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#OnThisDay 1971, Orangemen attempting to defy a parade ban in Dungiven clashed with police and troops as tensions escalated across Northern Ireland.
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ππππππ¦π§'π¦ ππ¬πππ π’π π₯ππ£π₯ππ¦ππ: #OnThisDay 1921 the killings of civilians Alexander McBride, William Kerr and Malachy Halfpenny showed Belfastβs brutal cycle of attack and reprisal
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#OnThisDay 1921, three Catholic civilians were abducted and killed in Belfast following the fatal shooting of an RIC constable the previous day
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#OnThisDay 1921 At the Presbyterian General Assembly, Rev J. B. Armour condemned Partition and questioned the future of Northern Irelandβs new parliament.
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ππ₯π ππ ππ¨π¦π πππππ¦ ππ’π‘π¦π§ππππ πππ’π©ππ₯: #OnThisDay 1921, an IRA ambush near Belfastβs Cupar Street left RIC constable Glover dead, two officers wounded and a civilian injured.
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#OnThisDay 1921 Lord FitzAlan, Viceroy to Ireland, urged Belfast to abandon its βfondness for riotsβ as the city struggled with continuing sectarian tensions.
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#OnThisDay 1921, A British White Paper revealed details of a secret IrishβSoviet treaty, exposing the international reach of Irelandβs independence struggle.
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#OnThisDay 1971 Orangemen vowed to defy a parade ban in Dungiven as security fears mounted and Northern Irelandβs political crisis deepened.
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On this day in 1971, Stormont erupted as John Hume and Gerry Fitt opposed plans for a full-time UDR battalion, arguing that NI's problems could not be solved militarily.
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#OnThisDay 1921 Joe Devlin MP reopened Bangorβs seaside Grand Holiday Hostel for Belfast mill girls and their families after it survived a sectarian attack.
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