Rossville Street

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Rossville Street is a historically significant road in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, known for its central role in the events of Bloody Sunday and the Troubles.

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Rossville Street canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road
street
adjacentTo Free Derry Corner memorial area
former Rossville Flats site
associatedWith British Army operations during the Troubles
Northern Ireland civil rights movement
Parachute Regiment
country United Kingdom
featuredIn documentaries about Bloody Sunday
historical accounts of the Troubles
governedBy Derry City and Strabane District Council
hasCoordinateRegion northwest of Derry city centre
hasFunction commemorative space
transport corridor
hasHeritageStatus site of political and historical memory
hasHistoricalSignificance Bloody Sunday
The Troubles
hasMemorial Bloody Sunday memorial
murals commemorating Bloody Sunday
hasMurals Bogside Artists murals
linked to: Bogside
hasNameOrigin Rossville Flats housing complex
hasPublicArt political murals
languageOfName English
locatedIn Bogside
County Londonderry
Derry
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
near Free Derry Corner
Glenfada Park
Joseph Place
Rossville Flats site
notableEventLocation Bloody Sunday
civil rights march on 30 January 1972
partOf Bogside neighbourhood
linked to: Bogside

Derry city street network
politicallySignificantFor Irish nationalism
civil rights activism
roadType urban street
timePeriodOfNotability The Troubles era
linked to: The Troubles

early 1970s
late 1960s
touristAttraction Troubles-related historical tours
usedFor local traffic
residential access

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bogside hasLandmark Rossville Street
Free Derry Corner near Rossville Street
Bogside area of Derry hasPart Rossville Street
Lecky Road flyover near Rossville Street