Books by ciaran macairt, the mcgurks bar bombing and trope. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The explosion tore through the building and killed 15 men, women. The mcgurks bar bombing kindle edition by macairt, ciaran. The pub was frequented by irish catholicsnationalists. Collusion, coverup and a campaign for truth with a foreword by colin wallace, just published by frontline noir, is the first book by ciaran macairt, grandson of one of those killed in the bombing and the most visible campaigner on behalf of the victims and their families. 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.
The first is the critically acclaimed book on the atrocity and its aftermath, the mcgurks bar bombing. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The explosion caused the building to collapse, killing fifteen catholic civiliansincluding two childrenand wounding seventeen more. Collusion, coverup and a campaign for truth macairt, ciaran on. The mcgurks bar campaign for truth began when the bomb exploded as the. Unlike print books, digital books are subject to vat. 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.
The book pulls together the results of ciarans searches in various archives, responses to. Collusion, coverup and a campaign for truth with a foreword by colin wallace, just published by frontline noir. 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. Campaign for truth website welcome mcgurks bar massacre. Buy the mcgurks bar bombing ist by ciaran macairt isbn. This was a mainly irish nationalist and catholic neighbourhood, and the pubs regular customers were from the community. 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.
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