DERRY CIVIL WAR JUNE 1920

DERRY CIVIL WAR JUNE 1920

[Ourdavey]

Thank you for this. It gives me a better perspective of the times my Grandparents lived through. My Gran, a Catholic was 16 at the time. She lived at 14 Fahan street. My Grandad was English, a British soldier who came to the city in 1924. They courted at the gates of Ebrington barracks. They were married at St. Columba's church Waterside. (My Grandad converted to Catholicism) My gran faced serious threats and she fled Derry having to leave her two sons behind (my uncles) until they could be safely reunited. My Gran, nonetheless, remained committed to her Catholic faith. They had a long, loving marriage. All eight of her kids were raised Catholic. She maintained her gift of the Craic and sense of humour. My Grandad called her 'My Irish Lady', she called him 'My English Bastard'. I look forward to visiting Derry one day to walk in their footsteps.

[seanmccole]

My granda was one of the 12 men. Amazing video. James Herron from Marlborough ave. Still a family owned house 100 years later.

[huub]

My grandfather told me about this in the 1980’s, he also thought it strange that no one spoke about it. He thought that was due to the fact that everyone was so shocked by what had happened that they tried to erase it, also that partition had made the Catholics feel very vulnerable and so the Catholic population were determined to make the best of a bad situation and keep their heads down. He told me that he had, as a nine year old, witnessed the shooting on Bishop Street and around Abercorn Road. I’m not sure where he lived at that time, possibly Argyle Street.

[naponroy]

I think it slipped from collective memory because it might have been overshadowed by the events of the Troubles.

[elainemcgilloway]

Excellent research and programme I was unaware of this... I really must delve into the history of this town. It's amazing... That most of us do not realise the history of this town and an obvious loss not to know.. thankyou for this. Greatly appreciated.

[robertmurray]

My mother was born at 103 Glendermort Road in the Waterside on 31/8/19 she and her mum and dad lived through this. That said the film is without doubt narrated and skewed towards the IRA and their anti-protestant agenda. By the way, my mum always thought of herself as an Irish wumman before anything else. A Derry wumman is what she said,
The video is so one sided that it totally devalues the truth of what happened at the time. The hate should be forgotten and the future should be embraced.

[seanohare]

Very well done great music should be more well-known

[michaelf]

My grandmother told me about the shooting at the bottom of fountain hill of a Mr o Kane...who apparently knew his killer .. I definitely never thought there were as many killed in this episode as it transpired .. 20😢not that well known even to people who live in the city..another reason to be a force for peace and reconciliation..

[shaunaustin]

My grandfather was the last victim mentioned, Augustus Austin. People think it was an unusual name, but his mother was from Berlin, Agnes Kramer. Once of her family was named Augusta, a popular name, after Empress Augusta, in central Europe at the time when they left. The reason they left was anti-Semitism which was common in Europe in th nineteenth century - it didn't start with the Nazis. The Kramer's settled near Edinburgh which was one of two places German Jews settled, the other being Leeds, Yorkshire. They were tailors by trade. Agnes married Daniel Austin, a Scottish soldier Augustus followed in his father's footsteps and joined the Royal Scots

[TheBunter]

When I was growing up this episode in the History of Derry was referred to - (long before1969) - as "the riots" and you could still see bullet marks on some of the buildings but these are all gone now due to redevelopments and rebuilding.

[amc]

This is very well made, can I ask where you got all the images used in the video?

[chrisnicholl]

Anyone know what the background music is?

[ld]

Your showing footage and pictures from Dublin tho?

[johnpaulmartinherron]

Derry always seems to have been a microcosm of the incessant Irish question....

[thomasharkin]

This is not ever mention in any of the history books of that period, well research.

[richardloring]

I'm English thru n thru but been looking up Ulster lately..Christ if I was Catholic I would have risen up...We weren't told the other side here in 70s...Maybe not truth from both sides may have stopped this tragedy...Every Northern irish people I've met have always been really friendly...whatever there denomination....peace

[redmcclaff]

I remember reading about this and many other incidents in Derry in the book The Orange State, in 1980s.

[garyb]

Everyday is a school day and I had a lesson today, this coming from a Belfast born and rared and An Unrepentant Fenian . The intensity of the struggle for Irish 🇮🇪 freedom needs to be better known and better remembered . Excellent remembering of history.

[billbo]

Now go n check out what was happening in Cork around the same time and you will understand why this happened.

[ragnarl]

1920 June, Abercorn Road, my great grandfather attacked by ira in his home, he killed one of them and wounded 3 more before being shot and wounded, he was a soldier of the 36th ULSTER DIVISION in WW1 and maintained that this saved his life and his family that night. Goodman, LWF