Loss of Innocence
Channel: InfoNordirland
Date: 2013-11-30

Relatives of those who were killed and injured in the McGurk's Bar
bombing talk of that night and its aftermath. On 4 December 1971, the
Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), exploded a bomb at McGurk's Bar in
Belfast, Northern Ireland. The explosion caused the building to
collapse, killing fifteen civilians and wounding seventeen more. It was
the highest death toll from a single incident in Belfast during the
Troubles. Despite evidence to the contrary, the security forces
publicized the theory that a bomb had accidentally exploded while being
handled by IRA members inside the pub. This inferred that the victims
themselves were to blame. The victims' relatives talk about the
campaign to clear their family members' names.