Belfast Catholic community fears following thwarted loyalist attack

Title

Belfast Catholic community fears following thwarted loyalist attack

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Jul 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:02

Description

Julian O’Neill reports on the thwarting by 30 year-old Catholic, Gerard McKenna of a UFF gunmen attack on his home in west Belfast, and the wider fears of the local Catholic Springfield Park community about loyalists in the Springmartin district of the city, from which it has been barricaded off. Includes interview with McKenna, and comment from a local Catholic and a McKenna family friend.

Contributors

Julian O’Neill; Gerard McKenna; Brenda Murphy

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Violence; Belfast; Religious conflicts; RUC; Catholics; UFF; Springfield Park; Springmartin; Gerard McKenna

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