Weatherday: Bloody Sunday 1920

View from 5,000 metres at Abra del Acay, Argentine Andes (2007).

A dry, cold, clear day with good sunshine.

Maximum temperature 7deg in moderate to fresh northerly wind, easing later. A cold night with sub-zero temperatures.

On this day in 1920, in retaliation for the killing of 14 British Intelligence officers by Michael Collins's men, 12 civilians were shot dead at a Croke Park match by 'Black and Tans' auxiliaries.

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