C.L.G. Aontroim Thuaidh – North Antrim G.A.A.
Presents
Dr Éamon Phoenix
‘The History of the Civil rights Movement in the North of lreland: From the Unionist State to the Troubles’
Dunloy Parish Centre, 17 Bridge Road, Dunloy, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT44 9AN
Saturday 18th January 2020
8.00pm
Tickets (Táille £5.00) on sale from North Antrim GAA clubs
This talk will briefly cover
- the history of the Northern state from partition;
- the Unionist state under Craigavon and Brookeborough;
- the impact of the British Welfare State and 1947 Education Act on the Nationalist minority;
- the 1956-62 campaign and how it caused a re-think among Republicans;
- the rise of O’Neill and the emergence of the Civil Rights movement by the late 1960s;
- the marches of 1968-69; the rise of Paisleyism;
- the reaction of Westminster and Stormont to the Civil Rights Campaign;
- the outbreak of the Troubles and the events of 1969-72
