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A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland Index Adams, Gerry, 159, 182 Blease, William, 83 Agnew, Kevin, 72, 73, 106, 111, 136, Bloody Friday, 182 137 Bloody Sunday, 26, 36, 38, 147, 181 Aiken, Frank, 22 Boal, Desmond, 156 Alliance Party, 80, 82, 89-92, 97, 184 Bogside, Derry, 43, 112, 144, 169, American Committee for Ulster Jus- 171, 178, 180 tice, 35, 36 border, the, 39, 89, 90, 160, 172 American Congress for Irish Free­ Sordes Poll, 75, 183 dom, 51 Boyd, Andrew, 136, 179 American Irish Action Committee, Boyle, Kevin, 85, 126, 132, 133, 134 148 Boyle, Louis, 169 Amnesty International, 21 Bradford, Roy, 6, 94, 160 Anglo-Irish Agreement, 186 Brett, Charles, 25, 83 Antrim, 86 British Army, 38, 41, 93, 95, 101, Arbuckle, Victor, 174 109, 117, 160, 165, 172-84 passim Armagh: 117, 127, 132, 155, 179; British Government, 50, 51, 99, 106, committee for Civil Rights, 113, 116, 187 114; Civil Rights Assn, 131 Brockway, Fermer, 27, 181 Atkins, Sir Humphrey, 186 Brown, Rev. John, 82 Avebury, Lord see Lubbock brutality, army and police, 21, 36-7, 112, 139, 142, 147, 170, 178, 181, Bacon, Alice, 32 see also violence Ballymurphy, 176, 177 B-Specials, 29, 42, 87, 105, 109, 117, Ballyshannon, 170 120, 138, 163, 169-74 passim, 182 Barr, lvan, 129, 136 Bunbeg, 78 Beattie, Desmond, 178 Bunting, Ronald, 85-8 passim, 114, Beattie, Rev. William, 97 121, 155, 164, 170 Belfast: 29, 31, 51, 67, 77, 82, 86, 93, Burntollet, 87, 88, 122, 142, 155, 164, 125, 127, 129, 142, 148, 159-64 169 passim, 169, 171-2, 176, 179, 182; Burntollet, 87 Crumlin Rd Prison, 89; Civil Burton, Richard, 92 Rights Assn, 132; Bryson Street, Byrne, Maurice, 12, 16, 55, 70 179 Byrne, Paddy, 27, 28 Belfast Newsletter, 36 Belfast Telegraph, 13, 19, 30, 38, 100, Callaghan, James, 28, 32, 39, 93, 119, 150-51 129, 173, 187 Bell, lvor, 182 Calvert, Harry, 33, 44, 46-7 Bell, Martin, 119, 120 Cameron Enquiry/Report, 114, 156, Benn, John, 40 169 Bennett, Jack, 104 Campaign for Democracy in Ulster, Bennett, William, 121 27-30, 31, 52, 143 237 Campaign for Social Justice in N.l. Commission for Human Rights, 17, 16, 25-6, 28, 29, 30, 36, 41, 43-4, 22,50-51 46, 56, 62, 76-82 passim, 86, 91, Committee of Foreign Affairs of the 95, 111, 133, 135, 143-4, 187, 188; USA House of Representatives, first press conference, 17, 18; 35-41 method of work, 18, 47; News­ Communists, 136, 137 letters, 21, 80; reactions of press, Compton Enquiry/Report, 102, 179 22-3; and National Unity, 24; let­ Conaty, Thomas, 36, 93, 136 ters to Labour leaders, 31-2, 48, Connellan, Joe, 65 73, 109, 115; and Labour la'wyers Connolly, James, 158 conference, 33-4; use of funds, Connolly Assn, 25 47; and Legal Aid, 48, 50; and Conservatives, 37, 41, 49, 50, 84, 168 Labour promises, 49; and The Conway, William Cardinal, 43, 58, Plain Truth, 49, 173,; and the 62, 131, 145 Mater Hospital, 52-4; and Cooke, David, 89 NICRA, 104, 173; branches Cooke, Victor, 91 formed, 138; disbanded, 148, Cookstown, 72, 141 167, 183; and Mailed Fist, 179 Cooper, lvan, 73, 78, 79, %, 110, Campbell, J.J., 15 111, 113, 124, 127, 128, 134, 139, Canavan, Michael, 36 148, 170, 176, 181 Capuchin Annual1966, 158 Cooper, Robert, 89, 90 Carrickmore, 71, 73 Corrigan,Aidan, 134,136, 13~ 140 Casey, Fr Eamonn, 57 Corrigan, James, 13, 14, 66 Cassin, Denis, 136 Costello, Seamus, 146 Castle, Barbara, 31 