03/09/2026
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧/𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬:
3 September 1971:
Angela Gallagher, an 18-month-old Catholic civilian, was killed by a ricochet bullet fired by the IRA in West Belfast.
Baby Angela and her seven-year-old sister were playing near their grandmother’s home, pushing a pram together on Iveagh Street, when an IRA gunman opened fire at a four-man Army foot patrol.
One of the bullets passed through her sister’s skirt without injuring her. Another ricocheted and struck Angela.
Her young sister recalled that Angela had only just been learning to walk and was holding onto the pram when the shooting began. Angela fell to the ground and her sister desperately tried to help her before passers-by came to their aid.
Tragically, the 18-month-old child died in her young sister’s arms.
Angela was one of four children in the Gallagher family, who lived in Cavendish Street off the Falls Road.
At her funeral, Baby Angela’s coffin was followed by dozens of schoolchildren carrying flowers and wreaths.
Today we remember Angela Gallagher, an innocent little girl just 18 months old whose life was taken by IRA gunfire.
Lest We Forget.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 🌺🌺🌺
