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Maguire Seven

Maguire Seven proper noun: a group of seven individuals who were wrongly charged with supplying explosives to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an Irish republican terrorist organization, for use in the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England.

Proper noun

the Maguire Seven

  1. (historical) A group of seven individuals who were wrongly charged with supplying explosives to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an Irish republican terrorist organization, for use in the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England.

Origin of Maguire Seven

All of the suspects were in the Maguire family.

Questions about Maguire Seven

What does Maguire Seven mean?
Maguire Seven means a group of seven individuals who were wrongly charged with supplying explosives to the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an Irish republican terrorist organization, for use in the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 in Guildford, Surrey, England.
What part of speech is Maguire Seven?
Maguire Seven is a proper noun.

Words near Maguire Seven in the dictionary

  1. Maguindanao
  2. Maguindanao del Norte
  3. Maguindanao del Sur
  4. Maguing
  5. Maguire
  6. Maguire Seven
  7. Maguiresbridge
  8. Magura District
  9. maguro
  10. magus
  11. maguses

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