Question Author
Thank you SandyRoe and Buenchico for this information. It is very helpful, and good to know that I am not the only one who remembers the place. I was aware that the republican paramilitaries were considered to be responsible for placing the incendiaries (although I think no group ever actually claimed responsibility) but I got confused because I remember my mother (who was strictly anti-republican) warning me as a young child never to go near the place because everybody there was republican (naturally, her warning against the place made me eager to visit it first chance I got). So I was confused because if the place was predominantly run and operated by individuals from the catholic/republican community, I couldn't see why the IRA or INLA would burn it down. I still don't. But I suppose that was the seventies and times were crazy. Thanks again for your answers.