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Word: ballygawley (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Less than 72 hours earlier, in Ballygawley, 40 miles west of Belfast, another I.R.A.-triggered explosion blew up a bus filled with British servicemen returning from furloughs to duty in Northern Ireland. Eight died and 27 were injured. So far this year the I.R.A. has killed 27 British soldiers, including four in Western Europe. The total last year: three. Not since 1979, when 38 soldiers were killed in Northern Ireland, have the outlawed guerrillas been so effective...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland From Here to Eternity | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

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