Patricia Black (Irish Republican)
Patricia Black, also known as smiler or Patricia Black-Donnelly (28 November 1972 – 15 November 1991) was a Volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). She was killed in St Albans in 1991 when a bomb she was carrying exploded prematurely. Early life Black grew up in the Lenadoon area of Belfast and was educated at St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School and St. Genevieve's Girls Secondary School in Belfast.''Tírghrá'', National Commemoration Centre, 2002. PB) p. 361Liam Ferrir - ''Northern News'', The Irish Emigrant Newspaper, Issue No.251 - 25 November 1991 IRA career Patricia joined the IRA at the age of 17. Later Black informed her parent that she was moving to Dublin but secretly moved to London. She died, along with fellow Volunteer, Frank Ryan, on 15 November 1991, when an improvised explosive device she was carrying detonated prematurely in St Albans, near London. A British Army military band had been playing in theatre on St P ...
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