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On this day 50 years ago: ...
August 17th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
1969: Irish ministers felt military incursion in North could lead to pogroms
Lynch thought Army would get 20 miles into Down before being massacred
On this day 50 years ago: Cork residents offer to house Northern children at risk
August 16th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
On this day 50 years ago: Loyalist mob burns down Bombay Street
August 15th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
On this day 50 years ago: Six killed in North as British troops arrive
August 14th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
On this day 50 years ago: Solidarity with Bogside spreads across Ireland
August 13th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
On this day 50 years ago: Derry erupts in flames
August 13th, 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
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