The Ballymurphy massacre was a series of incidents between 9 and 11 August 1971, in which the 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment of the British Army killed eleven civilians in Ballymurphy, …

May 2, 2014 · In 1971, the Troubles in Belfast and the rest of Northern Ireland were in full cry. Three British soldiers, two armed with automatic rifles, and man at left with a Stirling sub …

4 December – The McGurk's Bar bombing, carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force in Belfast, kills fifteen people, the highest death toll from a single incident in the city during The Troubles.

May 10, 2021 · Ten civilians were shot and fatally wounded by soldiers in the Ballymurphy area of west Belfast between August 9th-11th, 1971 in what became known as the Ballymurphy …

Oct 20, 2013 · The Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded two bombs on the Ormeau Road in Belfast, one at a drapery shop and the other at the Red Lion bar, and killed three Protestant …

Aug 10, 2012 · British troops in Belfast, 1971. The conflict in Northern Ireland, that had broken out in 1969, would be described by military analysts today as a, “complex insurgency” – that is one …

March 31st: Riots and violence erupts in the Springfield Road area of Belfast following an Orange Order parade. The British Army suppresses the rioters with CS gas but dozens of soldiers and …

Dec 13, 2011 · 25 May The PIRA threw a time bomb into Springfield Road British Army/RUC base in Belfast, killing British Army Sergeant Michael Willetts and wounding seven RUC officers, …

Jun 22, 2012 · Eighteen-month-old Anne-Marie Young of Moyard Park stands up in her cot beside two of the bullet holes which were made as she lay sleeping in the cot during the gun battle in …

Aug 9, 1971 · BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Monday, Aug. 9 (Reuters)—A British soldier died in hospital early today after being shot in the head during fierce rioting last night. He was one of …