He is said to have given the order for the brutal beating, which turned into the murder of Paul Quinn, the innocent 21-year-old who happened to have been involved in a violent row with another local Provo who had assaulted a young woman in October 2007. })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KJF4'); Martin was from Knockamell Park in the city and was a neighbour of Charles Spence, who was had been shot dead by the IRA two weeks previously. console.log('observer.observe failed:', e); 24 January Tony Harker, a 21-year-old Catholic civilian, is shot dead by the UDR in disputed circumstances outside a supermarket on the Keady Road. // Regionals Container According to Lost Lives, it is assumed that he was killed in retaliation for a UVF gun attack on a Catholic man in the city earlier that day. return grantedBy.indexOf(grant) > -1 var p = purchase['granted_by_' + purchaseType]; John McGleenan (45), Patrick Hughes (30) and Thomas Morris (22), all, 25 January David McDowell, a 26-year-old member of the UDR from Alexander Park in the city, is accidentally shot dead by a member of the, 9 April 73-year-old Catholic pensioner Michael Sweeney is killed when the UVF launch a bomb attack on Lenny's Bar in the Railway Street area of the city, which also injuries 14 other people. Overview of The Troubles in Armagh City, Northern Ireland, "Irish Police Face Peril of 'Murder Mile', "Issues: Violence McKittrick, Kelters, Feeney and Thornton (1999) Lost Lives: The stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles", "Madden and Finucane Closing Submissions (including excerpts from The Scarman Report)", "Five injured as Staffords are lured into Armagh booby trap", "Newton Emerson: Licensing next war is Adams's real legacy", "Calls for 'honesty' and inquiry over Troubles-related killings", "Paramilitary Feuds in Northern Ireland A Chronology of Events", "Gunmen Shoot Part-time Soldier, IRA Claims Responsibility", "Police inspector shot dead in Northern Ireland", "I.R.A. Contents 1 Background 30 July Martin Malone, an 18-year-old unarmed Catholic civilian, is shot dead by a UDR patrol in the Callan Street area. In one such ambush in August 1972, a Ferret armoured car was destroyed by a 600lb landmine, killing one soldier. The second most senior IRA man in South Armagh is being 'protected' amid claims that he worked as an agent for British intelligence, according to usually reliable security sources. Bandit Country. A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. Orange County; Winter Garden; Seminole Street; 537 Seminole Street Winter Garden, FL 34787. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('premium') > -1) { On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. South Armagh became the most heavily militarised area in Northern Ireland. 10 November Charles Neville, a 56-year-old Protestant and former member of the UDR, is killed in a Provisional IRA gun and grenade attack on his car at the Loughgall Road. @OCFireRescue. The \u0026#039;OC\u0026#039; is said to have bought another substantial portion of farmland in Armagh. He was from Ashley Heights in the city and was a leading member of the Orange Order. }; userID: purchase.granted_by_corporate_account.user_id, The men were taken out of their minibus and then . From that point onwards, the South Armagh \u0026#039;OC\u0026#039; and his associates became millionaires while continuing to donate a reputed 25pc of their earnings to the \u0026#039;movement\u0026#039;. Their discontent was deepened by Sinn Fin's endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The dead youth, from the townland of Ballymoran just outside Armagh city, was learning to drive and had offered to put his father's car in the garage when the explosion happened. It exploded as they ran to a getaway car, causing the building to collapse. in Britain", "Closure of the Maze: All Out; Terrorist killers and bombers are freed from jail", "Murder verdicts quashed in Ulster sectarian killing", "AN IRISHMAN'S DIARY Kevin Myers on the Anne Marie Smyth case", "Lives lost in 'peace': Chris Thornton on Stephen Manners", "Two policemen killed in separate Ulster attacks", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Troubles_in_Armagh&oldid=1118192779, All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 14 August 1969 John Gallagher, a 30 year old married father of three children, became one of the first victims of the Troubles after being shot in the back by, 10 August Norman Watson, a 53 year old Protestant civilian and member of the, 29 March Ruby Johnson, a 38 year old Protestant civilian from Ballintemple near, 26 April Lawrence Jubb, a 22 year old soldier with the, 7 August In the third incident of its kind to take place within a small area of the city that year, Geoffrey Knipe, a 24 year old soldier from, 25 October John Michael Morrell, a 32 year old soldier from, 15 December Frederick Greeves, a 40 year old member of the, 18 December William Johnson, a 48 year