1976 Andersonstown incident

When

10 Aug 1976

Kind

Event

Coordinates

54.57° N, 5.99° W

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 1976 Andersonstown incident.

Andersonstown incident: Three children Andrew, Joanne and John Maguire die when they are hit by a car whose driver, an IRA fugitive named Danny Lennon, is fatally shot by British troops. A witness, Betty Williams, is inspired to set up Women for Peace.

Brief altercation between the IRA and British Army

The 1976 Andersonstown incident or the 1976 Andersonstown-Finaghy incident, was a brief altercation between members of the Provisional IRA and the British Army, in Andersonstown and North Finaghy in August 1976, which resulted in the deaths of three children who were killed when a car struck them after the man driving was shot and killed.

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