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- Divis_Tower abstract "Divis Tower is a 61-metre (200 ft) tall tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 20 floors tall, it was built in 1966 as part of the now-demolished Divis Flats complex. It is named after the nearby Divis Mountain. The complex of 850 flats, housing 2,400 residents was designed by architect Frank Robertson for the Northern Ireland Housing Trust.Due to Provisional IRA activity in the area, the British Army constructed an observation post on the roof in the 1970s and occupied the top two floors of the building. At the height of the Troubles, the Army was only able to access the post by helicopter.Divis Tower was a flashpoint area during the height of the Troubles. Nine-year-old Patrick Rooney, the first child killed in the Troubles, was killed in the tower during the Northern Ireland riots of August 1969, when the RUC fired a Browning machine gun from its Shorland armoured car into the flats. The RUC claimed that it was coming under sniper attack from the tower at the time. Patrick Rooney's death took place during a day of street violence in the area. Chairman of the enquiry into the riots, Mr Justice Scarman, found the use of the Browning machine gun "wholly unjustifiable".In 1981, an Army sniper killed INLA member Emmanuel McClarnon from the top of Divis Tower on the night that Francis Hughes died on hunger strike.Following the IRA's statement that it was ending its armed campaign, the Army decided to dismantle the observation post. Dubbed a 'spy' post by Sinn Féin, removal of the observation post commenced on 2 August 2005. In 2009 the top two floors of the tower floors were reinstated as residential properties. As part of a £1.1 million refurbishment programme by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive 8 extra flats were provided.Divis Tower rises near the interface between Falls Road and Shankill Road. It is currently the sixth tallest building in Belfast.[citation needed]".
- Divis_Tower thumbnail Divis_tower_falls_road_belfast.jpg?width=300.
- Divis_Tower wikiPageID "7075376".
- Divis_Tower wikiPageRevisionID "580366879".
- Divis_Tower hasPhotoCollection Divis_Tower.
- Divis_Tower subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_completed_in_1966.
- Divis_Tower subject Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Belfast.
- Divis_Tower subject Category:Residential_buildings_in_Northern_Ireland.
- Divis_Tower subject Category:Towers_in_Northern_Ireland.
- Divis_Tower point "54.6 -5.9422".
- Divis_Tower type Artifact100021939.
- Divis_Tower type Building102913152.
- Divis_Tower type BuildingsAndStructuresCompletedIn1966.
- Divis_Tower type BuildingsAndStructuresInBelfast.
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- Divis_Tower type ResidentialBuildingsInNorthernIreland.
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- Divis_Tower type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Divis_Tower type SpatialThing.
- Divis_Tower comment "Divis Tower is a 61-metre (200 ft) tall tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 20 floors tall, it was built in 1966 as part of the now-demolished Divis Flats complex. It is named after the nearby Divis Mountain.".
- Divis_Tower label "Divis Flats".
- Divis_Tower label "Divis Tower".
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- Divis_Tower sameAs Q1230701.
- Divis_Tower sameAs Q1230701.
- Divis_Tower sameAs Divis_Tower.
- Divis_Tower lat "54.6".
- Divis_Tower long "-5.9422".
- Divis_Tower wasDerivedFrom Divis_Tower?oldid=580366879.
- Divis_Tower depiction Divis_tower_falls_road_belfast.jpg.
- Divis_Tower isPrimaryTopicOf Divis_Tower.