1969 AD - 3 (April - May)

      In  the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province by the British Imperial Government and still under the control of the Ascendancy Official Unionist Government on;

April 2nd: A selection meeting was held for the coming by - election for the the seat in Mid - Ulster that was previously held by the Official Unionist Party under the late George Forrest. This time, Kevin Agnew and Austin Currie withdrew their nomination in preference to Bernadette Devlin from Cookestown in Co. Tyrone in Central Ulster, and Loudon Seth acted as her agent and Eamonn Mac Cann acted as her press agent, and she was then inundated by the Press and T.V. for interviews.

April 4th: The People's Democracy Association carried out a Civil Rights march for further reform in the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province, from Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province, down to Dublin in the Irish Republic, and further anti - Civil Rights violence was to also occur along the way this time at Lurgan in Co. Armagh, another of the 6 Counties partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province, when the R.U.C. police there and the Paisleyites were involved in sit downs, and disobedience broke out.

April 17th: The tide was now finally turning for Civil Rights and Democracy in the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province still under the control of the Official Unionist Stormont Government, as Bernadette Devlin at 21 years of age from the People's Democracy Association won the by - election for the seat of Mid - Ulster with 4,211 votes for the British House of Commons in the Westminster Parliament, previously held by George Forrest the Official Unionist M.P. where 91.5% of the population there actually voted. She had defeated his wife, Anna Forrest, who was supported by the Official Unionist Party. Bernadette Devlin had also been supported by the political Sinn Fein Party, the Irish Nationalists, the Irish Republicans and the People's Democracy Party, who had all united in a common cause for her to represent them and the Liberals, defeating the Official Unionist candidate by 4,000 votes, and she then became the youngest MP. ever elected to the Westminster Parliament. She used her new position to get the Civil Rights message across in the Parliament there and would hold that position until 1974, during which time she was also to be imprisoned by the British Imperial Government for 6 months.

April 18th:  Due to the Ascendancy Official Unionist Stormont Government failing to actually charge any of those who were the instigators involved in the anti - Civil Rights ambush previously at the Burntollet Bridge, feelings were now running high amongst the Irish Catholic  population, and the R.U.C. police in the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province, moved in on the Irish Catholic Bogside area in Derry. The Irish Republicans in Belfast in Co. Antrim then created disturbances there, to endeavour to take the pressure off the Irish Catholic Derry Bogside area, by letting off incendiary devices at the post offices. Later on it was acknowledged by the British Imperial Government's own report into the tragedy, who also found that the R.U.C. police were once again guilty of misconduct, assault and battery, malicious damage to property and the use of provocative and sectarian slogans, where over 2 nights 6 people were killed and 300 homes were burnt.

April 19th: More Civil Rights demonstrations were now carried out to try and bring about reform in the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province still under the control of the Ascendancy Stormont Government, including one in Derry in Co. Derry, were the moderate John Hume tried to disperse the crowd there. Once again there were Paisleyites among the anti - Civil Rights groups there also, and fighting broke out, and the  R.U.C. police drove those supporting Civil Rights back into the Irish Catholic Bogside area, where further rioting broke out and major confrontations occurred, with the R.U.C. police this time using live ammunition on the population there, and the violence continued on throughout the night with heavy casualties on the Irish Catholic side.         

April 20th: In the 6 Counties partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province, explosions occurred to the water supplies, and the British Imperial Military forces were ordered to guard the key installations there, and this included the B Special Reserve police, which was not a good sign for the overall control of the Official Unionist Stormont Government, as in reality they were now under British Imperial Government orders. The  Civil Rights leaders and the clergy now convinced everyone to tone down their demonstrations, and Robert Porter the new Official Unionist Home Affairs Minister in the Stormont Government there ordered the R.U.C. police out of the Irish Catholic Bogside, which allowed John Hume and the other Civil Rights leaders to restore peace there.

     The Rev. Ian Paisley, the ethnic religious fanatic and his cohort, Major Ronald Bunting, who were at this time in prison, were allowed out on bail during the elections, and attacks now occurred on the electricity pylons and also the reservoirs in the 6 Counties artificially separated from the 9 in the Ulster Province, for which the IRA were blamed. Despite this once again It was to be eventually proven months later that the Rev. Ian Paisley's U.V.F / Volunteer Force had actually carried them out as they were then still trying to get rid of Terence O Neill the Official Unionist Prime Minister of the Stormont Government. Terence O Neill now took an even more firmer line against any chance of reform for the Catholic Irish because of what he perceived at this time was in reality IRA actions, and the Paisleyites once again had won the day, and fooled him while carrying out their own agendas.

