BLOODY DAY ART ATTACK.Byline: By SENAN HOGAN BLOODY Sunday Bloody Sunday (1905) Massacre of peaceful demonstrators in Saint Petersburg, marking the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The priest Georgy Gapon (1870–1906), hoping to present workers' request for reforms directly to Nicholas II, arranged a peaceful march has spawned more songs, films and poems than any other atrocity, a new book claims. Thirteen people were killed and 14 others injured in the tragedy on January 30, 1972, when British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. paratroopers opened fire on a civil rights protest in the Bogside area of Derry. The book, After Bloody Sunday: Representation, Ethics And Justice, written by two UK-based academics, examines how the fateful day has been portrayed in photos, film, theatre, poetry and art exhibitions. Co-author Tom Herron <noinclude> Tom Herron (December 14, 1948 - 1979) was a Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Leitrim, County Down in Northern Ireland. He specialized in road circuits such as the Isle of Man TT and the North West 200. said: "The day still reverberates strongly in contemporary Northern Ireland society. "Each response has tried to construct its own version." The most well-known tributes include U2's protest anthem Sunday Bloody Sunday and the drama Bloody Sunday starring James Nesbitt. The Saville Inquiry into the event is the biggest probe in British legal history. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion