Anthony McDowell

By Ardoyne Republican (ardoynerepublican.blogspot.com)

At the time of his death, Anthony McDowell (13), lived with his family in Duneden Park, Ardoyne. He was shot dead on 19th April 1973, by the British Army’s Parachute Regiment. The same regiment who were responsible for the Bloody Sunday murders in Derry and the Ballymurphy Massacre in Belfast two years before.

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