the British occupation forces., There was an absolute order to history and absolute order demanded [39] On 31 January an IRA van bomb blew up in downtown Dungannon, resulting in three people wounded and severe damage[40] both on the city centre and the RUC/Army base. The Gazelle broke up during the subsequent crash-landing. The talk A second IRA rifle team fired at a British Army Lynx helicopter sending in reinforcements to the area over the surroundings of Fivemiletown. They had mounted a heavy DShK machine gun on the back of a stolen lorry, driven right to the RUC/British Army station and opened fire with tracer ammunition at the fortified base at point-blank range, when the long-range of the weapon would enable them to fire from a safe distance. [102][58], Sources from the brigade released a detailed statement on the attack on Pomeroy security base, carried out on 26 June 1994, claiming that they had fired a single 220 pounds (100kg) Mark-15 barrack-buster bomb. 2 February 1996: the house of a part-time member of the RUC was riddled with 57 gunshots in Moy. young lives at risk (the IRA rather ruefully pointed out that a [49] Another former UDR soldier was killed when an IRA bomb exploded underneath his car in Kildress, County Tyrone in April 1993; it was claimed that he had loyalist connections. [35][36][37], On 24 March 1990, there was a gun battle between an IRA unit and undercover British forces in the main street of the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone, in which IRA members fired at a civilian-type car driven by security forces, according to Archie Hamilton, then Secretary of State for Defence. [93] The fortified[94] courthouse in Cookstown was meanwhile damaged by two bombs planted there on 15 October 1993. News, fell on them like wild beasts, killing twelve and tearing from Fifty people were evacuated. seasoned leadership. One British soldier was wounded. The IRA men were intercepted by the SAS as they were trying to dump the lorry and escape in cars in the car park of Clonoe Roman Catholic church, whose roof was set on fire by Army flares. The bomb exploded ten minutes later, destroying the barracks. Gerry McGeough is a prominent republican and former member of the provisional IRA and now a farmer in Co. Tyrone. [95][58][96], A major ambush occurred on 12 December 1993 in Fivemiletown, when an RUC mobile patrol received intense cross fire from a brigade's active unit on the town's main street, and two constables were slain. On 8 May 1987, at least eight members of the brigade launched an attack on the unmanned Loughgall RUC base. There were no injuries. her uncle. The 12 May's riots ended with the paratroopers' assault on three bars, where they injured seven civilians. war situation in which the legitimate army of the Irish Republic was East Tyrone brigade to which the eight had belonged, the largest number See: 11 December 1985: the East Tyrone Brigade claimed responsibility for mortaring Tynan RUC base, County Armagh in which four RUC officers were injured and the base badly damaged. In the A second shooting took place in the village of Pomeroy on 28 June, this time against British regular troops. Eight were killed and the rest were badly wounded. [13], In December 2011, the Historical Enquiries Team found that not only did the IRA team fire first but that they could not have been safely arrested. 10 February 1997: a horizontal mortar fired by an IRA unit hit an RUC armoured vehicle leaving a security base. The East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), also known as the Tyrone/Monaghan Brigade[1] was one of the most active republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during "the Troubles". The Loughgall Ambush. disposal. They could have been arrested but the SAS planned to take An Phoblacht claimed the IRA men thwarted an ambush and at least two SAS members were killed. From mid-1992 up to the 1994 cease fire, IRA units in east and south Tyrone executed a total of eight mortar attacks against police and military facilities and were also responsible for at least 16 bombings and shootings. advantage of the IRA, that it would somehow undermine the Anglo-Irish [9] The theory involved creating "no-go zones" that the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) did not control and gradually expanding them. 7 February 1976: Two Protestant teenagers, Rachel and Robert McLernon (aged 18 and 16, respectively), were killed by an IRA booby-trap bomb, intended