The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen catholic civiliansincluding two childrenand wounding seventeen more. Unlike print books, digital books are subject to vat. Collusion, coverup and a campaign for truth macairt, ciaran on. Below are books written by a grandson of one of the mcgurks bar victims which have made headline news and feature as evidence in highprofile court cases. Collusion, coverup and a campaign for truth with a foreword by colin wallace, just published by frontline noir. The first is the critically acclaimed book on the atrocity and its aftermath, the mcgurks bar bombing. It was left to the guardian to produce the most profligate and dissolute article on the 24th december, a piece that used the mi5 black propaganda in.
Mcgurks also called the tramore bar was a twostorey public house on the corner of north queen street and great georges street, in the new lodge area to the north of belfast city centre. The explosion tore through the building and killed 15 men, women. Findings which indicated that that the explosion in the mcgurks bar had been the result of a bomb in the bar should be publicized, possibly by means of a written parliamentary question. Mcgurks bar bombing on 4 december 1971, the ulster volunteer force uvf, an ulster loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at mcgurks bar in belfast, northern ireland.
This was a mainly irish nationalist and catholic neighbourhood, and the pubs regular customers were from the community. Buy the mcgurks bar bombing ist by ciaran macairt isbn. Campaign for truth website welcome mcgurks bar massacre. Books by ciaran macairt, the mcgurks bar bombing and trope. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the mcgurks bar bombing.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The mcgurks bar campaign for truth began when the bomb exploded as the. The mcgurks bar bombing kindle edition by macairt, ciaran. The book pulls together the results of ciarans searches in various archives, responses to. Collusion, coverup and a campaign for truth in new york journal of books.
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