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Word: rostrevor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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...last week of 1971 was typical of life in the dour, grimy Victorian cities of the North that are a battleground in the conflict between the British army and the outlawed terrorist Irish Republican Army. There were bombings in Belfast, Londonderry, Enniskillen and the village of Rostrevor. where the I.R.A. destroyed the country house of Ivan Neill, Speaker of the Ulster House of Commons. (Neill and his wife were away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND / In the Shadow of the Gunmen | 1/10/1972 | See Source »

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