Crowds run down Thornton Road, in Athlone, as besieged police fire tear-gas and rubber bullets from the Alexander Sinton School. They had arrested about 100 parents, pupils, and teachers who entered the school earlier, before being trapped in the grounds by angry crowds.
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Press, 19 September 1985, Page 8
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43Crowds run down Thornton Road, in Athlone, as besieged police fire tear-gas and rubber bullets from the Alexander Sinton School. They had arrested about 100 parents, pupils, and teachers who entered the school earlier, before being trapped in the grounds by angry crowds. Press, 19 September 1985, Page 8
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