By April 1970, when republicans commemorated the Easter Rising, clashes between young people and the British Army had become a daily occurrence.
By the end of July 1971, nine people had died in Free Derry, including the first British soldier killed in the city, and the first unarmed civilians shot by the British Army.
Support for republicanism among northern Catholics generally was greater than it had been for decades. Recruits were relatively easily found among the ranks of teenage rioters.
Battle of the Bogside
