June 18th: The British Westminster Election results were declared, and the seat of Bairnside in North Co. Antrim, which extended from the north of Belfast to the Glens of Antrim, was "lost "by the "Official" Unionist absentee Land Lord Henry Clark, and was won by the Rev. "Ian Paisley" the hard - line religious extremist, as expected, for the first time, who had previously continued to conduct his campaign by catering to the "basest bigotry" that was possible, while Brian Devlin, stood as an Independent for "re - election" for his own seat also in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster, which was a rural area, taking in part of Co. Tyrone and Co. Derry, with Omagh as it's main town. Gerry Fitt, the Independent Labour candidate, won the seat in West Belfast in Co. Antrim and Robin Chichester - Clark, a "Conservative Tory," who was also a brother to the Stormont Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Prime Minister, James Chichester - Clark, won the seat in South Derry and Bernadette Devlin won a seat in Central Ulster also, with Frank Mac Manus an Irish Nationalist who represented the "Independent Unity Party" also winning a seat.

      In England, Harold Wilson the previous British Labour Prime Minister and his Home Secretary, James Callaghan along with the British Labour Party were now out of government, and Edward Heath and the Tory Conservatives were now in government there, as the new British Conservative Government, and their "allies" were the Ascendancy "Official" Unionists from the 6 Counties that were previously "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and still under their control in Ireland. They had won 8 of the 12 Westminster seats available, with the hard - line religious extremist, the Rev. Ian Paisley also in as a Unionist and the Irish Nationalists who were successful included Gerry Fitt, Bernadette Devlin, and Frank Mac Manus who "refused" to take up his seat as per the original "agreed policy" of the "political" Sinn Fein Party. The new British Tory Conservative Government, were also well aware of the inroads being made by the various members of the other Nationalist groups in the British Empire, in both Scotland and Wales, towards gaining their "own independence" from the British Government in England. In 1922, the British Imperial Coalition Government had originally "artificially partitioned" Ireland, due to their British Imperial Military power and might and set up the 6 Counties from out of the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, as a "gerrymander" for the continuation in Ireland of the Ascendancy, and by doing this they had created the the never ending ongoing turmoil in Ireland that had brought about the overall "loss of so many lives" and turmoil in these 6 Counties along with untold misery. They had also continued to allow the Ascendancy there to "over rule" any normal "rights" the Irish Catholics living there were entitled to, who were at that time supposed to be "equal" British citizens, with "equal" rights under British Imperial rule. The British Conservative Government under their new Prime Minister Edward Heath, with their usual typical "disinterest" in the affairs in Ireland, appointed a totally "incompetent and uninterested" Reginald Maudling in England to be their "Overseerer" in Ireland until 1971, and true to form he was to do "absolutely nothing" to alter the situation in these 6 Counties there in Ulster"Province, and only "ensured" that the ongoing dreadful turmoil and the "ethnic and religious discrimination" were to be continued on.              

June 22nd: Mac Dermott, the British appointed Lord Chief Justice in the Belfast High Court, in these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, "refused" the right of appeal to Bernadette Devlin the young Westminster M.P., who was an active "Civil Rights" defender, who was represented by Sir Dingle Foot, against the "manufactured convictions" made out against her during the original Derry riots, when the "Civil Rights" marchers themselves were blatantly and physically "attacked" and Sir Dingle Foot wanted to take her appeal to the House of Lords in England. but Mac Dermott, said that he would make a further decision on that matter on the 26th June, the day the Orangemen were once again preparing to hold their "provocative march."     

June 26th Friday: Mac Dermott, Curran and Mac Veigh, the three British appointed Lord Chief Justices, in these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, ruled "against the appeal" of Bernadette Devlin, who was then "arrested" on the out of date charge of incitement to riot and she was taken into custody by the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government's  R.U.C. police at Drumahee, two miles out of the town of Derry, to ensure there was no publicity given to the arrest, and at the time, she was travelling with Eamonn Mac Cann, taken and placed in a wing of the Armagh Prison in Co. Armagh, and Eamonn Mac Cann drove immediately to the Irish Catholic Bogside area in Derry in Co. Derry, were he informed the population there of her "arrest," and as would be expected immediately "rioting" broke out in response, which was to be the "first" occasion that it had occurred there in weeks.

      Despite the previous "Troubles," in these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province, and the fact that the proposed Orange march was solely based on "bigotry and ethnicity" and was intended solely to create "conflict," which would not be allowed in any other responsible Country, the new Conservative Tory British Government in England decided to let the Orangemen continue on their way and just by co - incidence in Belfast in Co. Antrim there the "rioting," which was then still occurring, was in the very same place as it was 3 weeks before, but it was to become even "worse" still. It had been brought on by another flag raising ceremony by the the Orange Lodge of West Belfast, with the direct intention of creating further "increased tension," while they were passing the Irish Catholic area near the Ardoyne and even by this time, there were still no real interest or positive changes being made by those Conservatives now in power in authority in England, to halt these further induced "Troubles" in these 6 Counties in Ulster"Province.

