The Troubles in Ballynahinch (Down)
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The Troubles in Ballynahinch recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Ballynahinch during the Troubles:
1986
- 16 October 1986 - Terence Mullan (31) and Kathleen Mullan (79), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Freedom Fighters at their home, Dromore Road, Ballynahinch.
1997
- January 1997 - three Grenadier Guardsmen narrowly escaped a murder attempt by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The soldiers, based at Ballykinler, were socialising in a Ballynahinch bar. A bomb was attached to their car which exploded when one of the soldiers was checking the vehicle for explosives. None of the soldiers were seriously hurt.
- - See also two Bombings of the town centre and the execution of RUC officers by the IRA in the 1980's
