Ireland - Bloody Sunday in 1972

April 25, 2009

Dear friends,

A survey of Irish history shows a recurring them of repeated violence and political difficulty, mostly due to the situation of Northern Ireland.

Mars period

1919-21 Irish War of Independence against Britain.

1920 Burning of Cork by Auxiliaries.

1921 December. Anglo Irish Treaty.

Rahu period (Nov. 1922-)

1922 Civil War starts between Free State army and IRA.

1923 End of Civil war.

1926 De Valera founds Fianna Fail.

1927 General Elections in Ireland.

De Valera and Fianna Fail enter Dail.

1932 General Election. Fianna Fail victory.

1937 Constitution of "Eire", claims 32 counties.

1939 Second World War.

Jupiter period (Nov 1940-)

1945 End of Second World War.

1948 General Election. Fianna Fail defeated.

1948 December 21 The Republic of Ireland Act is signed by the President of Ireland abolishing the remaining roles of the British monarch in the government of the Irish state.

Repeal of External Relations Act. Ireland leaves the British Commonwealth. Republic of Ireland declared (26 counties)

1951-62 IRA campaign in North.

1955 Ireland joins the United Nations.

Saturn period (Nov. 1956-)

1965 O'Neill-Lemass Talks.

1967 Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association founded.

1968 August: First Civil Rights March.

October: Derry Civil Rights March, banned by William Craig,

Minister of home Affairs, held but broken up by brutality by police.

1969 January: People's Democracy Belfast to Derry Civil Rights March.

January 4: Marchers attacked at Burntollet Bridge.

April: O'Neill resigns. Chichester Clark Prime Minister.

August 14: British troops sent to Derry.

October: Protestant riot in Belfast.

1970 Dublin Arms Trial.

1971 First British soldier killed by IRA in Belfast.

Chichester Clark resigns, Faulkner Prime Minister.

Unionist government of NI introduces internment without

trial for suspected Republicans.

1972 Irelalnd joins the European Economic Community

1972 January 30: Bloody Sunday in Derry. British paratroopers

shoot 13 civilians during civil-rights march.

March: Stormont suspended.

1973 Sunningdale Agreement.

1974 Ulster Workers Strike brings down Faulkner and Assembly.

Direct Rule re-imposed.

Loyalits bomb Dublin and Monaghan, killing 30

Mercury period (Nov. 1975-)

1981-82 Ten Republicans die on hunger strike in Maze Prison, NI

Dying hunger-striker Bobby Sands elected to British Parliament

Ketu period (Nov. 1992-)

1993 Downing Street Declaration; British Government accepts the right

of the people of Irelalnd to self-determinination.

1994 IRA declares cease-fire

1996 Cease-fire breaks down after Britain's Conservative government

refuses to allow Sinn Fein to join all-party talks on NI.

1997 IRA cease-fire resumes; talks begin in Belfast between government

of Irish Republic, Britain's ne Labor government, and representatives

of all NI's political parties.

1998 Initial peace-plan accepted by all parties.

1990s Ireland experiences rapid economic growth. It is called the Celtic Tiger.

Venus period (Nov. 1999-)

2005 Cork is made European Capital of Culture and the EU recognises Irish as a working language.

Source:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/history/

http://www.localhistories.org/irishtime.html

On January 30, 1972, which has been termed Bloody Sunday, took place during the Saturn-Rahu period, when transit 6th lord Saturn was stationary from December 1971 to February 1972 at 7° Taurus/H9 where it was opposing 2nd lord Venus at 5° Scorpio/H3 and 1st lord Mercury at 9° Scorpio while also aspecting 11th lord Moon at 5° Aquarius/H6. Transit Rahu was stationary at 12° Capricorn/H5 from where it aspected natal 6th lord Saturn at 13° Virgo/H1. Transit Ketu was also afflicting natal 1st lord Mercury. Transit 12th lord Sun was at 16° Capricorn and thus exactly afflicting both 5th and11th houses.

"Bloody Sunday is the term used to describe an incident in Derry, Northern Ireland, on 30 January 1972 in which 27 civil rights protesters were shot by members of the 1st Battalion of the British Parachute Regiment during a Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in the Bogside area of the city...The Provisional Irish Republican Army's (IRA) campaign against Northern Ireland being a part of the United Kingdom had begun in the two years prior to Bloody Sunday, but perceptions of the day boosted the status of and recruitment into the organisation enormously. Bloody Sunday remains among the most significant events in the Troubles of Northern Ireland, chiefly due to the fact that it was carried out by the army and not paramilitaries, and

in full public and press view."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1972)

Best wishes,

Thor