Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Avenue Bar shooting
Also known as: Lámhach Avenue Bar (1988)
Avenue Bar shooting in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Avenue Bar shooting is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Avenue Bar shooting occurred on 15 May 1988 as the Ulster Volunteer Force launched a gun attack on the Avenue Bar on Union Street in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing three Catholic civilians and wounding six others. The bar was close to the Unity Flats complex and as a result was frequented mostly by Catholics.
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Background
History
In 1988 both the UVF and the UDA had stepped up their campaigns against the Nationalist community, in part due to receiving a large arms shipment of handguns and assault rifles from South Africa. On 15 January the UVF shot dead Catholic civilian Billy Kane at his home in the New Lodge. The objective of the Avenue Bar attack was to kill a leading Republican from the Unity Flats.
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- Coordinates
- 54.5970, -5.9300
- Address
- Union Street,<br>Belfast,<br>Northern Ireland
- Phone
- +44 28 90320202
- Official site
- www.belfastcity.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q28232637 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Avenue Bar shooting (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Avenue Bar shooting?
- Avenue Bar shooting is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5970°, -5.9300°.