Eyewitness - The Burning of Bombay Street

In August 1969 over 1500 Catholic families in Belfast were forced to flee their homes in fear as rampaging mobs of Protestants aided and abetted by the Stormont militia the B'Specials attacked Catholic areas across the City. Over 400 Catholic homes and businesses were destroyed and 3 young Catholic's Patrick Rooney, Hugh McCabe and Gerald McAuley were shot dead and dozens more wounded. This video produced by the Clonard Residents Association outlines in detail emotional first hand accounts taken at the time of the burning of Bombay Street and the heroic stand of young Catholic men and women in the defence of their community.