Bloody Sunday is, without a doubt, one of the most memorable and influential affairs, which took place in Derry. During the civil protest against Internment in January of 1972, happening in the Bogside neighbourhood, thirteen people were mercilessly murdered on the streets by british paratroopers and fourteenth person died four months later from fatal wounds.
In order to appropriately memorialise those events, The Bloody Sunday Obelisk was erected. Names and ages of all victims killed during the march are engraved in the stone situated on Rossville Street, ensuring the people of the walled city do not let their efforts to achieve real democracy fade into insignificance.
Art & Culture, Memorial, Historical Site
Address: 25 Rossville St, Bogside, Londonderry BT48 6LP
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