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The Troubles    1960s-1990s

 

Belfast's Milltown cemetery massacre    16 March 1988

 

 

 

 

March 1988

 

After a bomb and gun attack by loyalists

at the Belfast funeral

of three IRA members killed in Gibraltar,

McGuinness [ left ] goes to the aid of mourners

 

Photograph: David Jones/PA Images

 

A life in pictures – Martin McGuinness

From republican activist in the 1970s

to Northern Ireland deputy first minister,

a look at McGuinness’s political journey

G

Tue 21 Mar 2017        15.38 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/gallery/2017/jan/19/
martin-mcguinness-a-political-career-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Stone, an Ulster loyalist,

attacked an I.R.A. funeral service

at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast in 1988.

 

Filmed by TV news crews,

the attack caused shock around the world.

 

Photograph: Chris Steele-Perkins/Magnum Photos

 

50 Years Later,

Troubles Still Cast ‘Huge Shadow’ Over Northern Ireland

NYT

Oct. 4, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/
world/europe/northern-ireland-troubles.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belfast's Milltown cemetery massacre    16 March 1988
 

 

At the funerals

of the IRA members

[ shot by the SAS

in Spain on March 6th ]

in Belfast's Milltown cemetery

on the 16th,

loyalist gunman Michael Stone

opens fire and throws grenades

at mourners, killing three

and wounding 50.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/three_ira_members_shot_dead_in_gibraltar

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/events/three_ira_members_shot_dead_in_gibraltar

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/29/
michael-stone-prison-sentence

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/16/
newsid_2523000/2523953.stm

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/mar/07/
bbc-film-about-ira-funeral-murders-to-air-in-march

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/gallery/2017/jan/19
/martin-mcguinness-a-political-career-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/08/
archive-ira-gibraltar-bomber

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/mar/08/
northernireland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/nov/24/
northernireland.northernireland

 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/jun/10/northernireland.devolution 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/apr/09/northernireland.features11

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/jul/25/
northernireland.johnmullin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Stone

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/jul/29/
michael-stone-prison-sentence

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/dec/08/
michael-stone-sentence

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/nov/14/
michael-stone-northern-ireland-gerry-adams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reuters > Factbox: Fraught Anglo-Irish conflict goes back centuries

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-ireland-
queen-britain-relations-idUSTRE74G2UI20110517

 

 

 

 

 

Reuters > Timeline: Long road to Northern Irish settlement

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-ireland-
queen-north-idUSTRE74G2UJ20110517

 

 

 

 

 

Reuters > Timeline: Worst bomb attacks on mainland Britain        1974-2001

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/16/us-britain-
security-bombings-idUSTRE74F30T20110516

 

 

 

 

 

BBC > Timeline: Northern Ireland's road to peace        1987-2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4072261.stm

 

 

 

 

 

BBC > Ireland timeline        1914-2011

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038669.stm

 

 

 

 

 

The Guardian > Northern Ireland timeline        1919-2009

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/mar/08/northern-ireland-timeline 

 

 

 

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