kevin mcdermott, welcome to the news. our. he were a child at the time, a young child. he was 78 years old, perhaps share with us one memory, one resounding memory that you carry with you to day 50 years on the memory. 6, my 7, your status after the march of finished after killing to the partial credit and returns to pace himself. hotel, my home, i was play the game that i missed at 7 years of age. and i heard a shout from the black street because they are purposely smashed on the street. i'd like when i opened my bedroom window, the commander shouted, i'll switch off asking lights or i will shoot it off. i ran downstairs, my mother was making p s k my last post mortems on the 2nd. and my mother watched to that. she told me to come downstairs and on the way to switch on every like to open every set of curtains. and that was probably my biggest active defiance for have been visited. ready by my city and it's a member, but whenever the member goes yesterday, just to be clear there kevin, for the benefit of our audi and she's talking about your father. they're going to the

ok, let's talk to kevin mcdermott, he's a journalist. he was a witness to bloody sunday when he was a child. he joins us from dublin. kevin, welcome back to al jazeera. how did the events of 50 years ago change northern ireland and change the trajectory of the troubles? well as your reports, that the troubles were in their gestation stage, and indeed at the time of 971. for very much concentrated on reforming that or the government and getting civil rights for all communities in the north. but after the sunday, the whole trajectory changed. it became an international conflict. it became a conflict to get rid of in or not. but the day to destroy the mountain state, it's probably the most 7 event that took place between 969 and 973. he was 7 years old, 50 years ago today. what's your enduring memory of it? the memory, the 6 of me, the most is after that march, it ended in the killing colona. but the 1st time in the policy dredge meant returned to their base which was outside our family homes. i was playing in my bedroom as a 7 year old chil