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August 1969: Three Books and Video

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The second week of August 50 years ago witnessed the most intensive and violent period of conflict in the North since the 1920s

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August 1969: When the “Troubles” began

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Fifty years ago this week in the space of five days, the north of Ireland changed for ever. A look back by historian and commentator Dr Éamon Phoenix (abridged) (for the Irish News)

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Ex-British Soldier, 66, Is Arrested in Bloody Sunday Massacre

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The police in Northern Ireland arrested a 66-year-old man on Tuesday in connection with Bloody Sunday, the infamous massacre of unarmed civilian marchers by British soldiers in Londonderry on Jan. 30, 1972

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