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Birmingham pub bombings

Index Birmingham pub bombings

The Birmingham pub bombings (also known as the Birmingham bombings) occurred on 21 November 1974, when bombs exploded in two public houses in central Birmingham, England. [1]

74 relations: Anti-Irish sentiment, Biddy Mulligan's pub bombing, Birmingham 6 (band), Birmingham Accident Hospital, Birmingham bombing, Birmingham General Hospital, Birmingham Six, Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79), Ciarán Hinds, Clare Short, Coventry University, Derek Smith (television producer), Edward Daly (bishop), Enoch Powell, False confession, Frank Skuse, Glasgow pub bombings, History of Birmingham, Hitting Town, Index of drinking establishment-related articles, Jim Eames, John Widgery, Baron Widgery, Keith Wilkinson (reporter), Kenneth Littlejohn, Kieran Conway, Kings Arms, Woolwich, Leslee Udwin, List of bombings during the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process, List of Irish ballads, List of major crimes in the United Kingdom, List of massacres in Great Britain, List of Northern Ireland-related topics, List of terrorist incidents in 1974, List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain, Louise Hunt, M62 coach bombing, Miami Showband killings, Michael Fullerton, Mick Murray, Mick Murray (Irish republican), Nechells, New Street, Birmingham, November 21, Outline of Northern Ireland, Prevention of Terrorism Acts, Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign, Rangers F.C. signing policy, Ray Hankin, Ron Hadfield, Rotunda (Birmingham), ..., Shoot to Kill (1990 film), St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six, Sussex Arms pub bombing, Taxicab, Terrorism in Europe, The Troubles, Time bomb, Timeline of Birmingham history, Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process, Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain, West Midlands Police, 1973 Old Bailey bombing, 1974, 1974 Bristol bombing, 1974 Houses of Parliament bombing, 1974 in the United Kingdom, 1974 London pillar box bombings, 1974 Tower of London bombing, 1985 in British television, 1988 in British television, 1990 in British television, 2001 Birmingham bombing, 2016 in the United Kingdom. Expand index (24 more) »

Anti-Irish sentiment

Anti-Irish sentiment (or Hibernophobia) may refer to or include oppression, bigotry, persecution, discrimination, hatred or fear of Irish people as an ethnic group or nation, whether directed against Ireland in general or against Irish emigrants and their descendants in the Irish diaspora.

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Biddy Mulligan's pub bombing

The Biddy Mulligan's pub bombing occurred on the night of Saturday 20 December 1975 with the explosion of a 3 to 5 lb bomb at Biddy Mulligan's, an Irish pub on the corner of Kilburn High Road and Willesden Lane in northwest London.

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Birmingham 6 (band)

Birmingham 6 is a Danish electro-industrial/EBM group founded in 1991 and named after the Birmingham Six, a group of Irish men wrongly imprisoned for the Birmingham pub bombings.

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Birmingham Accident Hospital

Birmingham Accident Hospital, formerly known as Birmingham Accident Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre, was established in April 1941 as Birmingham's response to two reports, the British Medical Association's Committee on Fractures (1935) and the Interdepartmental Committee (1939) on the Rehabilitation of Persons injured by Accidents.

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Birmingham bombing

Birmingham bombing may refer to.

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Birmingham General Hospital

Birmingham General Hospital was a teaching hospital in Birmingham, England, founded in 1779.

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Birmingham Six

The Birmingham Six were six men: Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Joseph Hill, Gerard Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, William Power and John Walker, who, in 1975, were each sentenced to life imprisonment following their false convictions for the Birmingham pub bombings.

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Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79)

This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from 1970 to 1979.

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Ciarán Hinds

Ciarán Hinds (born 9 February 1953) is an Irish film, television, and stage actor.

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Clare Short

Clare Short (born 15 February 1946) is a British Labour Party politician.

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Coventry University

Coventry University is a public research university in Coventry, England, known as Lanchester Polytechnic until 1987, and Coventry Polytechnic until it was awarded university status in 1992.

