Bloody Sunday

Ireland [1920]

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Bloody Sunday, November 21, 1920, was a day of violence during the Irish War of Independence. In retaliation for the Irish Republican Army's assassination of 14 British intelligence agents, British forces, known as the Black and Tans, attacked spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin. This resulted in 14 deaths and 60 injuries among the civilians. The event is also referred to as Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland, which occurred on January 30, 1972, when British troops fired on Catholic demonstrators, killing 13 people.12

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Notably, on “Bloody Sunday,” November 21, 1920, the IRA killed at least 14 individuals (most of whom were English and were suspected of being intelligence agents). The Black and Tans took revenge the same afternoon, attacking spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin, killing…
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Notably, on “Bloody Sunday,” November 21, 1920, the IRA killed at least 14 individuals (most of whom were English and were suspected of being intelligence agents). The Black and Tans took revenge the same afternoon, attacking spectators at a Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin, killing…
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