Ch19-Outbreak Of The Troubles

Question 1

When was NICRA founded?

Answer 1

Jan 1967

Question 2

When was the first civil rights march? How many?

Where? Why? What happened? Leaders?

Answer 2

24th August 1968; 2500 ppl
Coalisland-Dungannon; housing scandal in Caledon
Police barricade at Dungannon, 1500 loyalists behind. Protesters sat down, listened to speeches.
Betty Sinclair, chairperson of NICRA; Austin Currie; Gerry Fitt

Question 3

Quote by Betty Sinclair, chairperson of NICRA, at first protest

Answer 3

What we have done today will go down in history

Showing the world we are a peaceful people asking for our own civil rights in an orderly manner

Question 4

When was the Derry Housing Action Committee formed?

Answer 4

Sep 1967, direct action , sit-ins and marches

Question 5

Who was prominent in the Derry Housing Action Committee?

Answer 5

Young socialist journalist from Derry, Eamon McCann

Question 6

When was the Derry Civil Rights March? Background?

What happened? How many injured? Consequence?

Answer 6

Saturday 5th Oct 1968; when they announced it App Boys immediately announced March too
Police attacked protesters with batons
77 injured
Violent clashes next two days

Question 7

What leaders were injured at the march in Derry?

Answer 7

Gerry Fitt, accompanied by 3MPs from British Labour Party struck on head
Austin Currie, Eddie McAteer - Stormomt nationalists

Question 8

Who appeared the night of march in Derry on TV?

Answer 8

William Craig, Minister of Home Affairs . Defended police , accused marchers to be communists, republicans +front for IRA

Question 9

What organisation was formed after the march in Derry?

Answer 9

Derry Citizens’ Action Committee, 4days after march

People’s Democracy, same day, Queen’s

Question 10

Who did Harold Wilson summon to London?

Answer 10

O’Neill, Brian Faulkner, William Craig

Question 11

When was the five-point programme announced ?

Answer 11

22 Nov 1968

Question 12

Unionist reaction to five points programme

Answer 12

Believed it was introduced as a result of nationalists breaking the law

Question 13

Nationalists response to five point programme

Answer 13

Pleased; keep up pressure to gain more reforms

Question 14

Ian Paisley posters before protest quote + when &where was it

Answer 14

Armagh 30th November
For God and Ulster
SOS. To all Protestant religions.
Don’t let the Republicans, IRA and CRA make Armagh another Londonderry.

Question 15

When was O’Neill’s famous Ulster stands at the crossroads speech?

Answer 15

9 Dec 1968

Question 16

O’Neill famous speech quote , appealing to all NI

Answer 16

What kind of Ulster do you want?
A happy respected province
or a place continually torn apart
by riots and demonstrations?

Question 17

Who attacked O’Neill’s speech?

Answer 17

William Craig; sell-out to nationalists

Immediately sacked

Question 18

When did the violence at Burntollet Bridge take place? How many protesters? With what were they attacked? How many injured?

Answer 18

4th Jan 1969 
March from Belfast to Derry 
Group of 50 protesters 
Sticks, stones, crowbars 
Dozens injured

Question 19

What area did the RUC invade the night of the violence at Burntollet Bridge?

Answer 19

The nationalist Bogside area of Derry

Question 20

O’Neill’s tv speech after the Burntollet bridge incident

Date + quote

Answer 20

5 Jan 1969 ; praised RUC for having
“handled this most difficult situation
as fairly and firmly as they could.”

Question 21

In what other town were the marches becoming more violent as control passed to more radical young republicans?

Answer 21

Newry

Question 22

When did O’Neill announce the enquiry into recent disturbances? Who was it to be chaired by? And was the unionist response ?

Answer 22

15 Jan 1969 ; chaired by Scottish judge Lord Cameron
Brian Faulkner resigned in protest
12 unionist MPs met and called for O’Neill’s resignation

Question 23

When did O’Neill call for a general election?

Answer 23

24 Feb 1969

Question 24

Paisley cake within how many votes of defeating O’Neill in which constituency ?

Answer 24

1,414 votes . In O’Neill’s own Bannside Constituency

Question 25

Statistic of how many unionists elected were def pro ONeill

Answer 25

Of the 39 unionists elected, only 27 were def pro ONeill

Question 26

When & where did the UVF explosions take place that were supposed to remove O’Neill from power and end the reform programme?

Answer 26

March and April 1969

Electricity stations and reservoirs

Question 27

When did O’Neill resign?

Answer 27

28 April 1969

Question 28

When were there riots in several places during the orange marches, when Chichester Clark called an amnesty for offences during riots?

Answer 28

12th July 1969

Question 29

When was the Apprentice Boys of Derry parade supposed to be ?

Answer 29

12 Aug 1969

Question 30

For how many days couldn’t the RUC enter the bogside area

Answer 30

Two days

Question 31

When did Jack Lynch do a TV broadcast regarding the battle of the bogside

Answer 31

13th aug 1969
It is evident that the stormont government
Is no longer in control of the situation “
The Irish govt can no longer Stand by
And see innocent people injured

Question 32

How long did the riot which resulted of Lynch’s speech last? How many cat and Protestants dead?how many premises burned?

Answer 32

4 days
5 cat, 2 prot dead
180 premises burned

Question 33

When did rioting spread to Belfast and in which two areas?

Answer 33

August 1969 , Lower Falls and Ardoine (Nat)

Question 34

When did the first British troop arrive in Derry?

Answer 34

14 Aug 1969

Question 35

The loyalist riots in belfast after battle of the bogside , how many families fled? How many were catholic ?

Answer 35

1850 fled ,

1505 were catholic

Question 36

What was the position of IRA in Belfast by 1969?

Answer 36

Around 100 members, 24 guns

Question 37

When did the IRA convention that produced the split take place?

Answer 37

Dec 1969

Question 38

The PROV IRA ignored the fact that how many unionists considered themselves to be British?

Answer 38

1 mil

Question 39

Name two prominent members of the PROV IRA

Answer 39

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh - leader of Prov. sinn fein

Joe Cahill