for members of the security forces, which had been hidden in an abandoned crashed car, Tyresson Road, 3 December 1977: RUC car ambushed by IRA gunmen firing automatic weapons at Clover Hill Bridge on Benburb Road near. [145], List of notable actions from 1971 until Loughgall, Operations against British security forces in east and south Tyrone, List of actions from 1996 until the 1997 IRA ceasefire, Individual members of the brigade were also involved in the. The device exploded while he was driving on Carrydarragh road, near Moneymore, County Londonderry, on 31 May 1993, just a few miles from Cookstown. [5] The first was an assault on Ballygawley barracks. The soldiers were being transported from RAF Aldergrove to a military base near Omagh after returning from leave in England. [119], IRA volunteers in Tyrone were the target of an assassination campaign carried out by the loyalist paramilitaries of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). On 8 May 1987, at least eight members of the brigade launched an attack on the unmanned Loughgall RUC base. This is disputed by some authors as an "exaggeration".[130][131]. The East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), also known as the Tyrone/Monaghan Brigade[1] was one of the most active republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during "the Troubles". At least five members of the security forces were killed by the IRA in around this area during the same period. Theirs was a closed world On 11 May 1993, an IRA militant pretending to be a motorist that had been asked to show his licence at the barracks left a van carrying a mortar outside the facilities. The IRA claimed the man was a UVF commander, responsible for the killings of Catholic civilians. The IRA retaliated on 5 August 1991, when they shot and killed a former UDR soldier while living his workplace along Altmore Road, also in Cappagh. committed against Republicans: Clonmult in County Cork, 20 February [105][106], There were also a number of roadside bomb and mortar attacks thwarted by the security forces in east and south Tyrone in this period. [54], In March 1992, members of the brigade destroyed McGowan's service station along the Ballygawley-Dungannon road with a 150 pounds (68kg) bomb, on the basis that they were supplying British forces,[55][48] while a soldier was injured by a bomb near Augher. Whereas the previous ambushes of IRA men had been well planned by Special Forces, the Clonoe killings owed much to a series of mistakes by the IRA men in question. volunteers after they had surrendered following an armed encounter. [85] On 30 April, a heavy horizontal mortar was fired at an RUC patrol vehicle near Ballygawley roundabout; the round missed its target and hit a wall. meetings of the Intergovernmental Conference. Several people was evacuated, and the bomb disposal squad struggled 10 hours to defuse the device. Another four IRA members were killed in an ambush in February 1992. The East Tyrone Brigade members killed at Loughgall in 1987 consisted of: * Commander Patrick Kelly (aged 30) * Jim Lynagh (aged 31) * Pdraig McKearney (aged 32) * Declan Arthurs (aged 21) * Seamus Donnelly (aged 19) * Eugene Kelly (aged 25) * Gerry O'Callaghan (aged 29) * Tony Gormley (aged 25) Eugene Kelly The IRA unit used the same tactics as it had done in the The Birches attack.It destroyed a substantial part of the base with a 200 lb bomb and raked the building with gunfire. Please support IRN now to help us continue reporting and campaigning so that justice prevails. The ambush took place outside the village of Pomeroy. Another IRA bomb attack against British troops, near Cappagh, during which a paratrooper lost both legs, triggered a series of clashes between soldiers and local residents in the staunchly republican town of Coalisland, on 12 and 17 May 1992. ideological and personal commitment to each other. On 30 August 1988, an SAS ambush killed IRA members Gerard Harte, Martin Harte and Brian Mullin as they tried to kill an off-duty Ulster Defence Regiment member near Carrickmore. interpretation of the conflict and once again confer on the IRA the At least two British soldiers were severely wounded in action near Cappagh[66] and Pomeroy[70] in 1992. The four, Peter Clancy, Kevin Barry O'Donnell, Sean O'Farrell and Patrick Vincent, were killed at Clonoe after an attack on the RUC station in Coalisland. The bombing was at Teebane Crossroads near Cookstown. [20][21] This attack forced