What was Sunday Bloody Sunday?
Bloody Sunday happened in Derry, Northern Ireland on January 30th 1972 when soldiers from the British Army’s 1st Parachute Regiment opened fire on unarmed and peaceful civilian demonstrators in the Bogside, Derry, Ireland, near the Rossville flats, killing 13 and wounding a number of others. See here: http://larkspirit.com/bloodysunday/ There is currently an inquiry going on into the events which you can find out about here: http://www.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org.uk/ Sunday Bloody Sunday is a song written and perfornmed by U2 to commemorate the events.
