In August 1969, St Comgall’s Primary School was the scene of one of the first gun battles of the Troubles, during a period largely acknowledged as the start of the conflict.
Falls Road
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St Comgall’s Primary School
In August 1969, St Comgall’s Primary School was the scene of one of the first gun battles of the Troubles, during a period largely acknowledged as the start of the conflict.
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St Comgall’s Primary School
St Comgall’s Primary School
St Comgall’s School was one of a number of places in the Falls Road vicinity that the IRA positioned armed parties in response to the loyalist attacks. Bullet holes in the brick wall from shots fired from across the peace-lines can still be seen.