
Highland Fusiliers Joseph McCaig (18), (his brother) John McCaig (17), and Dougald McCaughey (23) were lured by members of the (P)IRA from a city-centre pub to their deaths in the fields above Ligoniel in 1971 (WP). Their deaths contributed to the resignation of Chichester-Clark and the introduction of internment in August. There are monuments to the three men in Ballysillan and at the site of their deaths on White Brae depicted on the right of the mural – for images of the monuments see The Highland. This new Rathcoole mural to their memory replaces one to Queen Elizabeth II.


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Copyright © 2019 Seosamh Mac Coılle
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Lovely shots but where exactly on the Rathcoole estate is this mural ?
It’s a fair ways up the estate, in Owenreagh Drive – just off Eastway above the flats
I would love to visit and pay my respects to the these unfortunate lads