Evil deeds of evil men - La Mon Hotel Bombing

The bombing of the La Mon House hotel by the IRA.

The type of device left by the bombers contained petrol that ignited to create a huge fireball.

Twelve people were killed and many more badly burned when the bomb turned the small country hotel, east of Belfast, into a raging inferno on the night of 17 February 1978.

All those who died were attending the annual dinner dance of the Irish Collie Club. Three of them were married couples and seven were women.

They were all Protestants and included a reservist in the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

More than 400 people were in the La Mon that Friday night, at functions being run by the Collie Club and the Northern Ireland Junior Motorcycle Club.

Outside the function room where collie club members were sitting down to their meal, IRA activists had, under cover of darkness, left the blast incendiary bomb.

Meat hooks were used to attach it to the security grill over the hotel windows.

LA MON VICTIMS
Thomas Neeson 52
Dorothy Nelson 35
Paul Nelson 37
Gordon Crothers 30
Joan Crothers 26
Ian McCracken 25
Elizabeth McCracken 25
Sandra Morris 27
Sarah Wilson Cooper 62
Christine Lockhart 32
Carol Mills 27
Daniel Magill

On detonation, the blast sent a huge ball of flame across the room, setting light to everything inside - tables, chairs, furnishings and people.

Firefighters spent almost two hours bringing the fierce blaze under control.

The dead were burned beyond recognition and identifying them was a long and harrowing task for grieving relatives.

Many of the survivors suffered horrendous burns, some needing years of treatment.

This is what the IRA did to civilians.

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[SwannyPHD]

i thought it was a restuarant?

[caltonmedia]

Hotels have restaurants.

[bashamick]

As abhorrent as it sounds, in 10 years time, adams will have the same accolade as Nelson Mandela(he killed 25 policemen), or Golda Meir, she planted the bomb that killed 350 people in the St Davids Hotel in Jeruslaem! Never ever let this go, keep reminding the world what filth they are!

[63gc]

H E T amnesia,Gerry Adams ,constables C Cunningham 46,J Haslett 21 ,15 10 71. La Mon House & many more deaths.Slab Murphy H E T amnesia Gerry Kelly ,prison officer shot during break out H E T amnesia .Robert McCartney ,Andrew Kearney ,Paul Quinn ,£ 26 million robberies ,police station burglers,+ MANY MORE CRIMES.clear up rate 0%The people of the Shankill deserve an enquiries just as much as the catholic community.The price has been too high for too long.Get up off your knees Loyalism.

[HateFenians]

where is that at 1.57?

[rurf]

Why should we let bastards like Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness be in charge of policing in ULSTER. They should be put in prison for life for what they did to our wee country.

[BrianW1lls]

sadly some monguls voted these killers into goverment.  if you believe in god , it helps, as you know they WILL PAY for what they did.

[Blarmhor]

The IRA, all who are in it and all who support it are a cesspit of evil.

Satan's children.

They will answer to God.

Justice will be done.

[kylersmyler]

i live right beside this place

[rurf]

Adams and the rest off his cronies, knew what they did. they shouldnt be allowed to get away with their murders

[mudsir]

Go to muslimmatters (dot) org website and check out the response of Muslims towards these cowardly sick terrorists, and unlike people of other faiths who support their own extremism and terrorism, we Muslims strongly condemn these terrorists. This is the perfection of the true religion of God that Islam is against extremism, terrorism, and worship of more than 1 God and idols.

[Apidgey]

And now these scum are in government?

Fuck them all.

UFF UVF

[63gc]

This is the real face of republicanism.They claimed to be none sectarian. This as well as the Shankill,Enniskillen,Oxford street Bayardo bombs & many many more however show them to be just that.Gerry,Martin & the peace makers caught on 30 yrs after the stickies & now the drug induced sectarian murder gangs rira,cira are roaming our streets.Ulster will remain Ulster until her people decide. 6not9 Not bombs nor bullets.