Communities across Donegal stood in unity with the families of Derry in poignant events yesterday on the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.
Large groups gathered in Buncrana, Letterkenny and Gaoth Dobhair to commemorate the lives of the thirteen innocent men and boys who were shot dead by British soldiers on 30 January 1972. The vigils took place at 4pm – the moment the first British Army shot rang out.
Those who gathered showed support to the families in their continued call for justice. A minute’s silence was also held.
“Their dignity is an inspiration,” Sinn Fein Deputy Pearse Doherty said of the Bloody Sunday families.
Bloody Sunday commemoration in Gaoth Dobhair. Photo: Pearse Doherty
Bloody Sunday commemoration in Gaoth Dobhair. Photo: Pearse Doherty
In Derry, hundreds gathered at the Bloody Sunday monument in the Bogside. Among them was An Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Donegal Minister Charlie McConalogue.
No-one has been convicted for the Bloody Sunday atrocity. Only one suspect – identified as “Soldier F” – was ever charged but the case was collapsed before it began.
