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25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre

25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
01/08
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Enniskillen town's war memorial (cenotaph).
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
02/08
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Survivors of the IRA Enniskillen Bombing during the 25th Anniversary service.
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
03/08
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Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, pictured during the 25th anniversary of the Poppy Day massacre in Enniskillen.
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
04/08
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Enniskillen comes to a standstill to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre, after wreaths were placed at the town's war memorial during a special memorial service.
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
05/08
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Survivor Brian Johnson pictured during a special memorial service in Enniskillen during the 25th anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day bombing.
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
06/08
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One of the survivors, Stephen Gault, reacts as bells toll in Enniskillen to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day bombing during a special memorial service.
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
07/08
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Reinforced Police and security forces were employed during the the 25th anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre service.
25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
08/08
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Enniskillen comes to a standstill to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre, after wreaths were placed at the town's war memorial during a special memorial service.
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre
  • 25th Anniversary of the IRA Poppy Day massacre

The Enniskillen bombing took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, where 11 people were killed and 63 injured when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded near the town's war memorial shortly before a Remembrance Sunday ceremony.

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