Northern Ireland

Black Beret Ruled ‘IRA Uniform’ – On This Day in 1974

Eight men fined after being found guilty of illegally wearing uniforms at funeral of IRA hunger striker Michael Gaughan

The funeral procession of IRA member Michael Gaughan along Kilburn High Road in London on June 8 1974. Gaughan died in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight after a hunger strike
The funeral procession of IRA member Michael Gaughan along Kilburn High Road in London in June 1974. Gaughan died in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight after a hunger strike. Picture: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images (Evening Standard/Getty Images)
By Cormac Moore