On This Day / March 2, 1971
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Summary: On This Day – 2nd March 1971, a young soldier was killed in Derry, Belfast saw renewed violence, the SDLP condemned the killing of policemen, and Cardinal Conway rejected claims of Catholic “apartheid” in schools. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Soldier Killed in Derry | On This Day – 2nd March 1971
VIOLENCE flared again in Belfast last night and at least one youth was shot by the Army, soldiers came under fire several times, three nailbombs and several petrol bombs were hurled at troops and cars were commandeered and set alight at a Falls Road barricade.
In Derry, comparatively quiet for some time, a young soldier died after an Army Land Rover, hit by ten petrol bombs, crashed at Westland Street.
SDLP Condemns Murders of Policemen
IN reiterating ‘total opposition to the use of violence for political objectives’, the six SDLP MPs at Stormont last night placed on record their ‘outright condemnation of the gunmen, whoever they may be, who so brutally took the lives of two unarmed policemen on Friday.
Expressing their deepest sympathy to the bereaved wives, children and relatives of the dead policemen, the MPs added: ‘Again and again we have stated our total opposition to the use of violence for political objectives.
‘Violence rather than contributing towards a solution to our problems causes greater bitterness, division and tragedy.’
Cardinal Rejects Schools ‘Apartheid’ Claim
CARDINAL Conway, Primate of all-lreland in a booklet, Catholic Schools rejects the Unionist claim that Catholics’ ‘voluntary apartheid’ in schools, were cutting themselves off from participation in the life of the Nl community.
Cardinal Conway says: ‘Many of those who clamour for integrated education would be the first to object if someone waved a magic wand and produced it.
‘Protestant extremists would obviously resist the prospect of nuns and Christian Brothers teaching their children in integrated schools.
‘All the evidence goes to prove that separate schools for people of different religious beliefs is not a divisive factor in a community,’ writes the Cardinal.
Women Denied the Vote in Alpine State
THE all-male electorate of Liechtenstein yesterday decided in a referendum that their tiny Alpine Principality should remain the only country in Europe where women do not have the vote.
Afterwards about fifty women paraded through the village-sized capital with placards reading: ‘We doubt our men’s virility, we are ashamed for Liechtenstein and we plead for the suppression of the men’s right to vote’.
The vote leaves the small country in the company of Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Yemen where women cannot vote.
On This Day – 2nd March 1971
Further Reading on Irish History:
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Summary: On This Day – 2nd March 1971, a young soldier was killed in Derry, Belfast saw renewed violence, the SDLP condemned the killing of policemen, and Cardinal Conway rejected claims of Catholic “apartheid” in schools. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Soldier Killed in Derry | On This Day – 2nd March 1971
VIOLENCE flared again in Belfast last night and at least one youth was shot by the Army, soldiers came under fire several times, three nailbombs and several petrol bombs were hurled at troops and cars were commandeered and set alight at a Falls Road barricade.
In Derry, comparatively quiet for some time, a young soldier died after an Army Land Rover, hit by ten petrol bombs, crashed at Westland Street.
SDLP Condemns Murders of Policemen
IN reiterating ‘total opposition to the use of violence for political objectives’, the six SDLP MPs at Stormont last night placed on record their ‘outright condemnation of the gunmen, whoever they may be, who so brutally took the lives of two unarmed policemen on Friday.
Expressing their deepest sympathy to the bereaved wives, children and relatives of the dead policemen, the MPs added: ‘Again and again we have stated our total opposition to the use of violence for political objectives.
‘Violence rather than contributing towards a solution to our problems causes greater bitterness, division and tragedy.’
Cardinal Rejects Schools ‘Apartheid’ Claim
CARDINAL Conway, Primate of all-lreland in a booklet, Catholic Schools rejects the Unionist claim that Catholics’ ‘voluntary apartheid’ in schools, were cutting themselves off from participation in the life of the Nl community.
Cardinal Conway says: ‘Many of those who clamour for integrated education would be the first to object if someone waved a magic wand and produced it.
‘Protestant extremists would obviously resist the prospect of nuns and Christian Brothers teaching their children in integrated schools.
‘All the evidence goes to prove that separate schools for people of different religious beliefs is not a divisive factor in a community,’ writes the Cardinal.
Women Denied the Vote in Alpine State
THE all-male electorate of Liechtenstein yesterday decided in a referendum that their tiny Alpine Principality should remain the only country in Europe where women do not have the vote.
Afterwards about fifty women paraded through the village-sized capital with placards reading: ‘We doubt our men’s virility, we are ashamed for Liechtenstein and we plead for the suppression of the men’s right to vote’.
The vote leaves the small country in the company of Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Yemen where women cannot vote.
On This Day – 2nd March 1971
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
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Summary: On This Day – 2nd March 1971, a young soldier was killed in Derry, Belfast saw renewed violence, the SDLP condemned the killing of policemen, and Cardinal Conway rejected claims of Catholic “apartheid” in schools. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Soldier Killed in Derry | On This Day – 2nd March 1971
VIOLENCE flared again in Belfast last night and at least one youth was shot by the Army, soldiers came under fire several times, three nailbombs and several petrol bombs were hurled at troops and cars were commandeered and set alight at a Falls Road barricade.
In Derry, comparatively quiet for some time, a young soldier died after an Army Land Rover, hit by ten petrol bombs, crashed at Westland Street.
SDLP Condemns Murders of Policemen
IN reiterating ‘total opposition to the use of violence for political objectives’, the six SDLP MPs at Stormont last night placed on record their ‘outright condemnation of the gunmen, whoever they may be, who so brutally took the lives of two unarmed policemen on Friday.
Expressing their deepest sympathy to the bereaved wives, children and relatives of the dead policemen, the MPs added: ‘Again and again we have stated our total opposition to the use of violence for political objectives.
‘Violence rather than contributing towards a solution to our problems causes greater bitterness, division and tragedy.’
Cardinal Rejects Schools ‘Apartheid’ Claim
CARDINAL Conway, Primate of all-lreland in a booklet, Catholic Schools rejects the Unionist claim that Catholics’ ‘voluntary apartheid’ in schools, were cutting themselves off from participation in the life of the Nl community.
Cardinal Conway says: ‘Many of those who clamour for integrated education would be the first to object if someone waved a magic wand and produced it.
‘Protestant extremists would obviously resist the prospect of nuns and Christian Brothers teaching their children in integrated schools.
‘All the evidence goes to prove that separate schools for people of different religious beliefs is not a divisive factor in a community,’ writes the Cardinal.
Women Denied the Vote in Alpine State
THE all-male electorate of Liechtenstein yesterday decided in a referendum that their tiny Alpine Principality should remain the only country in Europe where women do not have the vote.
Afterwards about fifty women paraded through the village-sized capital with placards reading: ‘We doubt our men’s virility, we are ashamed for Liechtenstein and we plead for the suppression of the men’s right to vote’.
The vote leaves the small country in the company of Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Yemen where women cannot vote.
On This Day – 2nd March 1971
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
On This Day is a daily column in the Irish News looking back either 50 or 100 years. The column was compiled by Dr Éamon Phoenix from the mid 1980s until autumn, 2022. The Foundation is very grateful to the Irish News for giving permission to reproduce Eamon’s columns. Funding gratefully received from Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and the Magill Trust.
* The Foundation has worked hard to recreate Eamon’s distinctive voice through AI. Since this is an emerging technology, occasional imperfections may be audible.