Bloody Sunday

The Queen will walk on the turf of what nationalist Ireland regards as hallowed ground and where 14 spectators were shot dead during the War of Independence.

The atrocity was the first "Bloody Sunday" in Ireland and came about in retaliation for the murder of British agents across Dublin by Michael Collins' IRA

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/blog/2011/may/18/queen-visit-ireland-live

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