     In the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province, under the control of the Ascendancy Stormont Government, 10 post offices were blown up since the previous weekend, and the Civil Rights advocate there, Ivar Cooper who was now an M.P. came out publicly stating that the Stormont Government was standing idly by, allowing it all to happen.

April 21st: James Callaghan, the British Labour Government's Home Secretary, announced in the British House of Commons that he was now going to send in British Imperial Army troops to do guard duty in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province, which in reality were under their overall control anyway, but now more so then ever, since the Ascendancy Official Unionists had originally gained control there.

April 22nd: Bernadette Devlin who was now an M.P. made her maiden speech in the Westminster Parliament in England, and during the debate on the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province that were still under their overall control, she was able to get the message of Civil Rights for all subjects under the British Government rule.

     Sectarian riots were still occurring in Belfast in Co. Antrim, one of the 6 Counties partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province, and the R.U.C. riot police were out and about, and the Irish Catholics had to get out of their homes if they lived any where near the non - Catholic areas or be burnt out.

      Terence  O Neill's Official Unionist Party discussed the normal democratic right of the proposition of one man, one vote, but made no decision on the matter, as they thought the time was not yet right for it, but he told them, if they did not make a decision soon he would have to resign.

April 23rd: The Official Unionist Party in the Ascendancy Stormont Government in the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province, re - assembled and finally agreed to the democratic proposition of one man, one vote, by 28 votes to 22 of them who were still against any chance of reform and Major James Chichester - Clark the Official Unionist Minister for Agriculture resigned from the Stormont Cabinet in protest, joining in with the forces of the 2 hardline Ascendancy Unionists, William Craig and Brian Faulkner. William Craig then verbally attacked Terence O Neill their Prime Minister, and the division meant that it now had to first go to the Official Unionist Standing Committee, and then to a full Official Unionist Party meeting before it could be passed.

     During the night the water pipe at Claudy at Co. Derry, another of the 6 Counties partitioned from the Ulster Province, situated 12 miles out of Belfast, was blown up, and then one at Annalong in Co. Down, also another of the 6 Counties partitioned from Ulster, creating a vast water shortage in the City of  Belfast in Co. Antrim there. The saboteurs were still unknown and once again the IRA was naturally blamed, and once again, later on it was discovered that it was the Paisleyites doing their utmost still to try and bring down Terence O Neill.

      The R.U.C. police were out in the 6 Counties partitioned from the Ulster Province, with their sub - machine guns, carrying out road blocks and were especially active in the Irish Catholic areas, while Mrs. Paisley was out with 6,000 Paisleyites demanding his permanent release from prison. More British Imperial Government Military troops were now also being sent over to the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in Ulster to guard the installations. The English Times newspaper in England, now stated the fact that the Westminster Government in England should consider direct intervention in the running of the Ascendancy Stormont Government in the 6 Counties in Ulster. Meanwhile, the previous Local authority's numbers in the 6 Counties in Ulster were being reduced, along with their previous powers, and housing was to be now based on a much fairer points system, with an Ombudsman to also be appointed, but the Special Powers Act and the B Special Reserves were still operating.

      The Race Relations Act that existed in the British Parliament in England. that outlawed discrimination of any kind, was not operating in the 6 Counties previously artificially partitioned by the British Imperial Government from the 9 in the Ulster Province that were nevertheless, in reality, still under their control and any previous reforms were always still given grudgingly, and there was just no goodwill there at all. The British Labour Westminster Government was opposed to the previous actions of the Ascendancy Official Unionist Stormont Government before, and Direct Rule was now becoming a greater possibility under the British Labour Government. Everyone was finally coming to realise it was the Rev. Ian Paisley's U.V.F / Volunteer Force, not the IRA, carrying out the explosions, and a month later this would all be confirmed. Meanwhile the Irish Republic had stayed out of it all and let the events in the 6 Counties partitioned in Ulster that were still under British Imperial Government control, run their course.

April 27th; The Irish Catholic area in Armagh in Co. Armagh, one of the 6 Counties partitioned in the Ulster Province,  was attacked during the early morning, and in Belfast in Co. Antrim, another of the 6 partitioned Counties, a time bomb was found outside of a Catholic Church.