Bogside area of Derry
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The Bogside area of Derry is a predominantly nationalist neighborhood in Northern Ireland known as a focal point of the Troubles and the site of key civil rights protests and clashes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bogside area of Derry canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nationalist area
ⓘ
residential district ⓘ urban neighbourhood ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
City Walls of Derry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Derry city centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Derry Citizens Defence Association
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Irish republicanism ⓘ Northern Ireland civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ Provisional Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| demographicTrend | predominantly working-class ⓘ |
| governedBy | Derry City and Strabane District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEthnoPoliticalMajority |
Catholic
ⓘ
Irish nationalist ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Free Derry Corner gable wall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
People’s Gallery murals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bogside Artists murals
ⓘ
Free Derry Corner NERFINISHED ⓘ Glenfada Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecky Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Meenan Square NERFINISHED ⓘ Rossville Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Westland Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection | roads linking to Derry city centre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Free Derry Corner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civil rights protests ⓘ political murals ⓘ role in the Troubles ⓘ street clashes ⓘ |
| languageCommunity |
English-speaking
ⓘ
Irish-speaking minority ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
County Londonderry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Derry NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ island of Ireland ⓘ province of Ulster ⓘ |
| memorialType | site of Troubles memorials ⓘ |
| partOf |
Derry urban area
ⓘ
Foyle parliamentary constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRelevance |
symbol of civil rights struggle in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
symbol of nationalist resistance ⓘ |
| religiousMajority | Roman Catholic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| siteOf |
Battle of the Bogside
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bloody Sunday (1972) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland civil rights marches NERFINISHED ⓘ riots during the Troubles ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSignificance |
1970s
ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ |
| tourismType | conflict tourism site ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.