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This photograph of a boy in a gas mask holding a petrol bomb became a defining image of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
The iconic picture was taken during the Londonderry Bogside riots in August 1969.
Fifty years on, photographer Clive Limpkin reflects on capturing that moment.
The iconic picture was taken during the Londonderry Bogside riots in August 1969.
Fifty years on, photographer Clive Limpkin reflects on capturing that moment.
Behind the photo that defined the Troubles
Posted from bbc.com
Dublin
United Kingdom
Protest
World History
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Never knew about the Troubles, but remember all the fighting on the news.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CWO3 (Join to see) Being raised in a German Irish Catholic Community, I was Aware of Them.
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No doubt. Wife's Grandfather immigrated from Ireland. Scots on paternal side for her.
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PO3 Donald Murphy
The British tended to keep a lot of it out of the news as depriving the IRA of media exposure lead to their downfall. Once the Irish man-in-the-street realized the IRA weren't really "in it" for the "freedom" perspective, things changed.
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