Service celebrates life and work of murdered Miami Showband members

THE murder of three members of the Miami Showband, one of the most shocking events in Northern Ireland’s Troubles, was remembered at a special prayer service in Dublin on Saturday.

Service celebrates life and work of murdered Miami Showband members

It was exactly 30 years to the day since the Ulster Volunteer Force gunned down three members of the Miami Showband after a bomb attack the loyalist gang was planning backfired, killing two of their members.

Around 400 people, including relatives of the musicians killed in the atrocity, packed into Dublin’s Pro-Cathedral for an emotional remembrance service which celebrated their work.

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