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Today in 1988, thousands gathered in Milltown Cemetery, Belfast, to bury three members of the Provisional IRA when an unprecedented insane grenade attack occurred. Daniel McCann, Seán Savage, and Mairéad Farrell had been shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar ten days earlier. An estimated 10,000 mourners, including Sinn Féin leaders Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, stood in sombre silence as the third coffin was being lowered into the ground. Then, chaos erupted. A grenade exploded, sending shrapnel and marble fragments from nearby headstones flying through the crowd. Moments later gunshots rang out. The attacker was Michael Stone, a loyalist paramilitary and member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), who had infiltrated the funeral with the aim of assassinating IRA leadership. As mourners scrambled for cover, Stone fired a Browning 9mm pistol, while throwing additional grenades. In the panic and confusion, 60 people were injured, some struck by bullets, others by shrapnel. As Stone attempted to flee through the cemetery, mourners gave chase. He shot dead three men in the pursuit, Thomas McErlean (20), John Murray (26), and Kevin Brady (30), the latter an IRA volunteer. The crowd eventually caught Stone and began to beat him, only for the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) to intervene, saving his life. He was later sentenced to 30 years in prison, though he was released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement in 2000. Three days after the cemetery attack, as Kevin Brady's funeral cortège made its way through West Belfast two British Army corporals, Derek Wood and David Howes, bizzarelly drove into the procession. Their motives remain officially unclear, whether it was an attempt at assassination or to spy on the funeral, or less likely a tragic mistake. Regardless, the crowd already on edge from the Milltown attack, dragged the men from their car, stripped and beat them, before executing them in a nearby waste ground.

Let’s get this out of the way-if you refuse to answer who you voted for—💯 of the time means you voted for Trump. Woman is crying on the internet 🙄because while visiting Ireland she wasn’t necessarily “welcomed.” Reason being—she voted for the orange piece of shit sitting in the White House. You can vote for whoever you like but don’t think you can escape the consequences of your actions. People around the 🌎 hate our country specifically because of Trump . We are watching the damage he’s inflicting with our allies in real time.