Attack on IRA funeral

Title

Attack on IRA funeral

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Special

TX Date

Mar 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Michael O’Neill reports from Milltown Cemetary in Belfast on a gun and grenade attack on the funeral of the three alleged IRA terrorists shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS (06/03/88). Includes actuality of attack with explosions heard and speaker addressing crowds through megaphone; press interview with Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein appealing for calm; unidentified female eyewitness speaking from hospital.

Contributors

Gerry Adams; Michael O’Neill

Keywords

Injuries; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Funerals; Belfast; Mairead Farrell; Sean Savage; Danny McCann

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