Partition 100 Years On: Belfast s Bloody Sunday
The announcement of the Truce between the IRA and British in July 1921 led to waves of violence, with the deadliest felt in Belfast on Bloody Sunday, says Cormac Moore The Illustrated London News reported on the violence in Belfast around the Truce in its July 16 1921 edition, including a photograph or two wounded RIC constables being carried to a lorry Cormac Moore 28 July, 2021 01:00
FROM the announcement of the Truce between the IRA and British forces on July 8 1921 to its enactment three days later, 61 people lost their lives through political violence.
The worst outbreak of violence occurred in Belfast, with July 10 1921 commonly referred to as Belfast s Bloody Sunday. In a period of about 36 hours, over 20 people lost their lives, with scores more wounded and many people burnt out of their homes and made homeless.
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