On the 23,October, 1971, at 11 years old, I was informed by my father, that I was to become the man of the house, as he fought back tears, I never seen him cry before, and was quite shocked by this.

Just before dawn, my mother, Maura Meehan, 30, and her sister dorothy maguire,19,had tried to warn neighbours of the incursursion and military raid by British army regiments,namely,the royal greenjackets and the queens own green Howard’s,armed only with a foghorn, they cruised the streets of Belfast trying to protect the catholic community against what turned out to be the dawn of internment ,where no due process was afforded,nor legal representation allowed,innocents were sent to concentration camps under the prevention of terrorism act,put in place by British government to achieve their means without legal repercussions.

The car in which they were passengers, swerved to avoid hitting a military vehicle , veered off cape st,coming to a full stop against a gable end brick wall at Omar st,
The nightmare had only begun,the army opened fire on the car with extreme prejudice and executed my mother and aunt on the spot,to add insult to injury,they refused to let an ambulance try to save their lives and also a priest, there to administer the last rites and sacrament, claiming there were armed terrorists in the car and it was booby trapped.

The lies that followed are part of the cover up that continues to this day,amnesty international and the European court of human rights have both ruled against England’s refusal to publicize there findings as evidence proves wrongdoing on their part, the historical enquiries team ( now dismantled) said,”it’s not in the publics need to know”,not only is this unadulterated murder, it’s a war crime.

As articled under the Geneva convention to protect against genocide by armed forces slaughtering their own civilians,once again Britain tips the scales of justice to justify slaughter and thumb their nose at the world, further reading can be found on my page at friends of maura and Dorothy, their only “crime”was saying,”the British are coming”and paid with their lives,think for a minute what kind of world we would live in if the Brits had murdered Paul revere?
©By Gerard Meehan

With many thanks to: Pictures of Ireland with Jim Meehan and Eddie Meehan for the original posting.