The Troubles in Killeen

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

Incidents in/around Killeen during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1971
*27 November 1971 - Ian Hankin (27), Protestant and James O'Neill (39), Catholic, both civilian customs officials, were shot and killed by Provisional Irish Republican Army snipers firing at a British Army patrol which had just arrived after a bomb attack on Killeen Customs Post, near Newry.

1975
*3 June 1975 - David Thompson (34) and John Presha (30), both Protestant civilians and Alfred Doyle (24), a Protestant off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, were found shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in David Thompson's car at Killeen.

*6 December 1975 - James Lochrie (19) and Sean Campbell (20), both Catholic members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were killed when a land mine exploded prematurely at Kelly's Road, Killeen.

1985
*20 May 1985 - William Wilson (28), Stephen Rodgers (19), David Baird (22) and Tracy Doak (21), all Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb, hidden in a parked trailer and detonated when their mobile patrol passed at Killeen.

1987
*25 April 1987 - Maurice Gibson (74), a Chief Justice and Cecily Gibson (67), both Protestant civilians, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb hidden in a parked car and detonated when they drove past at Killeen.

1988
*23 July 1988 - Robin Hanna (44), Maureen Hanna (44) and David Hanna (6), all Protestant civilians, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their Shogun jeep at Killeen. It was mistaken for a vehicle carrying Judge Higgins.

1990
*24 October 1990. Ranger Cyril Smith QGM (Catholic) was killed when attempting to release a man - Patrick Gillespie, aged 42 - tied to a proxy bomb. Gillespie's drove his car into a Border checkpoint at Killeen, near Newry whilst his family were held hostage in their home. Smith and, Gillespie died in the bombing. [ cite web
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References

Links

* [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/ NI Conflict Archive on the Internet]
* [http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0534/D.0534.200104120072.html Dáil Éireann Debate, April 2001]