Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Frizzell's Fish Shop Bombing Victims
marks the site of Frizzel[l]’s Fish shop,
where at 1.05 p.m.
on Saturday 23rd October 1993
a terrorist bomb exploded.
9 innocent souls lost their lives
and many more were injured.
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This Poppy Cross is in memory of
the nine victims murdered at this spot
by a no warning sectarian IRA bomb
attack on Frizzell's Fish Shop
on 23rd October 1993.
The 9 victims included men, women
and children.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & Politics • Wars, Non-US. A significant historical date for this entry is October 23, 1993.
Location. 54° 36.262′ N, 5° 57.154′ W. Marker is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Marker is on Shankill Road (Northern Ireland Route B39) just east of Canmore Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 271 Shankill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT13 1FT, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. C Coy. First Battalion Ulster Volunteers (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Shankill Protestant Boys Flute Band (about 90 meters away); 36th (Ulster) Division (about 90 meters away); Big Bill Campbell and Alastair Von (Ziff) (about 180 meters away); Richard Mussen (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Bayardo Bar Bombing Victims (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Chronicles of a People (approx. half a kilometer away); Clonard Martyrs (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Belfast.
Also see . . . Shankill Road bombing [Frizzell's Fish Shop] at Wikipedia. (Submitted on June 2, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.)
Credits. This page was last revised on October 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on June 2, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 588 times since then and 343 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 2, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.