Word info

Bogside

Proper noun

Meaning

A neighbourhood in the city of Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

A hamlet in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ8135)

A hamlet in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS8353).

A former racecourse, Bogside Racecourse, near Irvine, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3039).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Found to have 'deliberately disobeyed' his superior Brigadier Patrick MacLellan's orders by sending Support Company into the Bogside (and without informing MacLellan). Source: Internet

Fifty years ago, an 18-year-old schoolgirl left the Bogside in Ireland and journeyed to Amsterdam to represent her country in the 15th Eurovision Song Contest. Source: Internet

On Sunday 30 January 1972, 13 unarmed civilians were shot dead by British paratroopers during a civil rights march in the Bogside area. Source: Internet

Residents then sealed off the Bogside with barricades to keep the police out, creating " Free Derry ", which was briefly a no-go area for the security forces. Source: Internet

Events of the day main The Bogside in 1981, overlooking the area where many of the victims were shot. Source: Internet

On 12 August, the loyalist Apprentice Boys of Derry were allowed to march along the edge of the Bogside. Source: Internet

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