Yearly Archives: 2012
Ballymurphy Massacre family to challenge decision of Coroner to suspend the inquest
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PRESS RELEASE (18-11-2012) Ballymurphy Massacre family to challenge decision of Coroner to suspend the inquest The wife of Joseph Murphy, shot dead by the British Army Parachute Regiment on the 9th August 1971, will issue judicial review proceedings against the Senior Coroner, John Leckey, tomorrow morning in light of his decision to suspend the inquest [...]
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INQUESTS HALTED AMID SECURITY FEARS
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By Michael McHugh, Press Association Northern Ireland’s senior coroner has suspended inquests into a dozen controversial killings because of potential national security concerns, it emerged today. The senior lawyer advising the Stormont Executive, attorney general John Larkin QC, has referred the cases to the coroner’s service for new inquests in an effort to shed further [...]
Documentary Premiere
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St Marys University College (Room 66) Showing @ 2pm daily 7th – 12th August 2012 Premiere on 7th August 2012 @ 2pm 1st showing of a powerful short documentary film, where the victims families tell there harrowing story of loss and grief.
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Ballymurphy Massacre Exhibition
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St Marys University College (Room 66) Exhibition Daily 7th – 12th August 2012 The Story Behind the Photographs Exhibition This event tells the story of the Ballymurphy Massacre and in particular the story behind the photographs of the victims as seen in the media.
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Paddy McCarthy
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Paddy McCarthy was originally from England. He was married to a woman named Jan McCarthy. In 1970 Paddy and his wife moved to Ballymurphy as Paddy had recently got a job in the newly built BTA (Ballymurphy Tenants Association). Paddy was a youth leader with the Ballymurphy Tenants Association. The local people of Ballymurphy had [...]
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Noel Phillips
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Noel Phillips lived in Whitecliff Parade in the Ballymurphy area with his family. On the 9th August 1971 Noel and his friend Tommy Morgan left their homes to walk to the Henry Taggart Army base near Springfield Park to see what was happening. There was rioting throughout the day and it was now around 7:30pm. [...]
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Joseph Murphy
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Joseph (Josie) Murphy was born on the 29th of January 1929. He was one of eight children. Roseanne, his mother had two children, James and Agnes, from her first marriage but tragically her first husband was killed during the First World War. Roseanne then met and married her second husband Thomas Murphy, Joseph’s father. Roseanne [...]
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John McKerr
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John McKerr was working as a joiner in the newly build Corpus Christi Church on the third day of internment. He had told his fearful wife that if there was any bother he could stay in the church. John took a break from his work to allow the funeral of a local youth who tragically [...]
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John Laverty
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John was born on the 3rd of April 1951. He was the fifth child of an eventual eleven to be born to parents Mary and Thomas Laverty. Originally from Ardoyne, the family thought it was a God send when they were allocated a house in Ballymurphy, after spending years in one room with seven of [...]
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Joseph Corr
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Joseph Corr, a father of seven children, was shot in the early hours of the third day of Internment. He left his house with his teenage son when he heard bin lids being rattled. Expecting to see Loyalists gangs in the area, he was taken by surprise when he spotted paratroopers making their way down [...]
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