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January February 1994

The First Word: Our Own Flesh and Blood

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
January/February 1994

January 7, 1994 by Leave a Comment

Wee Annie's uncle is dead. You might have read about him. He got a line in the New York Times. He was the 72-year old pensioner shot in the Loyalist backlash that followed the Shankill fish shop bombing. Wee Annie's uncle lived alone. They found him in the living room of his small house -- bound and gagged and shot in the head. It is thought that the UDA were trying to get him … [Read more...] about The First Word: Our Own Flesh and Blood

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