Burntollet Bridge

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Burntollet Bridge is a bridge in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, best known as the site of a violent loyalist ambush on a civil rights march in January 1969 that became a key flashpoint in the early Troubles.

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Burntollet Bridge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge
associatedWith Northern Ireland civil rights movement
People’s Democracy march
Royal Ulster Constabulary
loyalist activists
country United Kingdom
crosses Burntollet River
eventDate 1969-01-04
eventLocation Burntollet Bridge ambush
loyalist attack on civil rights marchers
hasHeritageStatus site of historical conflict
hasNameOrigin named after Burntollet River
historicalPeriod early Troubles
knownFor Burntollet Bridge ambush
attack on civil rights marchers in January 1969
locatedIn County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
rural area south of Derry
locatedOnRoute route of the People’s Democracy march 1968–1969
memorializedIn accounts of the Northern Ireland Troubles
histories of the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland
near Derry
Londonderry
linked to: Derry
partOf road between Belfast and Derry
transport infrastructure of County Londonderry
politicalContext sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland
region Ulster
significance key flashpoint in the early Troubles
usedFor road traffic

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Burntollet Bridge march location Burntollet Bridge