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Derek Smith (television producer)

Derek Smith (16 April 1927 - 17 March 2015) was a BBC Television producer whose body of work extended to more than 100 programmes or series.

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Edward Daly (bishop)

Edward Kevin Daly, D.D. (5 December 1933 – 8 August 2016) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and author.

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Enoch Powell

John Enoch Powell (16 June 19128 February 1998) was a British politician, classical scholar, author, linguist, soldier, philologist and poet.

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False confession

A false confession is an admission of guilt for a crime for which the confessor is not responsible.

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Frank Skuse

Frank Skuse (born ca. 1934) is a British former forensic scientist for the North West Forensic Laboratories based in Chorley, Lancashire.

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Glasgow pub bombings

The Glasgow pub bombings were two bomb attacks in Glasgow, Scotland, carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) on 17 February 1979.

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History of Birmingham

Alternative meaning: Timeline of Birmingham, Alabama The history of Birmingham in England spans 1400 years of growth, during which time it has evolved from a small 7th century Anglo Saxon hamlet on the edge of the Forest of Arden at the fringe of early Mercia to become a major city through a combination of immigration, innovation and civic pride that helped to bring about major social and economic reforms and to create the Industrial Revolution, inspiring the growth of similar cities across the world.

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Hitting Town

Hitting Town is a stage play written by Stephen Poliakoff and first performed in April 1975 at the Bush Theatre directed by Tim Fywell.

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Index of drinking establishment-related articles

This is an index of drinking establishment-related articles.

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Jim Eames

Eric James Eames, MBE (11 April 1917 – 10 April 2010), known as James Eames; (date on archive page is incorrect) or Jim Eames, was Lord Mayor of Birmingham for the year 1974–1975.

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John Widgery, Baron Widgery

John Passmore Widgery, Baron Widgery, (24 July 1911 – 26 July 1981) was an English judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1971 to 1980.

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Keith Wilkinson (reporter)

Keith Wilkinson is a British television reporter and news correspondent.

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Kenneth Littlejohn

Kenneth Littlejohn (Kenneth Austen; born c. 1941) is a convicted armed robber and gaol-breaker who claimed to be a Secret Intelligence Service/Official IRA double agent.

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Kieran Conway

Kieran Conway was a former member of the Provisional IRA and a former Director of intelligence of the IRA for a period in the 1970s.

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Kings Arms, Woolwich

The Kings Arms is a public house, now (as of 2018) closed, in Woolwich in southeast London that was bombed by the IRA in 1974, killing two people.

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Leslee Udwin

Leslee Udwin (b. 1957) is a British filmmaker, actress, director, producer and human rights activist.

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List of bombings during the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process

This is a list of notable bombings related to the Northern Ireland "Troubles" and their aftermath.

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List of Irish ballads

The following are often-sung Irish folk ballads and folksongs.

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List of major crimes in the United Kingdom

This is a list of major crimes in the United Kingdom that received significant media coverage or led to changes in legislation.

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List of massacres in Great Britain

This is a list of incidents that happened in Great Britain and commonly called massacres.

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List of Northern Ireland-related topics

This is a list of Northern Ireland–related topics.

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List of terrorist incidents in 1974

This is a timeline of incidents in 1974 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

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List of terrorist incidents in Great Britain

The following is a list of terrorist incidents in Great Britain.

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Louise Hunt

Louise Hunt is a British coroner who is currently HM Coroner for Birmingham and Solihull, and the first female ever to take up the role, preceded by eight male coroners before her.

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M62 coach bombing

The M62 coach bombing occurred on 4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in northern England, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members.

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Miami Showband killings

The Miami Showband killings (also called the Miami Showband Massacre) was an attack by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, on 31 July 1975.

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Michael Fullerton

Michael Fullerton (born 1971) is a Scottish artist living and working in London.

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Mick Murray

Mick Murray may refer to.

