Kevin Coen

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Vol. Kevin Coen (1947 – 20 January 1975), was an IRA Volunteer from Sligo who was killed in Northern Ireland by a British Solider^[1][2].

Contents 1 Background 2 Military Activity 3 Memorial 4 References 5 Also See

[edit] Background

Coen was born and grew up in Rusheen, Riverstown, South County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland^[3][4].

[edit] Military Activity

He joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army and served with the Sligo Brigade. He was a political prisoner and was sent to Mountjoy Prison in Dublin during 1971^[5].

At the age of 28, Coen was killed by a British Army Solider while on active service at Cassidy's Cross near Kinawley, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland close to the Cavan/Fermanagh border on 20 January 1975. He was shot on the main Swanlinbar-Enniskillen Road by undercover British troops who lay in wait in an unmarked civilian car when they opened fire at an IRA checkpoint.^[6].

[edit] Memorial

The South Sligo Cumann of Sinn Fein is name in honour of Coen and there is an annual commemoration at his graveside in Sooey, County Sligo^[7][8].

[edit] References

1. ^ Kevin Coen
2. ^ CAIN Web Service (Conflict Archive on the INternet)
3. ^ Ireland: Families win victory against British terror
4. ^ British indulge unionist intransigence
5. ^ Kevin Coen commemoration
6. ^ Kevin Coen remembered in his native Sligo
7. ^ Sligo Commemorates Volunteer Kevin Coen
8. ^ Sligo Commemorates Volunteer Kevin Coen

[edit] Also See

• Joseph MacManus