Photos: March marks 50th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s Bloody Sunday

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Households of the victims and supporters maintain crosses as they participate in Bloody Sunday March to Free Derry Nook, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022 in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos)

Lots of of individuals gathered Sunday in Northern Eire to mark 50 years since “Bloody Sunday,” one of many deadliest days within the battle often called The Troubles.

13 folks have been killed and 15 others wounded when British troopers fired on civil rights protesters on Jan. 30, 1972, within the metropolis of Derry, also called Londonderry.

Kin of these killed and injured half a century in the past in what’s also called the “Bogside Bloodbath,” took half in a remembrance stroll Sunday, retracing the steps of the unique march. Crowds gathered on the Bloody Sunday Monument, the place political leaders together with Irish Premier Micheal Martin laid wreaths in a ceremony.

The names of those that have been killed and wounded have been learn out through the 45-minute memorial service.

The Irish rock band U2 wrote their well-known hit music “Sunday, Bloody Sunday” in regards to the occasion.

Individuals participate in a march to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ shootings holding images bearing the names of the victims in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

Individuals participate in a march to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ shootings in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Households of the victims and supporters stroll previous a mural that includes the 14 victims holding crosses as they participate in Bloody Sunday March to Free Derry Nook, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Flowers left by Taoiseach Micheal Martin are seen on the Memorial Backyard following a Stroll of Remembrance to mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Crowds collect at Free Derry Nook through the Bloody Sunday March to Free Derry Nook, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Two younger members of the family maintain flowers as they stroll commemorating the victims throughout a Stroll of Remembrance to Memorial Backyard to mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

A person walks previous a wall with a slogan spray-painted on it ‘Bloody Sunday The Day Innocence Died’ in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Households of the victims and supporters maintain crosses as they participate in Bloody Sunday March to Free Derry Nook, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

Floral tribute laid on the memorial for the victims of Bloody Sunday as occasions happen to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ shootings in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. 13 died on the day with the 14th who died later. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Bandsmen and girls put together to participate in Bloody Sunday March to the Guildhall, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

The Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin, seems up as he lays a floral tribute at a memorial to victims of Bloody Sunday throughout a march to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ shootings in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

Kin of those that have been killed within the Bloody Sunday shootings with images bearing their names as they participate in a march to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Individuals participate in a Bloody Sunday March to the Guildhall, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

Individuals participate in a march holding crosses to commemorate the victims of Bloody Sunday throughout a march on the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘Bloody Sunday’ shootings in Londonderry, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. In 1972 British troopers shot 28 unarmed civilians at a civil rights march, killing 13 on what is called Bloody Sunday or the Bogside Bloodbath. Sunday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the shootings within the Bogside space of Londonderry. (AP Photograph/Peter Morrison) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Households of the victims and supporters maintain crosses as they participate in Bloody Sunday March to Free Derry Nook, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: Bandsmen and girls put together to participate in Bloody Sunday March to the Guildhall, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 29: Mary ONeill, aged 81, who helped carry the physique of Bloody Sunday sufferer Damian Donaghy away from the scene turns into emotional as she visits the Bloody Sunday memorial on January 29, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos) 

LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND – JANUARY 30: A bandsman takes half in Bloody Sunday March to the Guildhall, as they mark the fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, on January 30, 2022, in Londonderry, also called Derry, Northern Eire. The Bogside Bloodbath that got here to be often called Bloody Sunday, passed off on thirtieth January 1972. British Troopers shot at 26 unarmed civilians collaborating in a protest march, killing 14. (Photograph by Charles McQuillan/Getty Photos)