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CLAUDY BOMBING: Shop worker recalls memories of tragedy

What should have been a day of celebration for Gerard McCloskey rapidly turned to terror in the busy village of Claudy. On Monday, July 31, 1972, Gerard officially left his teenage years behind as he turned 20. As he caught an early morning bus, ...

28 Jul 2022 at 22:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 50 years of inexplicable pain as hope for truth dwindles

The view from Claudy's sloping Main Street on a summer's morning is idyllic. Green hedges skirt the edges of sprawling fields in the Faughan Valley below. Houses lie dotted across the land that leads to and surrounds Feeny and Dungiven. Distant ...

28 Jul 2022 at 13:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Families unified as 50th anniversary approaches

Sunday, July 31 marks the 50th anniversary of the Claudy massacre, which saw three bombs rip through the village claiming the lives of nine innocent people and injuring numerous others. Among the victims of the atrocity, which happened in one ...

27 Jul 2022 at 14:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: 'An open sore that will not heal' says victim's grandson

The grandson of David Miller, killed when three bombs went off in Claudy in 1972, has said the family is now facing transgenerational trauma as a result that fatal July day 50 years ago. Speaking to the County Derry Post, James Miller said ...

29 Jul 2022 at 14:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Horror and devastation will never be forgotten

A County Derry woman who was widowed at the age of 28 after her husband died from injuries he sustained in the Claudy bombing says she will never forget the horror and devastation she witnessed on that day. Artie Hone, an insurance ...

29 Jul 2022 at 13:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Family of Rose McLaughlin speak of loss and pain

Our mum was a wonderful wife and mother who always had a dream of running her own business. She fulfilled this dream in 1962 when she opened a cafe in Claudy and we all pulled together as a family to help with the day to day ...

29 Jul 2022 at 15:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Factory girls left terrified by events 50 years ago

Growing up I'd often heard my three sisters refer to 'that day in Claudy' in hushed tones. Never spoken of freely to protect me from their reality. I finally convinced the eldest in our family, Rita to tell me what it was ...

27 Jul 2022 at 22:33

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CLAUDY BOMBING: Family 'cried and cried' after news of teenager's death

The brother of Willie Temple, who died in the 1972 Claudy bombings, said he had been destined for success. Known affectionately as 'Billy', the 16-year-old from Donemana, County Tyrone, had been helping the local milkman ...

27 Jul 2022 at 21:33

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Bishop to open memorial garden on 50th anniversary of the killing of Manus Deery

A ceremony to mark the 50th anniversary of the killing of Manus Deery will be hosted by the Bishop of Derry tonight (Thursday). Back in 1972, 15-year-old Manus Deery had his whole life ahead of him. He had just left St ...

19 May 2022 at 09:33

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Taoiseach lays wreath in memory of Bloody Sunday victims

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has laid a wreath at the Bloody Sunday monument in memory of those killed in the 1972 massacre. The Republic's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, also laid a floral tribute at a ...

30 Jan 2022 at 13:33

Derry News

Bloody Sunday: Jeremy Corbyn expresses ‘outrage’ over no convictions for murders

Jeremy Corbyn said it is an “outrage” that no-one has been convicted for the Bloody Sunday murders, and condemned the British Government for its controversial plans to ban prosecutions for Troubles killings. The ...

30 Jan 2022 at 12:33

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Bloody Sunday: Victims honoured through rights won at great cost – President Higgins

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the men who were killed on Bloody Sunday. Mr Higgins said the victims continue to be honoured through commitment to the rights that “were won at such great cost”. ...

30 Jan 2022 at 19:33

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