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[ type text ] A Case Study in Genocide February 2010 TThhee AAllttaanneeiigghh MMaassssaaccrree [ type text ] A HISTORY OF HURT The June of 1922 saw one of the vilest acts against humanity committed by the Republican movement. An event took place just outside of Newry involving the slaughter of nine people, which became deeply embedded on the psyche of local people - The Altnaveigh Massacre. This massacre was the first and one of the clearest examples of ethnic cleansing in our area. It came about after the partition of Ireland, which was accepted by the overwhelming majority of people in Northern Ireland. However anti-democratic elements decided to oppose partition and erase the border by force of arms. To this end the IRA, with the support of Michael Collins and the Dublin Government attacked the fledgling Northern State in an attempt to destroy it and to force the majority population into a United Ireland against its will.

[Type text] In what was to be repeated decades later the republican movement took up the gun when its political aspirations were frustrated by democracy.

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