Revelations in this newspaper last week - that Ardoyne IRA veteran Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane received a royal pardon in connection with the Bayardo Bar massacre - highlights again the way Troubles history is being both rewritten and, in some cases, erased entirely. On reading the above paragraph, some of you might be forgiven for asking: "Bayardo Bar massacre? What and when was that?" Share Go To The IRA attack on the Shankill Road pub - led by McFarlane - on August 13, 1975 resulted in the death of four civilians and one UVF member. It is widely believed that the bombing and shooting at the pub was in retaliation for the UVF slaughter of the Miami Showband a fortnight earlier as the...
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