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Ogilby Island
''Ogilby'' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anne Ogilby killing, Anne Ogilby ( 1943 – 1974), Northern Irish murder victim; killed by the Ulster Defence Association in a punishment beating *David Ogilby (other) *John Ogilby (1600–1676), Scottish translator, impresario and cartographer *William Ogilby (1805–1873), Irish barrister and naturalist *James Douglas Ogilby (1853–1925), Australian zoologist, son of William Ogilby *Robert Ogilby (1880–1964), soldier See also *Ogilby, California, small town in the United States {{surname, Ogilby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Ogilby Killing
The murder of Ann Ogilby, also known as the "Romper Room murder", took place in Sandy Row, south Belfast, Northern Ireland on 24 July 1974. It was a punishment killing, carried out by members of the Sandy Row women's Ulster Defence Association (UDA) unit. At the time the UDA was a legal Ulster loyalist paramilitary organisation. The victim, Ann Ogilby, a Protestant single mother of four, was beaten to death by two teenaged girls after being sentenced to a "rompering" (UDA slang term for a torture session followed by a fatal beating) at a kangaroo court. Ogilby had been having an affair with a married UDA commander, William Young, who prior to his internment, had made her pregnant. His wife, Elizabeth Young, was a member of the Sandy Row women's UDA unit. Ogilby had made defamatory remarks against Elizabeth Young in public regarding food parcels. Eight weeks after Ogilby had given birth to Young's son, the women's unit decided that Ogilby would pay for both the affair and remarks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
