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The Abercorn was on 7-11 Castle Lane in central Belfast and housed a ground-floor restaurant and upstairs bar. It was owned by 45-year-old Bill O'Hara, a Catholic businessman. [1] On Saturday 4 March 1972 it was packed with late afternoon shoppers when an anonymous caller issued a bomb warning to 999 at 4.28 pm. The caller did not give a ...
4 March – Abercorn Restaurant bombing: A bomb exploded without warning in the Abercorn restaurant on Castle Lane, Belfast. Two were killed and another 130 were injured. 23 March – Donegall Street bombing: The IRA detonated a massive car bomb in Lower Donegall Street in Belfast's city centre. Seven people were killed in the explosion ...
5 February 1972: Paul McFadden (aged 31), a Catholic civilian, died six days after being injured in a van bomb explosion at Castle Arcade, off Castle Lane, Belfast. [ 53 ] 5 February 1972: Two IRA volunteers (Phelim Grant and Charles McCann) were killed when a bomb they were transporting exploded accidentally on a barge near Crumlin , Lough ...
The Bank Buildings is a Grade B1-listed five-storey building located at the intersection of Castle Street and Royal Avenue in Belfast, Northern Ireland.It was designed and built between 1899 and 1900 by W. H. Lynn as a department store and warehouse, [1] owned by the firm of Robertson, Ledlie, Ferguson & Co.
East Belfast: Two people rescued from flat fire January 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM Seven fire appliances and a support appliance attended the incident in the Sydenham area of east Belfast [Ruth Brooks]
A large fire was burning at a recycling facility in Belfast on Tuesday evening, December 28.According to local reports, the fire started at Clearway Disposals recycling facility and that the ...
IRA firebombs damaged the Bellevue Arms bar and Belfast Castle in North Belfast. [54] In a statement the IRA claimed the upstairs room of Belfast Castle was targeted because it was used by senior members of the Northern Ireland Office and RUC, and Bellevue Arms was a meeting place for RUC officers and informers. [93]
The blaze was reported to the fire brigade at 8.45 pm on Sunday. Footage filmed at 9 pm showed a plume of black smoke rising from the warehouse. No injuries have been reported. The extent of the ...