Paddy Doherty (activist)

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Patrick "Paddy" Doherty (1926 – 7 January 2016)[1] was a Northern Irish activist from Derry.[2]

As vice-chairman of the Derry Citizens Defence Association Doherty played a major role in the events of August 1969 which culminated in the Battle of the Bogside, and was a leading figure in Free Derry in the years following its establishment.

References

  1. ^ Derry civil rights activist Paddy ‘Bogside’ Doherty dies
  2. ^ "Paddy Doherty: Veteran civil rights activist dies". BBC News.

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