Dan O'Boyle

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Daniel "Dan" O'Boyle (died November 1933) was a Catholic Irish republican murdered by Protestant loyalists in 1933.

This incident had been the first religiously-motivated murder in Ireland since 1922, and initiated a series of violent acts between Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists that ultimately led to the 1935 Belfast Riots. [1]

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  1. ^ Bardon, Jonathan. A History of Ulster (New Updated Edition). Blackstaff Press. Belfast: 2005. p.539
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