Bomb attack on RUC canteen

Title

Bomb attack on RUC canteen

Genre

Speech

TX Date

2 Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Sermon by DUP leader Reverend Ian Paisley at the funeral of Reserve Constable Geoffrey Campbell, one of those killed after responding to an IRA mortar attack on an RUC canteen in Newry, County Down, which killed nine police officers. Male reporter not identified. (Those killed were: Chief Inspector Alexander Donaldson, 41; Sergeant John Thomas Dowd, 31; Constable Ivy Winifred Kelly, 29; Constable Rosemary Elizabeth M’Gookin, 27; Constable David Peter Topping, 22; Reserve Constable Sean Brian McHenry, 19; Reserve Constable Geoffrey Kenneth Campbell, 24; Reserve Constable Denis Anthony Price, 22; Reserve Constable Paul Hilary McFerran, 33).

Contributors

Ian Paisley

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Police; Terrorists; IRA; Homicide; Funerals; Security; Policemen; Bombs; RUC; Funeral sermons; County Down; Newry; Geoffrey Campbell

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