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Queen to visit Enniskillen and meet ex-IRA leader McGuinness

Written on:June 26, 2023

The Queen will visit Enniskillen, where the infamous ‘Poppy Day Massacre’ killed eleven people in the IRA bombing on Remembrance Sunday 1987, on the evening of her historic handshake with Martin McGuinness, alleged commander of the IRA’s northern unit. Martin McGuinness, who is the Deputy First Minister now, has always denied the claim of his involvement in the massacre. “He denies being in the IRA at that stage but most…

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