🌹16 Aug 1980 - Mrs Collette Meek, age 47, Roman Catholic, mother of 4. Ardoyne. #OTD 👁‍🗨"The IRA claimed responsibility. It makes me angry...I never got to know my Mummy. I was deprived of her when I was growing up. She was the best in the world; she was my Mummy" - daughter🌹

#OnThisDay in 1981 the IRA disappeared Charlie Armstrong, 55. Married father of 5 abducted on way to collect elderly lady for Sunday Mass, Crossmaglen. Believed he may have resisted car hijacking. Never admitted by IRA. Body discovered in bog in 2010. thedisappearedni.co.uk/index.php/2-un… #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1972 Patrick McGoldrick, pensioner died of a heart attack, induced by a 150lb PIRA bomb exploding late pm, at new £7000 library, near an electric transformer, Sion Mills. Doctor said Mr McGoldrick had heart condition but wouldn`t have collapsed but for the bomb #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1972 the IRA murdered Michael Philip Boddy, 24, married, no children. Corporal fatally shot in head, 9pm, Roden St, Grosvenor Road, Belfast. Boy soldier brought up in a children`s home. Sister said there had not been a day in 30 years she hadn`t thought on him. #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1980 the IRA murdered Colette Meek, 47. Married mother of 4 daughters. Catholic shot 11pm, standing at her door, as IRA fired at RUC responding to a burglary, Ardoyne. Neighbour shot also & lost 2 toes. Mrs Meek`s daughter just home from hospital the same day. #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1973 the IRA murdered Trevor Holland, 36, Protestant married father of 2, murdered 1am, outside a café, Edgarstown, Portadown. Shot x1 from passing car #OTD. Gun collected from Tunnel area & left in hedge at Drumcree. 2 males sentenced. Father wrote to 1. Unclaimed.

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#OnThisDay in 1975 the IRA murdered Cecil Anderson, 51. Married father of 2 from Lambeg. Supervisor in Finaghy Ford factory killed by bomb attack 10pm on Protestant owned Derriaghy pub. Bomb in bag at entrance blew wall down, showering customers with glass & rubble. 33+ hurt #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1975 the IRA murdered Norman (Mooch) Kerr, 28. Protestant disc jockey shot at Carrick bar, Armagh, just after he’d loaded equipment into his van. Girlfriend present. Hooded murderer surveyed pub, then stepped forward & shot Mr Kerr x1. pc-alumni.co.uk/memorial/norma #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1976, 3 children of a reserve policeman, narrowly escaped murder, walked through a booby trap hidden in long grass, out feeding calves on a Sunday, but spotted it on return #OTD @ Lislea, Portglenone & night before Eamon Mulholland drove into a booby trap @ Bellaghy

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#OnThisDay in 1991 the IRA murdered Simon Damian Ware, 22, Coldstream Guardsman finishing foot patrol at Carrickowaddy forest, Newtownhamilton & returning to be picked up by helicopter when landmine exploded. He was near the end of a 6 month NI tour #OTD. amazon.co.uk/Rendezvous-Ene…

#OnThisDay in 1978 the IRA murdered Robert Keith Miller (Dusty) 22. Welsh, Royal Marine murdered, 3 pm, on foot patrol. Car bomb detonated on street at Forkhill #OTD. The car used in the attack had been hijacked across the border previous month & fitted with false number plates.

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#OnThisDay in 1972 the IRA murdered Rennie Ronald Layfield, 24. Soldier shot x1 in head at army checkpoint, Falls Rd. Mother told press she had premonition of his death. After hearing soldier shot on TV & husband arrived: "You don`t need to tell me, the IRA have got my boy." #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1990 the IRA murdered Andrew Bogle, 43. father of 2. Bomb exploded when starting JCB digger, 8am, in Castlederg builders yard. Worked p/t as suffered from leukaemia for 5 yrs. Firm was contractor for security forces. Gallen jailed, released under GF Agreement. #OTD

#OnThisDay in 1974 nineteen IRA prisoners escaped from Portlaoise prison, situated SW of Dublin. Warders were overpowered, uniforms stolen and doors blasted with explosives before the prisoners escaped in hijacked cars. thereaderwiki.com/en/Maze_Prison… #OTD

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#OnThisDay in 1978 the IRA murdered Michael Riley, 31, Married, shipyard worker, ex 10 UDR/former prison officer fatally injured on 7/6/1978 & died #OTD. 11th UDR Veteran murdered. Murderers burst into his home in Denmark St, Shankill Road, Belfast & fired as he sat watching TV.