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The Miami Showband killings (also called the Miami Showband massacre) [1] was an attack on 31 July 1975 by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group. It took place on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down, Northern Ireland.
The Miami Showband Massacre, as it became known, shocked music fans on both sides of the border and was known as “the day the music died”.
Band members Fran O'Toole, Tony Geraghty, and Brian McCoy were killed in the Miami Showband killings in 1975 during the Troubles when returning from a performance in County Down, Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland in an attack initially intended to convince the United Kingdom the band had been involved in smuggling explosives across ...
Apr 1, 2019 · The Miami Showband Massacre: What happened and why were they killed? On July 31, 1975, five members of the band were travelling on a minibus back to Dublin from a show in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland.
- Tom Eames
Jul 31, 2015 · When three young musicians lost their lives on 31 July 1975, the heart was torn out of Ireland's showband community. It also devastated the burgeoning live music scene in Northern Ireland.
Mar 21, 2019 · In the early hours of 31 July 1975, five members of the Miami Showband were headed back across the border after a show in the Castle Ballroom in Banbridge when their mini-bus was flagged down by torches at what appeared to be a military checkpoint.
Dec 13, 2021 · Survivors and relatives of those killed in the Miami Showband murders are to receive close to £1.5m in damages. The resolution of legal action against the Ministry of Defence and the Police ...
