Unionist wild men played a part in starting Troubles

By Brian Feeney (for Irish News)

Naturally this week all the emphasis is on the ‘Battle of the Bogside’, the burning of Bombay Street by unionist mobs and the subsequent deployment of British troops on the streets of Derry and Belfast. Generally this sequence of events is taken as being the beginning of the Troubles.

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