Funerals of Shankill Road dead

Title

Funerals of Shankill Road dead

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

27 Oct 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Report on the funerals of George and Gillian Williamson; father and daughter John Frizzell (who owned the fish and chip shop that was bombed) and Sharon McBride; and IRA terrorist Thomas Begley killed by an IRA bomb in Shankhill Road, Belfast. Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams attended Begley’s funeral. Includes excerpt of sermon by Reverend Gordon Gray at funeral of the Williamsons. Phil Edwards reports from Belfast. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Phil Edwards; Gordon Gray

Keywords

Deaths; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; UK; IRA; Sinn Fein; Funerals; Gerry Adams; Bombs; Belfast; Drivetime (radio programme); Shankill Road

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