Bogside

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The Bogside, looking down from the entrance to the city walls.

A mural in Derry of a young boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside, August 1969.

The Bogside is a nationalist neighbourhood outside the city walls of Derry, Northern Ireland. The area has been a focus point for many of the events of the Troubles, from the Battle of the Bogside and Bloody Sunday in the 1960s and 1970s to today. The large gable-wall murals by the Bogside Artists, Free Derry Corner and the Gasyard Feile (an annual music and arts festival held in a former gasyard) are popular tourist attractions.

See also

• Bogside Artists
• History of Derry
• Free Derry
• History of Ireland

External links

• [Bogside Murals]
• [Battle of the Bogside]

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