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Claudy bombing, the Glossary

The Claudy bombing occurred on 31 July 1972, when three car bombs exploded mid-morning, two on Main Street and one on Church Street in Claudy in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.^[1]

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Al Hutchinson

Al Hutchinson is a former RCMP Assistant Commissioner, who served as the Police Oversight Commissioner in Northern Ireland, who in November 2007 became the second Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.

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Assistant chief constable

Assistant chief constable (ACC) is the third highest rank in all British territorial police forces (except the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police, in which the equivalent rank is commander), as well as the British Transport Police, Ministry of Defence Police and Civil Nuclear Constabulary.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Belfast

Belfast (from Béal Feirste) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel.

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Belfast Telegraph

The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent, the Sunday Independent and various other newspapers and magazines in Ireland.

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Bellaghy

Bellaghy is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Bishop of Derry

The Bishop of Derry is an episcopal title which takes its name after the monastic settlement originally founded at Daire Calgach and later known as Daire Colm Cille, Anglicised as Derry.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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Bronze

Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.

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Bruce Anderson (columnist)

Bruce Anderson (born 1949) is a British political columnist, currently working as a freelancer.

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Car bomb

A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Claudy

Claudy is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Convoy, County Donegal

Convoy (Irish: Conmhaigh, "plain of hounds") is a village and civil parish in the east of County Donegal, Ireland.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.

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County Londonderry

County Londonderry (Ulster-Scots: Coontie Lunnonderrie), also known as County Derry (Contae Dhoire), is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the nine counties of Ulster.

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County Tipperary

County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.

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Derry City Council

Derry City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: Derry Cittie Cooncil) was the local government authority for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland.

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Desertmartin

Desertmartin (Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996)Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence: Irish Place Names, page 202.

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Detection dog

A detection dog or sniffer dog is a dog that is trained to use its senses to detect substances such as explosives, illegal drugs, wildlife scat, currency, blood, and contraband electronics such as illicit mobile phones.

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Dungiven

Dungiven is a small town, townland and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Edward Daly (bishop)

Edward Kevin Daly (5 December 1933 – 8 August 2016) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and author.

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Elizabeth McLaughlin (sculptor)

Elizabeth McLaughlin is a Northern Irish sculptor who works in bronze and has provided a number of public commissions throughout Ireland.

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Feeny

Feeny is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Ford Cortina

The Ford Cortina is a medium-sized family car manufactured and marketed initially by Ford of Britain, and then Ford of Europe in various body styles from 1962 to 1982, over five generations.

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Francie Brolly

Francis Brolly (13 January 1938 – 6 February 2020) was an Irish musician, teacher and republican politician from Northern Ireland.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Graham Shillington

Sir Robert Edward Graham Shillington CBE (2 April 1911 – 14 August 2001) was a senior Northern Irish police officer.

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Irish Independent

The Irish Independent is an Irish daily newspaper and online publication which is owned by Independent News & Media (INM), a subsidiary of Mediahuis.

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule.

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Ivan Cooper

Ivan Averill Cooper (5 January 1944 – 26 June 2019) was a nationalist politician from Northern Ireland.

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List of terrorist incidents in 1972

This is a timeline of incidents in 1972 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).

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Martin McGuinness

James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly (Northern Ireland)

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs; Comhaltaí den Tionól Reachtach; Laa-Makkan Forgaitherars) are representatives elected by the voters to the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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Mini

The Mini (developed as ADO15) is a small, two-door, four-seat car produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 until 2000.

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Neil Farren

Neil Farren (25 March 1893 – 7 May 1980), Bishop of Derry and Apostolic Administrator, was an Irish educator, activist, and Roman Catholic priest.

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No-go area

A "no-go area" or "no-go zone" is a neighborhood or other geographic area where some or all outsiders are either physically prevented from entering or can enter at risk.

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Northern Ireland Office

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO; Oifig Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann Oaffis) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Operation Motorman

Operation Motorman was a large operation carried out by the British Army (HQ Northern Ireland) in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Claudy bombing and operation Motorman are 1972 in Northern Ireland and July 1972 events in Europe.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.

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Patrick Fell

Patrick Fell (Pádraig Ó Fithchill; 1940 – 18 September 2011) was a Catholic priest who was accused and later convicted in the 1970s of being a commander of a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit.

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Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

The Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland (OPONI; Ombudsman Póilíní do Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Owersman fur tha Polis o Norlin Airlann) is a non-departmental public body intended to provide an independent, impartial police complaints system for the people and police under the Police (Northern Ireland) Acts of 1998 and 2000.

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Police Service of Northern Ireland

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI; Seirbhís Póilíneachta Thuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Polis Service o Norlin Airlan), is the police service responsible for law enforcement and the prevention of crime within Northern Ireland.

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Priesthood in the Catholic Church

The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Quartermaster

Quartermaster is a military term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.

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Royal Ulster Constabulary

The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.

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RTÉ News

RTÉ News and Current Affairs (Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ), also known simply as RTÉ News (Nuacht RTÉ), is the national news service provided by Irish public broadcaster italic (RTÉ).

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RUC Special Branch

RUC Special Branch was the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and was heavily involved in the British state effort during the Troubles, especially against the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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Seán Mac Stíofáin

Seán Mac Stíofáin (born John Edward Drayton Stephenson; 17 February 1928 – 18 May 2001) was an English-born chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, a position he held between 1969 and 1972.

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Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

The office of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Rúnaí Stáit Thuaisceart Éireann; Secretar o State for Norlin Airlan), also referred to as Northern Ireland Secretary or SoSNI, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Northern Ireland Office.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Social Democratic and Labour Party

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; Páirtí Sóisialta agus Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Telephone exchange

A telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or large enterprise telecommunications systems.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.

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William Conway (cardinal)

William John Cardinal Conway (22 January 1913 – 17 April 1977) was an Irish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1963 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965.

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William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, (28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999) was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary from 1979 to 1983 and as de facto Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1988.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudy_bombing

Also known as Claudy bomb, Claudy bombings, Father James Chesney, Father Jim Chesney, Fr James Chesney, Fr Jim Chesney, Fr. James Chesney, Fr. Jim Chesney, James Chesney, Jim Chesney.

, Seán Mac Stíofáin, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin, Social Democratic and Labour Party, Telephone exchange, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, The Troubles, William Conway (cardinal), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw.

Claudy bombing, the Glossary

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See also

1970s in County Londonderry

1970s murders in Northern Ireland

1972 building bombings

1972 disasters in Ireland

1972 in Northern Ireland

1972 murders in Ireland

1972 murders in the United Kingdom

1972 scandals

20th-century mass murder in Northern Ireland

Attacks on bars in Northern Ireland

Attacks on shops in Europe

Car and truck bombings in Northern Ireland

Car and truck bombings in the 1970s

Explosions in County Londonderry

July 1972 events in Europe

Mass murder in 1972

Mass murder in County Londonderry

Terrorist incidents in County Londonderry

Terrorist incidents in Ireland in the 1970s

Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1972

The Troubles in County Londonderry

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