Council of Europe, Human Rights, Castlereagh, 170 .44 Catholic Church, 61-2, 145, 147, 157 Craig, William, 20, 41, 74, 100, 108- Caughey, Sean, 25 11 passim, 115, 116, 117, 120, CCDC, 93-6 142, 163, 164, 169, 181 CDU see Campaign for Democracy in Craigavon, 27 Ulster Crisis in Northern Ireland, 26 Central Citizens Defence Committee Cunningham, Joe, 72 see CCDC Cunningham, Michael, 72 Charter of the United Nations, 22 Curran, Mr Justice, 45, 46 Chichester-Clark, Major James, 39, Currie, Austin, 25, 36, 67-79 passim, 86, 88, 94, 142, 155, 171, 172, 106, 107, 109, 113, 116, 119, 124, 173, 177 128, 129, 134, 137, 168-9 Chichester-Clark, Robin, 86 Cushnahan,John, 89 Chilcot, J.A., 48 Cussack, Seamus, 178 Civil Liberties 1969, 26 civil rights: 40, 48, 82, 85, 86, 98, 188; Dail Uladh, 75 and legal aid, 44; movement, 79, Daily Mail, 155 105, 111, 113, 118, 122, 124, 127, Daly, Fr Edward, 36 128, 129, 132, 136, 138, 139, 161, Dandale, District Inspector, 124 173; leaders, 113, 121, 122, 180; David Frost show, 37-8 see also marches Davidson, Madge, 136, 140 Clarke, Sir George, 91 Democratic Unionist Party, 156, 180 Claudy, 87 Derry: 29, 36, 38, 40, 45, 48, 64, 76, Clifton Young Unionists, 91-2 82, 86, 87, 105, 110, 112, 114, Close, Hugh, 180 142, 144, 146, 148, 155, 169, 170, Close, Seamus, 89 179-82 passim; and gerrymander­ Coalisland, 29, 89, 107, 169 ing, 6, 20, 46; housing con­ Cole, Robin, 104-5, 106 ditions, 11, 16; housing discrimina­ Colley, George, 22 tion, 18, 100; job 238 discrimination, 18; Citizens Ac­ Dungannon Obseruer, 98 tion Committee, 73, 96, 110, 113, Dungiven, 128, 174, 180 128; Housing Action Committee, Dunlop, John, 148 110; Civil Rights Assn, 110~11 Durkin, Frank, 35 Desmond, Barry, 145 Devlin, Bemadette: 44, 71, 73, 74, 77, East Scotland Irish Assn, 118 85, 88, 89, 102, 129, 133-4, 141-9, Ede, Chutu, 52 181; The Price of My Soul, 72, 107, Edendork Co-Op, 57 142, 145, 146; in the PO, 141-2; Edgar, District Inspector, 121 and Rev. Paisley, 142; wins seat Egan, Bowis, 88, 126, 127 at Westminster, 142-3, 170; at Egan, S., 25 the Bogside barricades, 144; Elder, Nelson, 105 ideals for working class, 145-6; electoral reform, 100, 105, 169, see in America, 147; attempted also voting abuses assassination of, 149 Elwood, Derek, 170 Devlin, Joe, 31 Ennals, Martin, 26 Devlin, Paddy, 77, 78, 93, 105, 111, Enniskillen, 66, 68, 69, 88-9, 126, 137, 126-7, 176 138, 140, 175 Diamond, Harry, 41, 60, 122 Enright, Tom, 35, 36, 161 direct rule of N .I., 38, 102 Eustace, Fr Austen, 56-7 discrimination: 16, 24, 25, 26, 27, 35- Evening Press, 98 42 passim, 45, 49, 63, 100, 107, 125, 169; religious, 7, 20, 33, 40, Fahy, Patrick, 123, 124 41, 46, 48; housing, 10, 26, 29, Fair Employment Agency, 187 34, 50, 57, 83, 186, see also Dun­ Falls Rd, Belfast, 51, 93, 171-2, 176 gannon; in jobs, 17, 18, 26, 29, Farrell, Michael, 85, 88, 89, 121, 124, 34, 50, 173, 187; and the Irish 125, 131, 133, 134-5, 136, 140, press, 22; in education, 26, 27; 145-6 opposition to, 47, 123 Faul, Fr Denis, 21, 35, 36, 42-3, 161 Discrimination-pride for prejudice, 34 Faulkner, Brian, 28, 63, 84, 94-5, 117, Doherty, Noel, 154, 163, 168 169, 177, 181, 182, 184, 187 Dolley, Michael, 105 Feeney, Brian, 78 Donaghy, John, 13, 14, 107, 122, 131- Ferguson, Dick, 92 5 passim, 173, 187 Fermanagh: Unionist Assn, 91; Donaldson, Islay, 81 motorcade, 127-8; Civil Rights Donnelly, J.J.: 14, 16, 