1988
Series looking at key years in the history of Northern Ireland using footage, archive and the musical hits of the time. This episode takes a look back at 1988.
Pop Goes Northern Ireland blends news footage, archive and the musical hits of the time to provide an enthralling and entertaining potted history of Northern Ireland dealing with our difficult past in a way that is entertaining, informative, fresh and accessible to all.
This episode goes back to 1988, a year which sees Anglo-Irish relations deteriorate in the wake of the Birmingham Six's failed appeal. The situation is exacerbated by the shooting of Catholic man Aidan McAnespie by a soldier at a border checkpoint.
The killing of three IRA members in Gibraltar by the SAS leads to a grim sequence of events, among them being Michael Stone's attack on a funeral at Milltown Cemetery and the murder of "the two corporals." The violence continues with SAS operations against the IRA, and the IRA killing a number of soldiers in bomb attacks in Lisburn and Ballygawley.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Michael McDowell |
Producer | Damon Quinn |
Executive Producer | Tim McGarry |
Executive Producer | Deirdre Devlin |
Broadcasts
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Pop Goes Northern Ireland
The back catalogue of Pop Goes Northern Ireland programmes.
Pop Goes NI Quizzes
How much do you remember about the past years...?