Henry Cunningham

On August 9 1973 gunmen opened fire from a bridge over the M2 motorway at a van carrying workmen back to Donegal from a building site near Glengormley. 16 year Henry Cunningham was sitting in the front of the Bedford van when he was shot. He died soon after. 

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  • Anniversary of murder of Donegal teenager Henry Cunningham August 1973-2016.

    Inish Times
    10 August 2016
    The UVF murder of a Carndonagh teenager over 40 years ago will take centre stage in the Belfast Courts this Autumn as his brothers battle on, determined to discover the truth about who was responsible for his death.

  • UDR weapon used in murder destroyed by RUC — Family to present report to Taoiseach

    Press Release issued on behalf of Robert and Herbert Cunningham
    18 June 2008
    On August 9 1973 gunmen opened fire from a bridge over the M2 motorway at a van carrying workmen back to Donegal from a building site near Glengormley. 16 year Henry Cunningham was sitting in the front of the Bedford van when he was shot. He died soon after. His older brother Herbert, who was...

  • Family and PFC welcome Irish Government Award

    PFC press release
    15 April 2010
    The brothers of murdered Donegal teenager Henry Cunningham have strongly welcomed the announcement by the Irish Government of an annual human rights award named in memory of 16 year Henry. The Henry Cunningham Human Rights Essay with an annual award of €500 will be available to any fourth year...

  • Statement from the Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheal Martin TD on Cunningham Award

    Micheal Martin TD
    15 April 2010
    Henry Cunningham was a 16 year old young man from Carndonagh in County Donegal who was murdered while travelling home to Donegal from work in Glengormley on 9 August 1973. The van in which he was travelling was fired at from a motorway bridge near Randalstown. Henry was shot and died almost...

  • Family want to know why UVF murdered Protestant

    Seamus McKinney, Irish News
    10 August 2005
    Thirty-two years ago Henry Cunningham, a 16-year-old Presbyterian from Co Donegal, was shot dead by the UVF as he travelled home from work in Belfast. Within three weeks of his murder, it appears that his case was closed and the family were never contacted again by the RUC. Seamus McKinney meets a...

  • Henry Cunningham Human Rights Essay Competition 2019

    28 February 2019
    On August 9 1973 gunmen opened fire from a bridge over the M2 motorway at a van carrying workmen back to Donegal from a building site near Glengormley. 16 year Henry Cunningham was sitting in the front of the Bedford van when he was shot. He died soon after.