Internment (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Brian Faulkner became PM of NI (month/year)
Brian Faulkner became PM of NI (month/year)
March 1971
SDLP withdrawal from Stormont date
SDLP withdrawal from Stormont date
16 July 1971
Internment definition
Internment definition
Arrest & detention without trial
Operation Demetrius launch date
Operation Demetrius launch date
9 August 1971
Initial arrests in Operation Demetrius
Initial arrests in Operation Demetrius
342 men
Catholics fleeing homes in first 48hrs (Operation Demetrius)
Catholics fleeing homes in first 48hrs (Operation Demetrius)
Approx. 7,000
Deaths in Operation Demetrius (total & Catholic civilians)
Deaths in Operation Demetrius (total & Catholic civilians)
17 total, 10 Catholic civilians
Total arrested for internment by end of 1971
Total arrested for internment by end of 1971
Over 2,000
Year loyalists interned in significant numbers
Year loyalists interned in significant numbers
1973
Rent & Rates Strike participation in Belfast (Oct 1971)
Rent & Rates Strike participation in Belfast (Oct 1971)
Up to 30% of homeowners
Main internment camp near Lisburn
Main internment camp near Lisburn
Long Kesh
European Court ruling on internee treatment
European Court ruling on internee treatment
Inhuman and degrading (not torture)
Licensed firearms in NI by end of 1971
Licensed firearms in NI by end of 1971
Over 100,000
SDLP founding year
SDLP founding year
1970
Apprentice Boys' marches commemoration
Apprentice Boys' marches commemoration
1689 siege of Derry