RUC funerals after mortar attack in Newry

Title

RUC funerals after mortar attack in Newry

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

3 Mar 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:48

Description

Report on the funerals of nine police officers killed in an IRA mortar attack on an RUC canteen in Newry, County Down. Speaking are: John Hermon, RUC Chief Constable; Reverend Ian Paisley sermon at Geoffrey Campbell’s funeral. 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; John Hermon

Keywords

Northern Ireland; Terrorism; Terrorists; IRA; Homicide; Funerals; Policemen; Bombs; RUC; County Down; Newry; Geoffrey Campbell; David Topping

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