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Jul 20, 2020 · 20 July 2020. Getty Images. The man photographed in Londonderry as a teenager wearing a gas mask and holding a petrol bomb in what is now regarded as one of the Troubles' most defining images, has...
Jul 21, 2020 · Paddy Coyle was 13 years old when he was pictured at a riot during the Battle of the Bogside in August 1969. The image, showed the schoolboy in a World War II-era gas mask and holding a petrol bomb during violent clashes between Republican residents and the Royal Ulster Constabulary and local Unionists.
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Jul 21, 2020 · Paddy Coyle, the Battle of the Bogside boy in the mask, has died. He only publicly revealed his was the child in the photo after the Good Friday Agreement was signed. News. By. Jilly Beattie.
Jul 20, 2020 · A Derry man who, as a schoolboy, featured in one of the most iconic images of the Troubles, has died. Paddy Coyle was just 13 years old when he was photographed wearing a WWII gasmask and...
5 days ago · The Derry man who featured as a young rioter in one of the best known photographs of the Troubles has died. Paddy Coyle was 13 years-old when photographer Clive Limpkins captured him holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside in 1969. The photograph was later adapted by the Bogside Artists who painted a mural of the photograph.
Jul 21, 2020 · A MAN whose photograph as a 13-year-old holding a petrol bomb during the Battle of the Bogside became one of the most iconic images of the Troubles has died. Paddy Coyle from Derry died on...
Jul 24, 2020 · A Derry man photographed as a teenager wearing a gas mask and holding a petrol bomb in one of the defining images of the Troubles has been described as a “peacemaker” at his funeral. Paddy...
