OTD – Oct 28 1976 – Máire Drumm, Sinn Féin vice-president, is assassinated in her hospital bed by loyalist gunmen while recovering from an eye operation in Belfast’s Mater Hospital. Over 30,000 people attended her funeral at Milltown cemetery, her coffin escorted by members of Cumann na mBan.

OTD – Oct 28 1976 – Máire Drumm, Sinn Féin vice-president, is assassinated in her hospital bed by loyalist gunmen while recovering from an eye operation in Belfast’s Mater Hospital. Over 30,000 people attended her funeral at Milltown cemetery, her coffin escorted by members of Cumann na mBan.

by Mayomick