The Day The Troubles Started

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Oct 5, 201828:48Society & Culture

Most historians agree that if the start of the Troubles can be traced to one time and place, it is the civil rights march on Duke Street in Londonderry on the 5th October 1968. The demonstration had been banned by the go...

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