The Troubles in Lurgan
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The Troubles in Lurgan recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Lurgan during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1982
- 27 October 1982 - Sean Quinn (37), Catholic, Alan McCloy (34) and Paul Hamilton (26), both Protestants, all members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their armoured patrol car at Oxford Island, near Lurgan.
1991
- 14 November 1991 - Desmond Rogers (54) and Fergus Magee (28), both Catholics, working at the Hyster factory, and John Lavery (27), Protestant, were shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force, whilst travelling in Lavery’s car after leaving the factory, at the junction of Carbet Road and Carn Road, near Lurgan.
1997
- 16 June 1997 - John Graham (34) and David Johnston (30), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, while on foot patrol at Church Walk, Lurgan.
