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Derry - Battle of the Bogside
 
This is a picture of a Mural painted on the side of a Irish house in Derry. This Mural depicts a scene from the Battle of Bogside. This is a picture of a schoolboy about to launch a petrol bomb and wearing a mask to protect him from CS gas used by the RUC. The Bogside smolders in the background.
Battle of the Bogside took place in August of 1969.