What the records say
- When
- 27 Jun 1970 – 28 Jun 1970
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 54.60° N, 5.91° W
- Description
- 1970 gun battle in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Battle of St Matthew's
1970 gun battle in Northern Ireland
The Battle of St Matthew's or Battle of Short Strand was a gun battle that took place on the night of 27–28 June 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was fought between the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and Ulster loyalists in the area around St Matthew's Roman Catholic church. This lies at the edge of the Short Strand, a Catholic enclave in a mainly-Protestant part of the city.
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