The Troubles in Cullaville

The Troubles in Cullaville recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Cullaville, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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

1973

24 May 1973 - John Wallace (32) and Ian Donald (35), both members of the British Army, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb, detonated when their foot patrol was searching a house.^[1]^[2]

3 June 1979 - Stanley Hanna (47) and Kevin Thompson (22), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine while on mobile patrol.^[3]^[4]

On 22 April 1993, the South Armagh IRA unit took control of the village for two hours, making good use of dead ground. The fact that the IRA executed the action despite the presence of a British Army watchtower nearby, caused outrage among British security forces and unionist public opinion.^[5]

^ "1973". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1973.html. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "May". Operation Banner - Deaths - Roll of Honour. http://www.operationbanner.com/roh/default.asp?MonthAsNumber=5. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "1979". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1979.html. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "June". Operation Banner - Deaths - Roll of Honour. http://www.operationbanner.com/roh/default.asp?MonthAsNumber=6. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ Transcripts of the Commons debate over the security situation in NI and the Cullaville incident (Column 196 in the first link and Column 184 in the second one):
- Commons debate, 8 June 1993, colums 192-197
- Commons debate, 8 June 1993, columns 180-191