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INLA kill 17 at Droppin' Well bar
BBC archive clips tell the story of the bombing of the Droppin' Well bar by the Irish National Liberation Army in December 1982.
Droppin' Well rescue and local reaction—BBC Nine O'Clock News, 07/12/1982
Brian Barron reports from the Droppin' Well pub , where 16 were killed in an INLA bombing.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)—BBC Nine O'Clock News, 07/12/1982
Clive Ferguson looks at the history of the Irish National Liberation Army.
Droppin' Well funerals and Sinn Féin controversy—BBC Nine O'Clock News, 08/12/1982
Three Droppin' Well funerals take place amid controversy over Sinn Féin's ban from Britain.
Parliamentary reaction to Droppin' Well bombing—BBC Nine O'Clock News, 07/12/1982
There is widespread political condemnation of the INLA bombing of the Droppin' Well pub.
The Army off-duty in Northern Ireland—BBC Nine O'Clock News, 07/12/1982
How the British Army in Northern Ireland try to balance security with normality.
Bill Neely on the Droppin' Well bombing—As Others See Us
Bill Neely recalls his experience of the Droppin' Well bombing in 1982.
Disco bombed in Ballykelly—BBC Nine O'Clock News, 07/12/1982
Explosion at Droppin' Well pub kills sixteen people (another person injured in the bombing died ten days later).






