The Troubles in Forkhill
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The Troubles in Forkhill recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Forkhill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Forkhill during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1974
- 10 March 1974 - Michael McCreesh (15) and Michael Gallagher (18), both Catholic civilians, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb hidden in an abandoned car and intended for a British Army foot patrol, Dromintee, near Forkhill. Gallagher died on 14 March 1974.
- 14 December 1974 - David McNeice (19), a Protestant member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and Michael Gibson (20), a member of the British Army, were shot dead by Provisional Irish Republican Army snipers while on joint foot patrol, Killeavy, near Forkhill. Gibson died on 30 December 1974.
1975
- 17 July 1975 - Peter Willis (37), Edward Garside (34), Robert McCarter (33) and Calvert Brown (25), all members of the British Army, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb, hidden in a milk churn and detonated when their foot patrol passed, near Forkhill.
1980
- 1 January 1980 - Simon Bates (23) and Gerald Hardy (18), both undercover British Army members, were shot dead in error, by other British Army members while setting an ambush position, near Forkhill.
1984
- 31 January 1984 - William Savage (27) and Thomas Bingham (29), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their armoured patrol car, near Forkhill.
Other incidents:
1977
- 14 May 1977 - Robert Nairac (29), undercover British Army member, was abducted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army outside the Three Step Inn, near Forkhill. He is presumed killed and his body was never recovered.
