Tony Gormley

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Anthony Gormley ((Irish Óglach Antoine Ó Goirmleadhaigh) (b. 17 September 1962 – d. 8 May 1987) was a member in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army from Galbally, County Tyrone.

[edit] Background

Gormley was the second oldest in a family of six children and grew up with Declan Arthurs and Seamus Donnelly in the small village of Galbally.^[1]

Gormley owned a successful engineering sub-contracting company and had twelve employees and was a strategist within the East Tyrone Brigade.^{[citation needed]}

He joined the PIRA in 1981 and became a highly active member of the paramilitary group. He was one of eight IRA members and one civilian killed on 8 May 1987 during a Special Air Service ambush.

At the time of the ambush Gormley was involved in an attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Loughgall, County Armagh.^[2][3]

[edit] See also

• Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade
• The Troubles in Loughgall

[edit] References

1. ^ Tírghrá, National Commemoration Centre, 2002. PB) ISBN 0-9542946-0-2 p.288
2. ^ IRA families win human rights case
3. ^ True tale of IRA 'martyrs' revealed