Attack on IRA funeral
- Title
- Attack on IRA funeral
- Genre
- News report
- TX Date
- 16 Mar 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:00:32
- Description
- Michael O’Neill reports from Milltown Cemetary in Belfast as a gun and grenade attack on the funeral of the three alleged IRA terrorists shot dead in Gibraltar by the SAS (06/03/88) takes place. Three people were killed and more than fifty injured. Explosions are heard and speaker with megaphone addresses crowds.
- Contributors
- Michael O’Neill
- Keywords
- Northern Ireland; Terrorism; IRA; Funerals; Belfast; Mairead Farrell; Sean Savage; Danny McCann
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LBC/IRN, "Attack on IRA funeral". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0002500329001 (Accessed 02 May 2025)