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NICRA (Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
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NICRA (Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association
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1.The setting up of the NICRA
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What are you going to talk about?
Formed in 1967
Young and educated Catholics
Bernadette Devlin, John Hume, Austin Currie
Wouldn’t accept second-class citizenship
Inspired by Civil Right Movement in US
Martin Luther King(1929-1968)
2. Aims
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One person one vote
Allow all people over 18 to vote
Remove the multiple votes from business owners
Ending gerrymandering
Redrawing of electoral boundaries
Legislation against discrimination
Allocation of jobs
Housing
Repeal of Special Powers Act
So police can’t arrest and detain suspects without trial
End to B-Specials
Biased sectarian force(Protestants and Unionists)
3.Support and Oppostion
Support
New generation Catholic’s
Nationalists who believed local party lost touch with their needs
Moderate Unionists
Catholic’s unfairly treated
If NICRA aims achieved, no reason for united Ireland.
Oppostion
Large section of Unionist population
IRA under different name
Afraid would weaken Protestant control
4. Dawn of the Troubles and the First March
Village of Caledon, near Dungannon in Tyrone
1968-two Catholic families denied house by local council
House given to 19 year old unmarried Protestant girl
Austin Currie raised matter in council and Stormont-unsuccessful. Ordered to leave chamber at Stormont.
Occupied Caledon house in protest-evicted by RUC- incident gained widespread publicity.
First march Saturday 24 August 1968
Coalisland to Dungannon- highlights discrimination in housing against Catholics.
2000 people
In response, Ian Paisley led 1,500 Loyalist demonstrators to confront them
Pattern of demonstration and counter-demonstration established.
5. 2nd March and violence in Londonderry
5 October 1968
Highlight discrimination of Londonderry Corporation’s housing policy
Apprentice Boys set up March in response.
Minister for Home Affairs-William Craig-banned march-ban was ignored.
Police used water cannons and batons on peaceful marchers.
Teams of journalists witnessed these incidents such as RTÉ cameraman Gay O’Brien.
Within 24 hours, Derry was an international news story.
Further marches made situation worse
Continued marches even after banned
Through Protestant areas-seen as provocative.
Counter demonstrations clashed -Apprentice Boys.
6. Conclusion to NICRA protests with O’Neils reform programme
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Meeting with British Prime Minister Harold Wilson due to unrest
5-point reform programme-22 Nov 1968
Points system for fairer allocation of council houses
Londonderry Corporation replaced by development Commission
Parts of 1922 Special Powers Act removed
Ombudsman established to examine complaints
Changes to voting system for local elections
No additional votes for business owners
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