shebeen billy reid

William "Billy" Reid (1 January 1939 15 May 1971[1]) was a member (volunteer) of C Company, Third Battalion in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. On 15 May 1971 a foot patrol of the British army was ambushed in Academy Street in the centre of Belfast by the Third Battalion Belfast Brigade. Billy Reid, aged 32, was killed in the ensuing gunfight.
Author: 1981bobbysands; Tags: ira ireland shebeen rebel song


















