The Troubles in Armagh

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The Troubles in Armagh recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Incidents in Armagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1975

22 August 1975 - John McGleenan (45), Patrick Hughes (30) and Thomas Morris (22), all Catholic civilians, were killed in a non-specific Loyalist group gun and bomb attack on McGleenan's Bar, Upper English Street, Armagh. Morris died on 28 August 1975.

1979

2 June 1979 - Alan Dunne (36), an off duty member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and David Stinson (32), a civilian, both Protestants, were shot dead by a non-specific Republican group while standing outside Dunne’s home, Ballinahone Crescent, Armagh.

2 August 1979 - Paul Reece (18) and Richard Furminger (19), both members of the British Army, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their mobile patrol, Cathedral Road, Armagh.

1982

12 December 1982 - Seamus Grew (31) and Roddy Carroll (22), both Catholic members of the Irish National Liberation Army, were shot dead by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary members at a Vehicle Check Point at Mullacreevie Park, Armagh.

1986

1 January 1986 - James McCandless (39) and Michael Williams (24), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb hidden in a litter bin and detonated when their foot patrol passed at Thomas Street, Armagh.

1990

24 July 1990 - Joshua Willis (35), William Hanson (37) and David Sterritt (34), Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and Catherine Dunne (37), a Catholic civilian, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on a RUC armoured patrol car, Killylea Road, Armagh. Dunne was killed while travelling in another vehicle near to the patrol car.

1991

1 March 1991 - Paul Sutcliffe (32) and Roger Love (20), both members of the Ulster Defence Regiment, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army horizontal mortar attack on their mobile patrol, Killylea Road, Armagh. Love died on 4 March 1991.

1994

18 May 1994 - Gavin McShane (17) and Shane McArdle (17), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force, while in a taxi depot, Lower English Street, Armagh.