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In February 1978, the IRA bombed La Mon, a hotel restaurant in Comber, County Down. [165] The decade ended with a double attack by the IRA against the British. On 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten, while on holiday in Mullaghmore, County Sligo, was killed by a bomb planted on board his boat.
The Eileen Hickey Irish Republican History Museum (Irish: Iarsmalann na Staire Poblachtach Éireannach), is a museum in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was established in 2007 after years of campaigning by Eileen Hickey, who collected the exhibits. [1] The museum is based in Conway Mill in the Falls Road area of West Belfast. The site is a former ...
10 August: UVF parcel bombs injured several people in County Down, including a Catholic woman in Hilltown and a Sinn Féin activist. [178] 10 August: The "Red Hand Commando" carried out an arson attack on a GAA club at Portaferry, County Down. [178] 11 August: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death on wasteground off Sherbrook Way, Belfast.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Troubles in Belfast (1 C, 51 P) Pages in category "The Troubles in County Down"
The ethno-political conflict known as The Troubles began in 1969. In the early years of the Troubles, Catholics in Short Strand numbered about 6,000, while their Protestant neighbours totalled about 60,000. [13] The area was the scene of much violence; including rioting and attacks by both Irish republican and loyalist paramilitaries.
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On The Twelfth (12 July) 1920 (an annual Ulster Protestant celebration), Ulster Unionist Party leader Edward Carson made a speech to thousands of Orangemen in Finaghy, near Belfast. He said "I am sick of words without actions" and he warned the British government that if it refused to adequately protect Unionists from the IRA, they would take ...
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