NI 100: The truce that followed Belfast's Bloody Sunday
BBC News By Eimear Flanagan image copyrightAFP via Getty Images image captionDays after the truce, Irish people held vigils in Downing St, praying for a peaceful outcome to talks As the clock struck noon on Monday, 11 July 1921, a truce came into force which effectively ended the Irish War of Independence. The conflict spanned two-and-a-half years and cost more than 2,000 lives. The ceasefire was agreed three days earlier between the British government and Irish republican leaders - leaders who would soon form their own state on the southern side of the new border. In Belfast, the final hours...
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