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((Short description|Irish Republican))
((EngvarB|date=June 2017))
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((Infobox person
|name    =    Thomas Begley
|known_for=   [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] [[Volunteer (Irish republican)|Volunteer]]
|birth_date = 10 November 1970
|birth_place= [[Ardoyne]], [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland
|death_date = 23 October 1993 (aged 22)
|death_cause= Bomb explosion
|death_place= [[Shankill Road]], Belfast
|nationality= Irish
))

'''Thomas Begley''' (10 November 1970 – 23 October 1993) was a [[Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade|Belfast Brigade]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA) [[Volunteer (Irish republican)|Volunteer]]. Begley was killed when a bomb he was planting on the [[Shankill Road]], West [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]] exploded prematurely, killing him, a [[Ulster Defence Association|UDA]] member and eight [[Ulster Protestant|Protestant]] civilians.

==Background==
Begley was born in the [[Irish nationalism|nationalist]] [[Ardoyne]] area of north [[Belfast]]. Begley not only believed in [[Irish republicanism]] but also in [[republicanism]] and non-[[sectarianism]].<ref name="Tírghrá">''Tírghrá'', National Commemoration Centre, 2002. PB) ((ISBN|0-9542946-0-2)) p.358</ref> In January 1993 Begley joined the IRA and was noted by his commanders for his eagerness and determination in comprehending the techniques and methods used by more senior members of his brigade.<ref name="Tírghrá"/>

==Paramilitary activity==
((See also|Shankill Road bombing))
Begley was linked to the killing of off-duty [[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] soldier Stephen Waller on 30 December 1992, at Waller's home in the Cavehill district of Belfast after having spent time serving in Cyprus. Begley was identified by Waller's wife.<ref>[[David McKittrick|McKittrick, David]]. ''Lost Lives''. Mainstream, 1999, pp. 1304–05</ref> 

The IRA's [[Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade|Belfast Brigade]] launched an operation to assassinate the UDA's top commanders, whom it believed were at a meeting on the Shankill Road. The plan was for two IRA members to enter the shop with a time bomb, force out the customers at gunpoint and flee before it exploded; killing those at the meeting. As they believed the meeting was being held in the room above the shop, the bomb was designed to send the blast upwards. IRA members maintained that they would have warned the customers as the bomb was primed.<ref name=kelly-guardian>[https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,3604,350605,00.html "Freed Shankill bomber regrets 'accident'"]. [[The Guardian]], 5 August 2000. Retrieved 17 October 2013.</ref> It had an eleven-second fuse, and the IRA explained that this would have allowed just enough time to clear the downstairs shop but not enough for those upstairs to escape.((fact|date=August 2023))

Begley and two other IRA members from the Ardoyne area [[Carjacking|hijacked]] a blue [[Ford Escort (Europe)|Ford Escort]] and drove it to the fish shop. When they arrived, Begley and [[Sean Kelly (Irish republican)|Sean Kelly]], wearing the white coats and caps of delivery men, entered the shop carrying the bomb. Begley was killed when the bomb exploded prematurely, also killing an off-duty UDA member, Michael Morrison, and eight civilians, including two children. Forensic evidence pointed to Begley holding the five pound bomb, which had an 11-second fuse, above the refrigerated serving counter at the fish shop when it exploded. Kelly was convicted of murder for his part in the [[Shankill Road bombing]].<ref>A Secret History of the IRA'', Ed Moloney, 2002. (PB) ((ISBN|0-393-32502-4)); (HB); ((ISBN|0-7139-9665-X)), p. 415</ref>

==Funeral==
IRA member [[Eddie Copeland]] was shot and injured when a [[British Army]] soldier fired 20 live rounds in a crowd of mourners who were attending Begley's [[Wake (ceremony)#Irish wakes|wake]] in north Belfast. Private Andrew Clarke, 27 from [[Merseyside]], who fired the shots, was later jailed for ten years for attempted murder.<ref>[http://www.rte.ie/news/1999/0519/republican.html Leading Republican awarded almost £28,000 shooting by soldier], Raidió Teilifís Éireann. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/Sunday_People/arts2003/jun22_top_republican_stood_down.php IRA bosses force out godfather of terror], nuzhound.com, 22 June 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.uhb.fr/Langues/CEI/chron95.htm Events of 1995] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207053641/http://www.uhb.fr/langues/cei/chron95.htm |date=7 December 2006 ))</ref><ref>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/victims/ardoyne/ardoyne02c.htm Ardoyne – The Untold Truth – Conclusion Ardoyne Commemoration Project (2002)], cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref> 
At Begley's funeral, [[Sinn Féin]] leader [[Gerry Adams]] carried Begley's coffin, which caused angry backlash from some quarters, including the victims' families.<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,162636,00.html The Crying Game] ((webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120526234825/www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,162636,00.html |date=26 May 2012 )), ''Time''. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/294812.stm I only want justice says bomb victims' daughter], BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref>

==Aftermath==
Violence erupted in Northern Ireland in the weeks after Begley's death. The UDA stated that they would obtain revenge for the attack and claimed "[[John Hume]], Gerry Adams and the nationalist electorate will pay a heavy, heavy price for today's atrocity." Within 12 hours of the Shankill bombing, a 22-year-old male [[Roman Catholic|Catholic]] civilian was shot and killed, and within a week five others were also killed.<ref>[http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2003/oct21_black_week_in_history.php Remembering a black week in our history], nuzhound.com, 21 October 2003.</ref>

In 2001, residents of the loyalist Glenbryn estate displayed a banner, on the eighth anniversary of Begley's bombing, with the words "Walk of Shame", and photographs of those killed by the bomb attached, as riot police escorted schoolgirls and their parents along Ardoyne Road during the [[Holy Cross dispute]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1615370.stm Bombing marked by school protesters], BBC. Retrieved 23 October 2015.</ref>

A mural dedicated to dead IRA members, including Begley, was painted in Ardoyne Avenue, near the Begley family home.<ref>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/mccormick/album55.htm A Directory of Murals – Album 55], cain.ulst.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref> In October 2013, a plaque commemorating Begley was unveiled in the republican Ardoyne section of North Belfast.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-24599485 Shankill bomber Thomas Begley commemorated amid loyalist protest], BBC. Retrieved 31 October 2015.</ref>

==References==
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