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Museum of Free Derry

Address: 55 Glenfada Park, off Rossville St., West Bank, Derry
Phone: 028/7136-0880
www.museumoffreederry.org

Category: Memorials/Monuments
Location: Derry

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At Free Derry Corner stands the white gable wall where Catholics defiantly painted the slogan "You are now entering Free Derry" as a declaration of a zone from which police and the British Army were banned until 1972, when the army broke down the barricades. That year, 13 civil rights marchers were shot and killed by British soldiers in an event that rankles Catholics to this day. Bloody Sunday, as it became known, is commemorated by a mural of the civil rights march. Now, historical homage is paid thanks to the new Museum of Free Derry. This opened in 2007 in a derelict block of flats right on the spot where Bloody Sunday happened; the building still retains bullet scars and was conserved to preserve the "line of sight" that fateful day. Inside, visitors will find a real-time recording of the event as well as a gallery with newspaper reports, photographs, and posters about the "Battle of the Bogside." The museum has become one of the major tourist attractions in Derry.

Cost: £3
Open: Weekdays 9:30-4:30; also weekends 1-4 in Apr.-Sept.

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