#OTD in Irish History | 9 August:

09/08/2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

1690 – Siege of Limerick commences when William of Orange encamps just outside the walls of the old city, with an army of about 26,000; the Irish defenders were similar in number though not nearly as well armed. 1850 – Irish Tenant League is founded. 1878 – Birth of architect and furniture designer, Eileen Gray, […]

#OTD in 1972 – Springhill Massacre | British snipers shot dead five Catholic civilians and wounded two others in Springhill, Belfast.

09/07/2022.Reading time 4 minutes.

The Springhill Massacre was a shooting incident on 9 July 1972 in the Springhill estate in west Belfast. Five civilians were killed by British Army snipers firing from a timber yard. Army snipers took up positions in Corry’s timber yard and reinforced them with sandbags. Two cars pulled into Springhill and the snipers fired two […]

#OTD in Irish History | 9 August:

09/08/2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

#OTD in 1972 – Springhill Massacre | British snipers shot dead five Catholic civilians and wounded two others in Springhill, Belfast.

09/07/2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 9 August:

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#OTD in 1972 – Springhill Massacre | British snipers shot dead five Catholic civilians and wounded two others in Springhill, Belfast.

09/07/2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 9 August:

09/08/2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

#OTD in 1972 – Springhill Massacre: British snipers shot dead five Catholic civilians and wounded two others in Springhill, Belfast.

09/07/2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

#OTD in 1972 – A 13-year-old Catholic girl, Martha Campbell, is shot dead by British soldiers in Springhill Crescent, Ballymurphy, Belfast.

14/05/2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

No enquiry, nor investigation has ever taken place surrounding the circumstances of Martha’s tragic death. Martha was the last person to die in the protracted gunfire that followed the bombing of Kelly’s Bar in Ballymurphy on the 13th May. The family is still fighting for justice for the murder of their beloved Martha. #truth #justice […]

#OTD in Irish History – 9 August:

09/08/2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

Stair na hÉireann | History of Ireland

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