69, 70, 71, 130, Assn, 130 131, 139; and Margaret, 139-40 Fermanagh News, 140 Douglas, William, 46 Fermanagh-South Tyrone elections: Downing Street Declaration, 39, 173, 1966, 68-71, 72,; 1970, 74-6 178 Fianna Fail, 186 Drumm, Maire, 140 Finnegan, Peter, 13 Duddy, Brian, 36 Fitt, Gerry, 6, 29, 30, 31, 45, 60, 65, Duffy, Paddy, 56, 69, 72, 77 73, 76, 77, 78, 84, 106-13 passim, Duggan, Paddy, 72 122, 134, 143, 176, 178, 183 Dunadry, 170 FitzGerald, Garret, 186 Dungannon, 5, 7, 9, 16, 29, 75, 79, Fitzherbert, Giles, 81 99, 105, 107-10 passim, 116, 117, Foley, Dermot, 35 118, 137, 142, 155, 169, 171, 174; Foot, Sir Dingle, 144 Urban District Council, 11, 12, Forrest, George, 92 14, 47, 84, 106, 187; election of Fox, Paddy, 122 councillors, 13-14, 66; and hous­ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 155 ing discrimination, 10, 14, 18, fundamentalism, 150-51 22, 32, 47, 57; Civil Rights Assn, 138-9; Community Council, 187 Gallagher, Rev. Eric, 90 239 Gallaghers tobacco factory, 178 Homeless Citizens League, 10, 11, Gardiner, Lord, 45 13, 57, 58, 167 Garret, Brian, 34 Hope, Ann, 136 general elections, British: 1959, 60; Hopkins, Sean, 36 1966, 76; 1969, 73-4, 97; 1974, House of Commons, 27, 30 148, 184 House of Lords, 48 gerrymandering: 25, 39-40, 83; in housing: 13, 15; discrimination in, Derry, 6; in Dungannon 10, 14 10, 14, 40, 46; see also Gilligan, Conor, 16, 24, 52, 188 discrimination Glasgow Campaign for Civil Rights Housing Assns, 57-9 in N.I., 118 Howard and West, The Making of the Glass, Basil, 90 Prime Minister, 49 Gleeson, Darine, 7 Howell, Rev. A., 118 Glendenning, Robin, 89, 90 Hughes, Mary, 136 Gogarty, Frank, 110, 123, 124, 126, Human Rights Bill (N.I.), 81 132-8 passim, 140, 146, 176 Hume, John, 73, 76-9 passim, 96, Gormley, Patrick, 65 110, 111, 113, 119, 125, 127, 134, Gorrnley, Peter, 16, 52, 59, 188 137, 170, 171, 177, 181 Gormley, Tom, 73 Hunt Report, 173, 174 Gortnasaor estate, 58, 59 Hutchinson, Douglas, 114 Goulding, Catha!, 104, 133 Government of Ireland Act 1920, 31, Impartial Reporter, 130 32, 33, 43-4, 46, 47, 97, 104, 183 incitement to hatred, 27, 40, 97, 180 Gracey, Trevor, 170 internment, 26, 28-9, 36-7, 38, 178, Graham, David A., 108 179, 183 Grant, William, 51 IRA: 41, 101, 102, 113, 117, 122, 151, Gregory, Brian, 5, 16, 20, 59 163, 180, 183; Officials, 136, 137, Grey, Lord, 7 175, 177; Provisionals (Provos), Guardian, The, 26, 83 159-60, 165, 175, 176; see also Republicans Hailsham, Lord, 46 Ireland, Republic of, 16, 19, 85, 98, Hamilton, Marquis of, 71, 81 130, 136, 145, 160, 179, 185, 186 Hanna, Frank, 60 Irish Action Committee (US), 133 Hanna, Vincent, 34, 85 Irish Congress of Trade Unions, 83 Harland and Wolf£ workers, 182 Irish Independent, 22, 99 Harris, Kenneth, 63 Irish National Liberation Army Harris, Noel, 104 (INLA), 146, 161 Hassard, Jack, 69, 83, 84, 107, 108, Irish News, 22, 46, 71, 88, 93, 98-9, 109, 116, 120, 137, 138, 187 175, 179 Hastings, Max, 150 Irish Post, 99, 180 Health Act 1948, British, 51-2 Irish Press, 22, 98, 180 Healy, Cahir, 65 Irish Republican Army see IRA Heaney, James C., 50, 51 Irish Republican Socialist Party, 146, Heath, Edward, 176, 182 161 Heatley, Fred, 105, 110, 125, 136 Irish Times, 75, 81, 99, 112, 133, 140, Henderson, Bill, 36, 38-9 161 Henderson, Joe, 78 Jenkins, Roy, 29, 32, 48 Heron, Brian, 133-4 J.
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