Bloody Sunday - A Definitive Moment

There is a unionist narrative of bloody sunday, which is centered around the idea that this was a deliberately provocative and violent march. People can have a remarkable ability to compartmentalie when it comes to events like this. And you're dealing with a deeply segregated society. There were those within the unionist community who did not trust any of these civil rights activists. They saw them as merely doing the bidding of the men of violence. But another fundamental issue it raised was whether or not northern ireland could continue to be run by Northern Irish politicians. Bloody sunday insured that direct rule was introduced shortly afterwards.