Bloody Sunday (1972) Wings to be banned by the BBC. The 1972 John Lennon album "Some Time in New York City" features a song entitled "Sunday Bloody Sunday", inspired by the incident, as well as the song "The Luck of the Irish", which dealt more with the Irish conflict in general. Lennon, who was of Irish descent, also spoke at a protest in New York in support of the victims and families of Bloody Sunday. Irish poet Thomas Kinsella's 1972 poem "Butcher's Dozen" is a satirical and angry response to the Widgery Tribunal and the events of Bloody Sunday. Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler
Bloody Sunday (1920) Bloody Sunday (1920) Bloody Sunday () was a day of violence in Dublin on 21 November 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. In total, thirty-two people were killed, including thirteen British soldiers and police, sixteen Irish civilians, and three Irish republican prisoners. This total includes people who were wounded, but died later. Royal Marines officer Hugh Montgomery was shot in the morning and died on 10 December, and three people who were wounded at Croke Park died later – Robinson and Carroll on 23 November and Tom Hogan on 26 November. The day began with an Irish Republican Army