Stephen Travers, Victim, a Survivor, Hero, a Man that would not Lie Down, to Murder, the Cover Ups, the Denials, we Say to you, The Miami will Never be Forgotten, because of Friends like you, and your Never ending Quest, for the Truth, Bless you and Family and Friends.

Stephen Travers

Stephen Travers was born in 1951 in the beautiful market town of Carrick on Suir in south Tipperary, on the borders of Waterford and Kilkenny. From an early age, it was obvious that he was a gifted musician and, by the beginning of the 1970s, he was one of the most admired bass guitarists in Ireland.

In 1975, having played with some of the most respected bands in the country, he joined Ireland’s legendary Miami Showband. But, just two months later, in the early hours of July 31^st, on their way home to Dublin from an engagement in the north of Ireland, three members of the band were murdered by British security forces in collusion with the Loyalist terrorist organisation, The Ulster Volunteer Force (The UVF), and Stephen was shot with an explosive dum-dum bullet and left for dead among the terrible carnage

that will live forever in Irish history as The Miami Showband Massacre.