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Guest writer Vincent Coyle elaborates on his critique of the Bloody Sunday Trust. A civil rights activist in the North West, Vincent Coyle has previously expressed his views on TPQ.
There never was a plan to construct a memorial garden to
include British soldiers in the Bogside. Four years ago there was a brief
discussion within the Trust about a Peace Garden. It went no further. Nor are
there any plans to construct a memorial to include British soldiers now or in
the future.
Bloody Sunday Trust Chairperson
Julieann Campbell speaking at a public meeting in Derry 17th September 2014
Under Freedom of Information Legislation I have
discovered a number of documents relating to meetings at which a 'Memorial
Garden' was clearly on the agenda.
“It’s at the idea stage. The
talks are about something that may happen in the future but we haven’t got to
the point of discussing who would be included.”
Adrian Kerr - Manager, Museum of Free Derry quoted in the Derry Journal
July 28th 2014
There are no plans
whatsoever to develop a Memorial Garden to anyone, least of all British
soldiers, in the space behind the museum or on the roof of the museum. Museum
education officer John Kelly, brother of Bloody Sunday victim Michael Kelly,
said: “The fact is that myself and Jean Hegarty, two Bloody Sunday relatives,
work in the museum, and do people really believe that we would accept such a
thing? I really can’t believe that this scandalous gossip has been given so
much credence by people who should know better. This damages not only the
reputation of the museum but the reputation of the relatives who work here and
those on the board of BST.”
Statement from the Bloody Sunday Trust Published 1st
August 2014
8th August 2014 Robin Percival Vice-Chair Bloody
Sunday Trust writing in 'The Pensive
Quill.'
“It was discussed once at a
meeting years ago.”
Why all the quotes?
On July 25th 2014 local residents
questioned members of the Bloody Sunday Trust on plans to redevelop the Museum
of Free Derry at a public meeting held in the Pilots Row Centre, Derry.
During the Pilots Row meeting a member of the public
raised the issue of a proposed 'Memorial Garden.' The very idea of a memorial garden was
dismissed outright on a number of occasions as you can read above.
The truth is somewhat different.
It is now obvious that these plans are not “scandalous
gossip” nor were these plans the subject of “brief discussion four years ago”
or “discussed once years ago” but “something that may happen
in the future.”
I am now calling on the Bloody Sunday Trust to
publicly explain why they are telling the public one thing and discussing
something completely different behind closed doors. I am calling on the Bloody
Sunday Trust to be honest to the people of Derry about their plans.
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| Minutes referencing Memorial Garden |
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| People who received the minutes |
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| Minutes again show Memorial Garden on Agenda. |
I am calling on the Bloody Sunday Trust
'Set The Truth Free'
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| Straight through the heart |
Chris Bray with his latest thoughts on the Boston College affair. It featured in his blog on 4 September 2014.
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