09/11/2025
๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐
Today marks 38 years since the Poppy Day Massacre in Enniskillen.
On 8 November 1987, a Provisional IRA bomb tore through a peaceful Remembrance Sunday service at the townโs war memorial - murdering twelve innocent people and injuring dozens more.
They were ordinary men and women, gathered to honour the fallen.
They never came home.
And to this day not one person has ever been charged for their brutal murders.
No one was ever charged with their murder. No public enquiry, no trial, no justice for the victims and their families.
โ๐๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐ค ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข.โ
Their story is one of unimaginable loss and of the cruel cowardice of those who justify or excuse it.
Republicans called it a โwar,โ but no war excuses planting a bomb beside pensioners, children and families at prayer. It was murder - cold, deliberate and dishonourable murder.
As Sinn Fein and others today try to rewrite and sanitise that history, we will not forget the truth:
Republican terrorism was inflicted on the innocent.
And the refusal of so many within that movement to show remorse to this day only deepens the stain of their actions.
We Must Not Forget.
They had dreams too.
Plans for the future.
Think on them gently.
Grant them a silent moment.
We Will Remember Them.
Enniskillen - 8 November 1987.
Lest We Forget.