Tom Williams (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican

Thomas Joseph Williams was a volunteer in C Company, 2nd Battalion of the Belfast Brigade in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) from the Bombay Street area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was hanged in the Crumlin Road Gaol for his involvement in the killing of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police officer Patrick Murphy during the IRAs Northern Campaign.

Irish republicanism is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both widely supported and iconoclastic.

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