Bloody Sunday helped reconcile Southern nationalists to partition

OPINION:BLOODY SUNDAY, whose 40th anniversary occurs on Monday, unleashed a wave of nationalism that engulfed the Republic, and the IRA found greater acceptance among the general population.

In dealing with the North, governments had to take heed of higher levels of anti-British feeling. There is some truth in this but, particularly as far as the political elite is concerned, not a lot.

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