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    The Battle at Springmartin was a series of gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 13–14 May 1972, as part of The Troubles. It involved the British...
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    numerous gun battles between the British Army and both the Provisional and Official IRA. These included the Battle at Springmartin and the Battle of Lenadoon...
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  • member while also seriously injuring approximately 130 others. Battle at Springmartin Battle of St Matthew's Falls Curfew 1973 Old Bailey bombing 1997 Northern...
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  • The Battle of the Bogside was a large three-day riot that took place from 12 to 14 August 1969 in Derry, Northern Ireland. Thousands of Catholic/Irish...
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  • Ronan Kerr Lisburn van bombing 2010 Newry car bombing Omagh bombing Battle at Springmartin Thiepval barracks bombing Warrenpoint ambush In the Republic of...
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  • planted a bomb in Shadow V, a 27 feet (8.2 m) fishing boat owned by Mountbatten at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, near Donegal Bay. Lord Mountbatten was killed on...
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  • were killed by the British Army. The following year, there was the Battle at Springmartin nearby. As a result of the heightened conflict in the area, O'Rawe...
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    political status. Unlike the first strike, the prisoners joined one at a time and at staggered intervals, which they believed would arouse maximum public...
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  • had a gun battle or two later that night." After the IRA-British truce of 1972 broke down in July, Hughes was an IRA commander during the Battle of Lenadoon...
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  • collapsed as a result of the explosion. The cost of repair was estimated at the time at £1 billion. Civilian casualties were low as it was a Saturday morning...
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