Drama of history: final curtain set to fall on the Bloody Sunday saga

BLOODY Sunday, January 30, 1972, is one of the most notorious dates in the catalogue of the Northern Ireland troubles.

Many readers of a certain age will no doubt recall vividly where they were and what they were doing on that Sunday evening in 1972 when they first heard that British soldiers in Derry had shot at and killed marchers.

Those of us of the next generation are too young to have those specific memories. However, Bloody Sunday has been part of our modern history. Books, documentaries and, most recently, films have left an imprint of the basic facts and images of that day on our minds.