Belfast Blitz April 15th 1941

75th anniversary of the Blitz: Belfast City Council considering a permanent memorial…

Mick Fealty on April 18, 2016, 6:45 am

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There were pockets of the UK where the war barely reached. Belfast was one of them until the night of Tuesday, April 15, 1941, when more than a quarter of the people who died in the whole of the Troubles perished in one bombing raid. The city was particularly ill prepared since it was assumed it was too far north for the German bombers to go. The docks area took a hammering: whole neighbourhoods were almost wiped out at the …

POTD – Percy Street Mural

Moochin Photoman on April 15, 2011, 12:41 am

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Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Belfast Blitz when 200+ Luftwaffe bombers attacked the virtually defenceless Belfast resulting in the loss of over 900 lives. Moochin PhotomanPhotographer and visual artist based in Belfast. I have facilitated community based workshops with groups as diverse as visually impaired individuals in Dungannn, Travellers across Northern Ireland, Young Offenders and many community groups across Belfast. My work has exhibited extensively …