Memorial to the ten victims of the Kingsmills Massacre of January 1970
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Memorial to the ten victims of the Kingsmills Massacre of January 1970
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 21 Mar 2019
This memorial outside the village institute at Bessbrook commemorates the 10 mill workers who were murdered outside the neighbouring village of Whitecross as they returned home in a minibus after a days work. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/background-ten-protestants-murdered-by-ira-in-kingsmill-massacre-1.3348879 Image]
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