The Troubles in Gilford

The Troubles in Gilford recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Gilford, County Down, Northern Ireland.

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

1975

• 1 August 1975 – Joseph Toland (78) and James Marks (51), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead during a gun attack on a minibus near Gilford. Marks died on 7 January 1976. The bus had been returning from a bingo session when it was stopped at a bogus British Army checkpoint. The Ulster Volunteer Force was believed to have been responsible. The attack has been linked to the "Glenanne gang".^[1]
• 31 December 1975 - Sylvia McCullough (31), Richard Beattie (32) and William Scott (34), all Protestant civilians, were killed in a People’s Republican Army bomb attack on the Central Bar, Gilford.

1976

• 4 January 1976 - Barry O'Dowd (24), Declan O'Dowd (19) and Joseph O'Dowd (61), all Catholic civilians and members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, were shot dead during an Ulster Volunteer Force gun attack on their home, Ballydougan, near Gilford.

References

• NI Conflict Archive on the Internet