Focus on: Bernadette Devlin (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Bernadette Devlin's birth year
Bernadette Devlin's birth year
1947
Devlin's age when her father died
Devlin's age when her father died
Eight years old
Devlin's age when her mother died
Devlin's age when her mother died
Ten years old
Subject Devlin studied at Queen's University Belfast
Subject Devlin studied at Queen's University Belfast
Psychology
Socialist civil rights group Devlin co-founded
Socialist civil rights group Devlin co-founded
People's Democracy
Date of Burntollet Bridge loyalist attacks
Date of Burntollet Bridge loyalist attacks
January 1969
Year Devlin elected as MP
Year Devlin elected as MP
1969
Devlin's age when elected to Westminster
Devlin's age when elected to Westminster
21 years old
Record Devlin set at Westminster
Record Devlin set at Westminster
Youngest-ever female MP
Date of Battle of the Bogside
Date of Battle of the Bogside
August 1969
Date of Bloody Sunday
Date of Bloody Sunday
January 1972
Number killed on Bloody Sunday
Number killed on Bloody Sunday
14 unarmed civil rights protesters
Home Secretary Devlin slapped after Bloody Sunday
Home Secretary Devlin slapped after Bloody Sunday
Reginald Maudling
Year Devlin married Michael McAliskey
Year Devlin married Michael McAliskey
1973
Party Devlin co-founded in 1973
Party Devlin co-founded in 1973
Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)