The Bogside is a nationalist neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, Northern Ireland. Irish nationalism (Náisiúnachas Éireannach refers to political and sociological movements and sentiment that embodies a love for Irish ancestry, culture and language and Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of The area has been a focus point for many of the events of the Troubles, from the Battle of the Bogside and Bloody Sunday in the 1960s and 1970s. The Battle of the Bogside was a very large communal Riot between the mostly unarmed residents of the Bogside area of Derry city in Northern Ireland allied Bloody Sunday (Domhnach na Fola is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 26 The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The large gable-wall murals by The Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Feile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are popular tourist attractions. Free Derry ( was a self-declared autonomous nationalist area of Derry, Northern Ireland, between 1969 and 1972

The Bogside, looking down from the entrance to the city walls.	Bloody Sunday Memorial	Memorial to the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike	Monument to former IRA leader Sean Keenan
Plaque honouring Irish National Liberation Army members	Memorial stone to IRA members from Derry	Free Derry Mural	Wall mural in the Bogside. The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The Irish Republican Army ( IRA) (Óglaigh na hÉireann was a military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers, established 25 November 1913 and who The Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA; Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann in Irish is an Irish Republican, Left-wing paramilitary organisation February 2008.
Westland Road in the Bogside, viewed from the city wall (July 31, 2007)

See also

• Bogside Artists
• History of Derry
• Free Derry
• History of Ireland

External links

• Museum of Free Derry - History of the Bogside
• Bogside Murals
• Battle of the Bogside
• Bogside & Brandywell Initiative

Coordinates: 54°59′52″N 7°19′38″W / 54.99778, -7.32722 (Bogside)

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