Springhill-Westrock Massacre

On 9th July, 1972, British Army snipers fired from Corry’s timber yard overlooking the Westrock bungalows. Five civilians were killed: John Dougal, Margaret Gargan, Fr Noel Fitzpatrick, David McCafferty, Patrick Butler. The memorial garden shown here is in Westrock Drive, Belfast. For close-ups, see Life Spills On Warm Summer Streets.

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INLA Roll Of Honour

Six INLA volunteers are remembered on a memorial stone in the City Cemetery, Derry. The other memorial is to the ten deceased 1981 hunger strikers (“They were ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances whose steadfast resolve, discipline, and unity of purpose prevailed”) and five local “comrades and friends”.

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1st Ballation Derry Brigade Dolmen

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A dolmen (neolithic tomb) and standing stone (with Ogham inscription) in Lecky Road, Derry, in honour of IRA volunteers.

“This plaque was presented by the republican movement, Derry, on 22nd October 1999 in recognition of those who erected and maintain the monument. Buíoch ó ghluaıseacht na poblachta.”

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Copyright © 2011 Peter Moloney