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Mick Murray (Irish republican)

Michael Joseph Murray (ca. 1936 – 7 March 1999) known as Mick Murray and Squire Murray was a Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer, later named as an organiser of the Birmingham Pub Bombings, which killed 21 people on 21 November 1974.

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Nechells

Nechells is a district ward in central Birmingham, England, whose population in 2011 was 33,957.

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New Street, Birmingham

New Street is a street in central Birmingham, England.

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November 21

No description.

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Outline of Northern Ireland

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Northern Ireland.

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Prevention of Terrorism Acts

The Prevention of Terrorism Acts were a series of Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1974 to 1989 that conferred emergency powers upon police forces where they suspected terrorism.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign

From 1969 until 1997,Moloney, p. 472 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create a united Ireland.

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Rangers F.C. signing policy

Between the 1920s and 1989, the Scottish football club Rangers had an unwritten rule whereby the club would not sign any player who was known to be a Roman Catholic.

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Ray Hankin

Raymond Hankin (born 21 February 1956) is an English former footballer.

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Ron Hadfield

Sir Ronald Hadfield (15 July 1939 – 31 January 2013) was the Chief Constable of the West Midlands Police from June 1990 until July 1996.

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Rotunda (Birmingham)

The Rotunda is a cylindrical highrise building in Birmingham, England.

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Shoot to Kill (1990 film)

Shoot to Kill is a four-hour drama documentary reconstruction of the events that led to the 1984–86 Stalker Inquiry into the shooting of six terrorist suspects in Northern Ireland in 1982 by a specialist unit of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), allegedly without warning (the so-called shoot-to-kill policy); the organised fabrication of false accounts of the events; and the difficulties created for the inquiry team in their investigation.

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St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham

The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham.

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Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six

"Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six" is a political song by the Irish folk punk band The Pogues, written by Terry Woods and Shane MacGowan and included on the band's 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God.

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Sussex Arms pub bombing

On 12 October 1992, the Provisional IRA exploded a bomb planted in the gents' toilets at the Sussex Arms pub in Upper Street near Long Acre, London, killing one person and injuring seven.

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Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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Terrorism in Europe

There is a long history of terrorism in Europe.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.

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Time bomb

A time bomb (or a timebomb, time-bomb) is a bomb whose detonation is triggered by a timer.

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Timeline of Birmingham history

This article is intended to show a timeline of events in the History of Birmingham, England, with a particular focus on the events, people or places that are covered in Wikipedia articles.

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Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process

This article lists the major violent and political incidents during the Troubles, peace process, and a dissident campaign in Northern Ireland, from the late 1960s until the present day.

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Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain

This is a timeline of actions during the Irish Troubles 1969 - 1998 in mainland Britain, the vast majority of which were carried out by Irish Republican paramilitaries such as the Provisional IRA and the Irish National Liberation Army, which included bombings & shootings.

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West Midlands Police

West Midlands Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England.

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1973 Old Bailey bombing

The 1973 Old Bailey bombing was a car bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA (PIRA) which took place outside the Old Bailey Courthouse on 8 March 1973.

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1974

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1974 Bristol bombing

The 1974 Bristol bombing was a twin bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA in a shopping street in Bristol city centre on 18 December 1974.

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1974 Houses of Parliament bombing

On the 17 June 1974 the Provisional IRA bombed the British Houses of Parliament causing extensive damage and injuring eleven people.

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1974 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1974 in the United Kingdom.

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1974 London pillar box bombings

On 25 and 27 November 1974 a London-based Provisional IRA unit placed several bombs in pillar boxes and one in a hedge behind a pillar box.

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1974 Tower of London bombing

The 1974 Tower of London bombing happened on 17 July 1974 with the explosion of a 10-14 lb bomb in the White Tower of the Tower of London.

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1985 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1985.

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1988 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1988.

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1990 in British television

This is a list of British television related events from 1990.

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2001 Birmingham bombing

The 2001 Birmingham bombing was the partial detonation of a car bomb in the city centre of Birmingham on Saturday 3 November 2001.

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2016 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_pub_bombings

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