June 27th: This was to be the day when the Provisional IRA / Provos, were to make their "first" appearance in any street action in Belfast in Co. Antrim, one of these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province and still under the control of the British Imperial Conservative Government and the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government and another 6 people were to be "killed," and 58 men and women were to be "shot," and another 218 were "injured," as 5,000 Orangemen massed at the Shankhill to march down Springfield Road to Bombay Street below the Clonard monastery, although this was a Republican area and Major James Chichester - Clark, the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Prime Minister, would not take the initiative and even go as far as to change their marching route. The British Conservative Tory Government's Belfast representative, Ronald Burrough's advise was also not heeded in England, as the "incompetent" Reginald Maudling did nothing, and just sat on his hands, and the "rioting" soon began as the marchers approached the Irish Catholic area, where they were at first "verbally" abused by the Irish Catholic youths, as was expected, and the agenda was soon complete, which soon turned into "running battles" until once again, it was to quieten down by the afternoon, after the British Imperial Military Forces moved in and separated them.

      In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province,  there was another flare up of "Troubles" at Ballymurphy, in the north of Springfield Road again, were 1500 of the Irish Catholic population there came up against 2 British Imperial Military Battalions from the Queen's Regiment, and "rioting" began once more, with over 100 fires breaking out, followed by further "rioting" at the lower end of Springfield Road again, and then at the Ardoyne, East Belfast, York Road and The Falls area. At Crumlin Road, as the darkness moved in, the "guns" came out and 3 non - Catholics were "killed" in Palmer Street, and 5 men from the Ardoyne district were "charged and imprisoned," until they were to be finally found "innocent and acquitted" a few weeks later. 3,500 British Military Forces were out that night and this now saw the return of the "Anti - Treaty IRA" as a force to be reckoned with, as at Newtownards Road near the Short Strand, where the rampaging mob had set fire to the Irish Catholic area, the residents called for "help" from the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Stormont Government and the British Conservative Government authorities, but none came. 5 "Anti - Treaty P.I.R.A./ Provos" came out instead to try and "defend" the Irish Catholic area, who then opened "fire" on the oncoming mobs, and the "violence" there was then to continue on throughout the night. By the morning, there was another 5 people dead and 58 injured, with 3 British Imperial Military Forces wounded, and 1,000,000 pounds worth of "damage" done to the area. (The Irish Catholic population there, were now to turn to the "Anti - Treaty Provos" as their only hope of "protection," as the British Imperial Military Forces did not come when requested.) In this particular area there were only 6,000 Irish Catholics living among a population of 60,000 non - Catholics, and at 10 p.m. the Catholic Church was "bombarded" by petrol bombs, and there was "no one" there to defend it. There was by now only 2 remaining members of the "Old Anti - Treaty IRA" in that particular area, in the guise of William Mac Kee and William Kelly, who were actually from over the other side of the river, and the two of them made a "stand" against the onslaught being carried out there, and the British Imperial Military "Forces would still not intervene, and throughout the 5 hours of gunfire that followed another 3 men were to die, and 108 major fires were to cause further untold damage there in Belfast in Co. Antrim in the Ulster Province. One of those who were "killed," was Henry Mac Ilhone, who had no connection with the "Anti - Treaty IRA," but had tried to assist in "protecting" the Irish Catholic population there who were under constantly under attack.

June 28th: In these 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province the Ascendancy "Official;" Unionist Security Committee, met at the Stormont Parliament under the British Imperial Conservative Government's General Ian Freeland and the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Prime Minister Major James Chichester - Clark and instead of trying to bring about some "end" to the causes of the renewed "Troubles" at this time, the best they could come up with was a "curfew," announcing that all the hotels were to close at 8 p.m. and the main roads at 9 p.m. and that the Defence Regiment under the control of the British Imperial Conservative Military Forces was to be mobilised to replace the Stormont Government's R.U.C. police "B" Specials. There was to be mandatory sentencing of 6 months, for any person involved in rioting, with anyone seen carrying a gun to be "shot," and there were 6 people dead already. Reginald Maudling, Major James Chichester - Clark and the British Imperial General Ian Freeland, who were now the ones with the immediate "real authority" in these 6 Counties in Ulste Province, who were also all basically responsible for all the original blunders, could not find it within themselves to come up with anything "positive," to alter what was by now once again a terrible overall situation.

Spring: A Liberal Unionist organization was formed by moderates in these 6 Counties in the Ulster Province to be known as the "New Ulster Movement," to support "reform."

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