Miami Showband Killings

Local nameMiami Showband Killings
LocationDublin North City Poor Law Union, Ireland

The Miami Showband killings was an attack on 31 July 1975 by the Ulster Volunteer Force, a loyalist paramilitary group. It took place on the A1 road at Buskhill in County Down, Northern Ireland. Five people were killed, including three members of The Miami Showband, who were one of Ireland's most popular cabaret bands.

The band was travelling home to Dublin late at night after a performance in Banbridge. Halfway to Newry, their minibus was stopped at what appeared to be a military checkpoint where gunmen in British Army uniforms ordered them to line up by the roadside. At least four of the gunmen were soldiers from the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment, and all were members of the UVF.

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Address 20 Parnell Square North, Dublin D01 YA70, Ireland

Coordinates 53°21'15.103" N -6°15'51.526" E

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