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Bloody Sunday

shooting of 26 civilians by British soldiers in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1972 during the Troubles
Event massacre Q190819
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Summary

Bloody Sunday is a massacre[1]. It ranks in the top 0.25% of massacre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,531 views/month, #2 of 795).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Location: Derry[4]
  • Part of: The Troubles[5]
  • Commons category: Bloody Sunday, Derry[6]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[7]
  • Point in time: January 30, 1972[8]
  • Participant: 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment[9]
  • Number of deaths: 14[10]
  • Number of injured: 1777[11]
  • Native label: Domhnach na Fola[12]
  • Different from: Bloody Sunday[13], Bloody Sunday (1968)[14]

Body

Outcome and Impact

Things named for Bloody Sunday include Sunday Bloody Sunday[15], a musical work/composition[16].

Why It Matters

Bloody Sunday has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for it include Sunday Bloody Sunday[15], a musical work/composition[16].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Jcb · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → The Troubles
    Number of deaths → {'amount': '+14'}
    Instance of → massacre
    Country → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Related image: Bloody Sunday Banner and Crosses.jpg"
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