Glasgow pub bombings
Glasgow pub bombings | |
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Part of UTC) | |
Target | Irish Catholics |
Attack type | Bomb |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 5 |
Perpetrator | Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) |
The Glasgow pub bombings were two bomb attacks in
The attacks were co-ordinated by William "Big Bill" Campbell, the UVF's top commander in Scotland, who was possibly involved with the 1971 McGurk's Bar bombing in Belfast which killed 15 people according to a book published in 2012.[4] A police investigation led to Campbell, along with eight other UVF members (which included Angus McKenna),[5] to be sentenced at Glasgow High Court in June 1979 and jailed. Campbell received a 16-year sentence for the pub bombings as well as criminal conspiracy related to firearms and explosives.[6][7] The investigation was said to have wiped out the UVF's Scotland cell;[8] however, the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee noted in its report that "in 1992 it was estimated that Scottish support for the UDA and UVF might amount to £100,000 a year."[9]
In 1995 his nephew Jason Campbell murdered a 16-year-old Celtic F.C. supporter in Bridgeton, Glasgow. He was jailed until released on parole in 2011.[10][11] William Campbell died of natural causes in 1997 and received a funeral in his native Bridgeton, a loyalist stronghold, with thousands in attendance.[1]
See also
- Sectarianism in Glasgow
- Biddy Mulligan's pub bombing
- McGurk's Bar bombing
- Birmingham pub bombings
- Strand Bar bombing
References
- ^ a b "Revealed: Scottish terrorist's role in Belfast bar bomb that killed 15". Scotsman.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "PREVENTION OF TERRORISM (Hansard, 4 March 1980)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Neil Mackay (12 October 2019). "Inside story: Why the IRA never attacked Scotland". The Herald.
- ^ "RUC WERE TOLD UVF TO BLAME FOR 'IRA' ATROCITY; DMUULS MCGURK'S BAR BOMBING Scottish police exposed terror clue. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ISBN 978-1-84502-497-0. Retrieved 20 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ McDonald, Henry; Cusack, Jim (30 June 2016). "UVF - The Endgame". Poolbeg Press Ltd. Retrieved 19 May 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Terrible end to brief encounter". HeraldScotland. 15 March 1996. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Fire returns to haunt bar on anniversary of death". HeraldScotland. 10 January 1998. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs - Part One: The continuing threat from paramilitary organisations. UK Parliament (Report). 26 June 2002.
- ^ "Locals urge paroled killer to move away". HeraldScotland. 28 May 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ McKay, Reg (28 October 2008). "Goofy Mcgraw: Hired Hand For The Uvf". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2018.