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Niob Attacks Irish Peace Group Leaders in Belfast
Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan, founders of the Women's Peace Movement, faced a violent confrontation as about 600 Catholic women chased them from a Turf Lodge meeting and wrecked their cars after a protest over a boy’s death from a British soldier’s plastic bullet. They sought refuge in a Belfast church, later calling for a Londonderry rally as Catholic leaders denounced IRA smear campaigns.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Betty Williams
Mairead Corrigan
Turf Lodge Tenants Association
Williams
Turf Lodge
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
Edward Daly
Ireland