Bogside

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Bogside is a predominantly nationalist neighborhood in Derry, Northern Ireland, known as a focal point of civil rights protests and sectarian conflict during the Troubles.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Bogside canonical 5
Bogside murals 2
Bogside and Creggan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf neighbourhood
urban district
adjacentTo Brandywell
Creggan
Derry City Walls
surface form: Derry city walls

Foyle River waterfront area
associatedWithOrganization Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland civil rights movement
surface form: Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

Social Democratic and Labour Party
conflictPeriod The Troubles
contains Catholic churches
community centres
residential housing estates
schools
country United Kingdom
governedBy Derry City and Strabane District Council
hasDemographicCharacteristic predominantly working-class
hasHeritage Irish cultural identity
hasLandmark Bogside self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bogside murals

Free Derry Corner
Lecky Road flyover
Rossville Street
hasMajorityPopulation Irish nationalist community
hasMajorityReligion Roman Catholic
historicalEvent Battle of the Bogside
Northern Ireland civil rights movement
surface form: Northern Ireland civil rights marches

early phases of the Troubles
knownFor Battle of the Bogside
Bloody Sunday associations
Free Derry Corner
civil rights protests
political murals
role in the Troubles
sectarian conflict
languageSpoken English
Irish
locatedIn Derry
Northern Ireland
Province of Ulster
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
partOf Derry
surface form: Derry city centre area
partOfAssemblyConstituency Foyle (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency)
partOfParliamentaryConstituency Foyle (UK Parliament constituency)
politicalAlignment Irish nationalism
Irish republicanism
tourismAttraction Troubles-related historical sites
political mural tours

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Bogside place Bogside
Bloody Sunday cityDistrict Bogside
subject surface form: Bloody Sunday (1972)
Derry hasLandmark Bogside
this entity surface form: Bogside murals
Derry Citizens Defence Association areaOfOperation Bogside
this entity surface form: Bogside and Creggan
Bogside hasLandmark Bogside self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bogside murals
Jackie Duddy residence Bogside
this entity surface form: Bogside, Derry
Operation Motorman location Bogside