The Troubles in Bleary
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The Troubles in Bleary recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Bleary, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Bleary during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1972
- 18 June 1972 - Arthur McMillan (37), Ian Mutch (31) and Colin Leslie (26), all members of the British Army, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb in a derelict house in Bleary.
1975
- 27 April 1975 - Joseph Toman (45), John Feeney (45) and Brendan O'Hara (40), all Catholic civilians, were shot and killed during a Protestant Action Force gun attack on a social club, Bleary.
1993
- 28 October 1993 - Gerard Cairns (22) and Rory Cairns (18), both Catholic civilians, were shot and killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force at their home, The Slopes, Bleary.
