northern Ireland fired up and ready to kill, also the sheer
number of Nationalist protestors could have been intimidating enough
to evoke a reaction from some of the younger, less experienced
soldiers. When the opportunity came for them to release some of their
pent up aggravations they were only too willing to. The Bloody Sunday
documentary film portrayed the army as being aggravated, one soldier
admitted to firing 22 rounds but he remained resolute that the
marchers had fired on them first, and that nail and acid bombs had
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