The Northern atrocity no one can quite recall

Relatives of the 11 people murdered in Ballymurphyin August 1971 remember them at a vigil

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Massacre At Ballymurphy: Channel 4

Bodyguard: BBC One

Stop a hundred random people in the street, ask them for their thoughts on the Ballymurphy massacre, and you’ll be lucky if you get even one authoritative, informed answer. The 1971 atrocity falls inside a large blind spot that the national psyche has long refracted about certain pivotal episodes of the Troubles.

There are two explanations for this. First, the murder of ...