From Grieving to Peace: The Cross- -Community Response in the Aftermath of the Remembrance Day Bombing in Enniskillen

Authors

  • Maria Clara de Lima Mendes Trinity College Dublin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v19i1.3505

Abstract

This paper investigates the unexpected cross-community response
in the aftermath of the 1987 Remembrance Day Bombing in Enniskillen.
The terror attack executed by the I.R.A. killed 11 people, all civilians and
Protestants, and injured more than 60, becoming one of the deadliest attacks in the history of the “Troubles”. It argues that this sense of community that urged following the attack was not circumstantial and it had been there even before the bombing. This research used as primary source local newspapers, diplomatic reports and oral history.

Author Biography

  • Maria Clara de Lima Mendes, Trinity College Dublin

    Maria Clara Lima holds a Masters in Modern Irish History at Trinity College Dublin thanks to ABEI/HADDAD 2016-2017 fellowship. She is a member of the Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI) and she recently got a postgraduate diploma in Politics and International Relations, writing her monograph on the Theoretical aspects of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. She has a BA in Social Communication,
    with a major in Journalism from São Paolo State University and a major in English from Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Clara Mendes primary research fields include Peace Studies, Social History and Folk Media.

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Published

2017-11-17

Issue

Vol. 19 (2017): ABEI Journal 19

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Mendes, M. C. de L. (2017). From Grieving to Peace: The Cross- -Community Response in the Aftermath of the Remembrance Day Bombing in Enniskillen. ABEI Journal, 19, 99-108. https://doi.org/10.37389/abei.v19i1.3505