Seeing this letter in today’s ‘Belfast Newsletter’ I thought that I might draw your attention to it.
There can be no doubt that Sinn Fein still harbours the spirit that gave rise to the slaughter in Altnaveigh, outside Newry, Co. Down, 100 years ago.
The merciless murders in the last ‘troubles’ are celebrated still by Sinn Fein, led by Michelle O’Neill, who is now vying to become ‘First Minister’ as a result of the ‘power-sharing’ agreement the DUP entered into with Sinn Fein/IRA in 2007!
On 17th June 1922, the IRA, in the early hours, attacked Protestant homes and burned them, with 6 members of that small rural community being brutally murdered.
The man who led the IRA group, Frank Aiken, later became a Dublin government minister and served as the deputy Prime Minister from 1965 to 1969 and Minister for External Affairs from 1951 to 1954 and 1957 to 1969.
Obviously Dublin had no feelings of regret for the actions of this murder!
You may read an account of the massacre here:
Altnaveigh Massacre Remembered
Sincerely in Christ’s name,
Ivan Foster.
Centenary of massacre is a reminder of republican hatred, which is undiminished
Belfast Newsletter ‘Letters’
Friday, 17th June 2022, 12:10 pm
The 100th anniversary of the Altnaveigh massacre is a timely reminder of the true nature and face of Irish republicanism. (more…)


I had to respond to the article below: we have reproduced the full wording of an article in ‘The Irish News’ of today, Friday 10th June.