the British military to ferry their troops to and from East Tyrone by helicopter. [88] The facilities came under attack once again on 7 November, when a supporting team armed with automatic weapons secured the area around the barracks, allowing an Isuzu Trooper carrying a "Barrack Buster" to be driven just outside the base. [9], Mural commemorating those killed in the Loughgall Ambush, On 8 May 1987, at least eight members of the brigade launched another attack on the unmanned Loughgall RUC base. back, voicing its reservations, Father Faul was the first to articulate what many Catholics, North and Was the After the shooting they drove past the house of Tony Doris, the IRA man killed the previous year, where they fired more shots in the air and were heard to shout, "Up the 'RA, that's for Tony Doris". [it] demonstrated that [the IRA] could carry out devastating attacks on In July 1983, the East Tyrone Brigade carried out a landmine ambush on an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) mobile patrol near Ballygawley, killing three UDR soldiers (a fourth UDR soldier died later). A five-mile (8km) chase followed before the IRA volunteers managed to escape on foot. disdain for the Irish at large, that the continuous vilification of the their time.. He said a wall at the camp "was decked with close-up colour photographs of the eight members of the IRA's East Tyrone Brigade killed in an SAS ambush at Loughgall a few months earlier during . In April 1987 the brigade shot and killed Harold Henry, one of the main building contractors to the security forces in Northern Ireland. See this British Commons account about the NI violence for the first month of 1990: See the 12 May and 17 May entries at the 1992 CAIN chronology: "New wave of North death bids blamed on loyalists". They were greatly outnumbered and outarmed by an occupying army with a GAA Central Council official reply was that "The GAA has strict protocols and rules in place regarding the use of property for Political purposes. The six attackers gathered on the same spot, instead of vanishing separately. [10][11] It destroyed a substantial part of the base with a 200lb bomb and raked the building with gunfire. The priest presiding over the requiem mass for Three constables and Treanor were wounded,[104] as well as a passing-by ederly female motorist whose car was hit by the RUC vehicle. In January 1992, an IRA roadside bomb destroyed a van carrying 14 workers who had been re-building Lisanelly British Army base in Omagh. being won. [21] shooting an Irishman in Ireland produces a gut reaction.. [77], The commander in chief of the brigade,[78] Kevin MacKenna, was also appointed 'chief of staff' of the IRA in 1983. were heroes, freedom fighters, peace soldiers. They had sacrificed The four, Peter Clancy, Kevin Barry O'Donnell, Sean O'Farrell and Patrick Vincent, were killed at Clonoe after an attack on the RUC station in Coalisland. List of actions from 1996 up to the latest PIRA ceasefire, Individual members of the brigade were also involved in the. [64], Another IRA bomb attack on 12 May 1992, against British troops on patrol near Cappagh, in which a paratrooper lost both legs, triggered a series of clashes on that date between soldiers and local residents in the staunchly republican town of Coalisland, on 12 and 17 May 1992. The IRA unit used the same tactics as it had done in The Birches attack. [2], In the 1980s, the IRA in East Tyrone and other areas close to the border, such as South Armagh, were following a Maoist military theory[3] devised for Ireland by Jim Lynagh, a high-profile member of the IRA in east Tyrone (but a native of County Monaghan). The East Tyrone Brigade members killed in 1987 consisted of: They died in Loughgall, a village no bigger than Galbally, in County [21] Additionally, most of the attacks which took place in County Fermanagh during this period of the Troubles were also launched from south Tyrone and Monaghan. 