S2 Episode 8: Derry: “Ireland’s Jerusalem”

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2018

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Derry: ground zero for the outbreak of conflict in Northern Ireland. Is it once again being threatened with instability as Brexit causes deep uncertainty over the border? Naomi and Tim travel north just as unrest breaks out in the ancient city as Protestants and unionists prepare to mark the 12th of July: a yearly celebration of their culture. We chat to a man who lost his father in Bloody Sunday, speak to children building a bonfire about why they burn the Irish flag, and sketch out why this city of so much promise has been held back by decades of discrimination.

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.4	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay. We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome
0:51.3	London, Derry. This was the peaceful prelude today Londonbury. Londonbury.
0:56.0	This was the peaceful prelude to days of rioting and violence.
1:00.0	The beginning of a new and bloody chapter in the grim history of the city.
1:04.0	As the Apprentice Boys parade, a traditional Protestant march,
1:07.0	found its way through the streets,
1:09.0	there was no hint of the violence that was to rip London Derry apart.
1:12.6	It was only when the march was almost over, the tempers began to get framed.
1:16.6	The crowd linked arms, and within minutes, London Derry was in the grip of the most savage
1:20.6	and senseless rioting it has yet seen, with Bogside the battleground.
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