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Jun 2024
24m 35s

Days of Terror: Episode 394. Part 1/2

Always True Crime
About this episode
This episode, from Northern Ireland, looks at events near Portadown during the period of just a few days at the height of the Troubles. Three terrorist attacks saw nine innocent civilians killed in a series of revenge attacks at the Central Bar in Gilford and at the homes of the Reavey & O'Dowd families.

And as we will see in the second part of the story (released on Tuesday 11 June) the violence still wasn't over.

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Sources
https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/reavey-and-odowd-families-seek-answers-40-years-on-from-killings/34332992.html
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/a-ghost-estate-and-an-empty-grave-i-don-t-think-northern-ireland-was-worth-one-life-1.476131
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https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/northern-irelands-troubles/            
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https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/government-has-built-a-big-wall-to-hide-the-truth-says-troubles-victim-N5VEWVHXAFHYBBUOVWQ7OIIGLM/
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https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Reavey_and_O%27Dowd_killings
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5f747d9ce90e0740d0c78473/20200722-FOI_2020_02349_Final_Response_Letter.pdf

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