2 June 1977: Three members of a RUC mobile patrol were shot dead by East Tyrone Brigade snipers near Ardboe close to the shores of Lough Neagh. One of the workers killed, Robert Dunseath, was also a soldier of the Royal Irish Rangers. The next day the IRA threatened any contractor who took on repair of the station. Another British soldier was injured in Pomeroy when his patrol was fired on by an IRA unit on 2 August 1992. [31] An Phoblacht claims that the IRA men thwarted an ambush and at least two SAS members were killed. Of these, 28 were killed between 1987 and 1992. A continuing monthly donation of 2 or more will give you full access to this site. 26 February 1978: IRA Volunteer Paul Duffy was killed by the SAS in Coagh. [50] The RUC stated the men were on their way to mount an ambush on Protestant workmen. In the 1980s, the IRA in East Tyrone and other areas close to the border, such as South Armagh, were following a Maoist military theory[8] devised for Ireland by Jim Lynagh, a high-profile member of the IRA in East Tyrone (but a native of County Monaghan). Ed Moloney, Irish journalist and author of the Secret History of the IRA, states that the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade lost 53 members killed in the Troubles - the highest of any Brigade area. These questions went unanswered, as they could The gut reaction began to make itself felt, though it expressed itself [26], A 2009 reenacment of a Provisional IRA active service unit in Galbally, County Tyrone, On 11 February 1990 the brigade managed to shoot down a British Army Gazelle helicopter near Clogher by machine gun fire and wounding three soldiers, one of them seriously. 8 July 1997: A landmine was planted by the IRA near Dungannon, leading to a bomb alert. Almost immediately another part-time soldier chanced upon the scene and opened fire on the fleeing gunmen who managed to escape by forcing a passing car to stop and raced off. cheap and good riddance. An IRA volunteer was arrested, while two other members of the IRA made good their escape. given the movements new lean look and its reliance on a small number Her extradition from Northern Ireland was eventually denied in 2007 due to discrepancies in the claims against her. In Dungannon, black flags [18] In August 1988, an SAS ambush killed IRA members Gerard Harte, Martin Harte and Brian Mullin. It destroyed a substantial part of the base with a 200 lb bomb and raked the building with gunfire. fluttered in every window, thousands lined the funeral routes: country husbands and fathers -- had been needlessly shot in a show of 112 relations. [99][100] The East Tyrone Brigade reported that they took over the area between the checkpoint and the border, set a roadblock, then drove a tractor carrying the mortar to the firing point and issued a 30-minute warning. Five of them were bound over. For though it was clear that the IRA had It was a devastating setback for the IRA, practically decimating the Patrick Vincent was gunned down in the cab of the lorry whilst Kevin Barry O'Donnell and Peter Clancy where gunned down just outside. [53][54], Another IRA bomb attack against British troops, near Cappagh, during which a paratrooper lost both legs, triggered a series of clashes between soldiers and local residents in the staunchly republican town of Coalisland, on 12 and 17 May 1992. [48] The IRA retaliated on 5 August 1991, when they shot and killed a former UDR soldier while living his workplace along Altmore Road, also in Cappagh. The soldiers were being transported from RAF Aldergrove to a military base near Omagh after returning from leave in England. For constitutional nationalists, North and South, anything that Of these, 28 were killed between 1987 and 1992. sanctioned shoot-to-kill policy, opened fire on a party of fifteen IRA The bomb detonated, destroying much of the base and damaging nearby buildings. [14], On 8 May 1987, at least eight members of the brigade launched another attack on the unmanned Loughgall RUC base. acceded to the IRAs view of the conflict made it increasingly The East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), also known as the Tyrone/Monaghan An IRA statement claimed the 3rd Battalion of the, 7 November 1974: Two British soldiers, Vernon Rose (aged 30) and Charles Simpson (aged 35) were killed by an IRA booby trap bomb at an electricity sub station at Aghalarg, near, 25 November 1975: two RUC officers, Samuel Clarke (aged 35) and Patrick Maxwell (aged 36), were killed when their mobile patrol was caught in an IRA sniper ambush in Clonavaddy, near. two governments to consult and the right of the Irish government to put Despite increasing support for Irish freedom and unity, we need your help to overcome British and unionist intransigence. shooting those not convicted of criminal offenses as soldiers of war. [40][41], On 1 January 1991, a British Army checkpoint was fired on by an IRA unit at Aughnacloy. [108] The RUC claim that the machine gun stolen in Coalisland and