The Troubles in Newtownabbey

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

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

1974

31 January 1974 - Terence McCafferty (37) and James McCloskey (29), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead during a gun attack by the Ulster Freedom Fighters on a workers' hut at a Northern Ireland Electricity Service building site, Rush Park, Newtownabbey.

11 February 1974 - Thomas Donaghy (16) and Margaret McErlean (18), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Freedom Fighters as they arrived at their workplace, Abbey Meat Packers, Glenville Road, Newtownabbey. McErlean died on 18 February 1974.

1994

17 June 1994 - Cecil Dougherty (30) and William Corrigan (32), both Protestant civilians, were shot dead during an Ulster Volunteer Force gun attack on a workers hut, Rushpark, off Shore Road, Newtownabbey. They were assumed to have been Catholics. Corrigan died on 10 July 1994.

There was also a bombing at Glengormley police station in the 1990s, planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Many adjacent houses, local business premises and a church were damaged. The shock blast also damaged windows in houses and schools up to 0.5 miles away. There was only one known casualty, a woman who was killed when the roof of her house collapsed on her; her house was directly in front of the blast. No one else was seriously injured.^{[citation needed]}