McGurk's Bar

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McGurk's Bar was a public house in Belfast, Northern Ireland, best known as the site of a deadly 1971 loyalist bombing during the Troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bar
public house
attackType loyalist paramilitary bombing
conflict The Troubles NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
eventDate 1971-12-04
knownFor 1971 loyalist bombing
McGurk's Bar bombing NERFINISHED
deadly bombing during the Troubles
locatedIn Belfast
New Lodge area of Belfast NERFINISHED
North Belfast NERFINISHED
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
memorial McGurk's Bar bombing memorial in Belfast
notableFor one of the deadliest attacks in Belfast in early years of the Troubles
numberOfFatalities 15
numberOfInjured over 15
partOf Northern Ireland conflict NERFINISHED
patronCommunity mainly Catholic patrons
perpetratorClassification loyalist paramilitaries
statusAfterBombing destroyed
victimClassification civilians
yearOfAttack 1971

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McGurk's Bar bombing location McGurk's Bar
McGurk's Bar bombing target McGurk's Bar