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The three people on the bottom head stone were killed in Gibraltar in 1988 by the the British Army Special Air Service, SAS, It was at their funeral in Milltown cemetery loyalist gunman Michael Stone launched a gun and grenade attack killing the other 3 named on the top headstone in the 'New' Republican plot at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Milltown Cemetery is a famous landmark the world over due to the Republican graves in the 'New' Republican plot contained within it most notable being that of Bobby Sands, the
Milltown is an established landmark of Nationalist Belfast, is often identified outside the realms of normal everyday burials, with the conflict of the past thirty years. Being the main Catholic burying ground for the city it is intertwined into the legacy of conflict.
Photo by Deirdre Hamill/Quest Imagery
Milltown Cemetery is a famous landmark the world over due to the Republican graves in the 'New' Republican plot contained within it most notable being that of Bobby Sands, the
Milltown is an established landmark of Nationalist Belfast, is often identified outside the realms of normal everyday burials, with the conflict of the past thirty years. Being the main Catholic burying ground for the city it is intertwined into the legacy of conflict.
Photo by Deirdre Hamill/Quest Imagery
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- Quest Imagery
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- Belfast, Milltown Cemetery
