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Hundreds of people have gathered across Northern Ireland to watch the Queen’s funeral. The grounds of Belfast City Hall drew one of the largest crowds, as people congregated on the lawns outside ...
Former Taoisigh John A. Costello [19] and Liam Cosgrave did not receive state funerals, at the request of their respective families. [52] Similarly, a 1948 press release at the repatriation by LÉ Macha of the remains of W. B. Yeats, who had died in France in 1939, stated "The Government was, of course, desirous to accord full State honours in connection with the funeral, but considered it ...
Pages in category "Deaths by person in Northern Ireland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The British Army raised the minimum age needed to serve in Northern Ireland to 18 in response to this incident. In 2010, a memorial was dedicated to the three soldiers near the site of their deaths. Three IRA members were later named as being responsible, one of whom was a former British soldier.
This is a list of online newspaper archives and some magazines and journals, including both free and pay wall blocked digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf , gif or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
The loyalist people of Northern Ireland could have finished it themselves with the forces in this community." Uniformed UDA members checked cars entering the Glencairn estate before the protest and a UDA Land Rover patrolled in the vicinity. [12] In 1975 he led a prayer service at the funerals of paramilitary members Wesley Somerville and ...
On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes [1] were killed by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what became known as the corporals killings. Wearing civilian clothes, both armed with Browning Hi-Power pistols and in a civilian car, the soldiers drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member ...
Death on the Rock – documentary about the shootings. Murder on the Rock – book about the shootings. Relatives for Justice Site; Summary and full judgement by the ECHR; Adams, G, Hope and History: Making Peace in Ireland, Brandon Books, 2003. ISBN 0-86322-330-3; New York Times (June 13, 1989) review of the Frontline documentary, Death of a ...