other arms were recovered from a farmhouse near Cappagh on 29 May 1992. [44][45], On 31 January 1992, an IRA van bomb blew up in downtown Dungannon, resulting in three people wounded and severe property damage[46] to the city centre and to the RUC/Army base. A support vehicle further compromised the getaway by flashing its emergency lights. [60], From mid-1992 up to the 1994 cease fire, IRA units in east and south Tyrone executed a total of eight mortar attacks against police and military facilities and were also responsible for at least 16 bombings and shootings. in the North was war? people, respectable people who believed that the volunteers -- the sons [32][33] The helicopter was hit between Clogher and Augher, over the border near Derrygorry, across the border. [63] Another fatality was a Royal Irish Regiment soldier from Cookstown who was abducted and shot dead while on leave; his body was later found in the outskirts of Armagh town on 21 May 1994. After being caught he was put up against a fence and killed. 12 November 1983: a RUC officer (Paul Clarke) was killed and several others were injured in an IRA mortar bomb attack on Carrickmore British Army/Royal Ulster Constabulary base. [22] On 16 September 1989, a British Sergeant of the Royal Corps of Signals was shot and killed by an IRA sniper while he was repairing a radio mast at Coalisland Army/RUC base. Ken Maginnis, Official Unionist M.P. [32] Hamilton states that there were no security or civilian casualties. The losses at Loughgall were the highest suffered by the IRA in the Long War and parallel the losses suffered by the East Cork Flying Column at Clonmult near Midleton on 20th February 1921 at the height of the War of Independence. Thank you. They had mounted a heavy DShK machine gun on the back of a stolen lorry, driven right to the RUC/British Army station and opened fire with tracer ammunition at the fortified base at point-blank range, when the long-range of the weapon would enable them to fire from a safe distance. No efforts were made to conceal the firing position or the machine gun. A soldier was seriously wounded. In addition, the IRA in Tyrone was the target of an assassination campaign carried out by the loyalist paramilitaries of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). London of taking the fight to the terrorists nothing more than the It is believed to have drawn its membership from across the eastern side of County Tyrone as well as north County Monaghan and south County Londonderry. died, he was a dedicated soldier. [118] The IRA said that the workers were legitimate targets because they were "collaborating" with the "forces of occupation". The device landed unexploded inside the complex, resulting in its evacuation. They After the shooting they drove past the house of Tony Doris, the IRA man killed the previous year, where they fired more shots in the air and were heard to shout, "Up the 'RA, that's for Tony Doris". Eight were killed and the rest were badly wounded. [65][66][67] Six paratroopers were charged with criminal damage in the aftermath, but were acquitted in 1993. According to them, the explosion was heard from Augher to Fivemiletown, and there was a number of British casualties. . Famous quotes . killed the IRA men in a shoot-out but had mercilessly massacred them British troops manning the outpost returned fire. [23], A major IRA attack in County Tyrone took place on 20 August 1988, barely a year after Loughall, which ended in the deaths of eight soldiers when a British Army bus was destroyed by a bomb at Curr Road, near Ballygawley. GAA Central Council officialreply was that The GAA has strict protocols and rules in place regarding the use of property for Political purposes. The Association is committed to a shared future based on tolerance for the different identities and cultural backgrounds of people who share this Community and this island. [15], The SAS ambush had no noticeable long-term effect on the level of IRA activity in East Tyrone. [123][124] The IRA retaliated on 5 August 1991 by shooting and killing a former UDR soldier leaving his workplace along Altmore Road, Cappagh. was cool, was Padraig McKearneys nine-year-old nieces appraisal of All eight members of the East Tyrone Brigade team were killed. [14], In 2012 aGAAclub in Tyrone distanced itself from a republican commemoration of those killed in the ambush. It smacks of revenge and retaliation. 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