old local elected councillor for the, 7 April Jake McGerrigan, a 17 year old member of the Official IRA, is shot dead in the Druid's Villas area by British troops of the, 9 April Two days after the death of Jake McGerrigan, his friend and fellow Official IRA man 20-year-old Tony Hughes is shot dead in nearby Culdee by members of the, 13 August William McIlveen, a 36 year old part-time member of the, 27 August Kenneth Hill, a 24 year old corporal in the UDR, is shot dead in a gun battle with the Provisional IRA in the Culdee area of the city. [25], South Armagh became the most heavily militarised area in Northern Ireland. The IRA wrongly claimed that he was a serving member of the, 18 May Gavin McShane (17) and Shane McArdle (17), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the, 21 May Reginald McCollum (19), an off-duty member of the, This page was last edited on 25 October 2022, at 17:26. }).map(function (key) { observer.disconnect(); const observer = new MutationObserver(onMutation); })(); Premium subscribers enjoy unlimited access to all articles. subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.original_start_at, Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, Please check your inbox to verify your details, Senior Tory begrudgingly backs Sunaks bitter pill Brexit deal as DUP split over support, Two further arrests over shooting of detective in Northern Ireland, DCI John Caldwell: Two further arrests made in attempted murder investigation, Belfast man jailed for crossbow attack over drink-and-drug debt, NI gambling addicts who swindled employers out of 170k spared jail, Time is of the essence to restore Stormont and seize opportunities McDonald, Mid Ulster eco home on offer to family rent-free for one year, Omagh sex offender faces new charges as alleged victims increase from three to 38, Meet the NI student whose business could help millions who suffer from skin conditions, National Fish and Chip Awards: Belfasts Fish City wins top accolade, Saoradh posts police officers picture and name after stop and search dispute, RBAI produce stunning second half display to see off Wallace and reach Schools Cup Final, Sammy Wilson criticises Windsor Framework and very dangerous King Charles meeting, Thug bailed days before murdering father-of-four Pat Ward, Rihanna has sparked a conversation about our role and rights when pregnant say NI working mums, Im being held hostage by my newborn baby who seems to know Im out of my depth, My moment of zen in Murlough Bay on the Causeway Coast, Portadown man in court accused of murdering three-year-old son, Four arrested in relation to DCI Caldwells attempted murder released unconditionally, DUPs Gregory Campbell calls on rigorous implementer parties to accept they were wrong about NI Protocol, DCI John Caldwell: The New IRA threat after Omagh shooting. vars.user.subscriptionStatus = subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus || ''; vars.article.wallVisible = ! The South Armagh IRA. The 'OC' is said to have bought another substantial portion of farmland in Armagh. if (element.tagName === 'BODY' && ! meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, ", Sinn Fein ministers McGuinness and Murphy in illegal parade, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Provisional_IRA_South_Armagh_Brigade&oldid=1098002029. if (event.detail.object.access === true) { // Stop listening for mutations once we know this listener has been registered. let bodyAvailable = false; The latter is suspected of playing a role in the London bombings that marked the end of the IRA. if (vars.article.wallType === 'premium') { In an area with a population of 23,000, the British Army stationed around 3,000 troops in support of the RUC to contain an unknown number of paramilitaries. By the time of the final IRA ceasefire in August 1997, the South Armagh IRA leadership was already heavily involved in fuel and cigarette smuggling and it is believed that the British struck a deal whereby the IRA leaders could continue to benefit from the illicit trade, so long as no further attacks on security forces or bomb attacks on commercial targets took place. } [51][52], Since the army wind-down in 2007, security in the area is the sole responsibility of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. subscriptionStatus: 'Corporate', South Armagh, however, where the close rural community and family connections of IRA men diminished the risk of infiltration, retained its larger "battalion" structure. listenForFlipPayEvents(); The OC of the Southern Command is said to be a man living in the Tallaght area of Dublin. Travelling overland in South Armagh eventually became so dangerous that the British Army began using helicopters to transport troops and supply its bases - a practice that had to be continued until the late 1990s. Harnden, Toby (1999). In 2014, an article appeared in the Sinn Fin newspaper, 17 December The Officer Commanding (OC) of the Armagh city Provisional IRA, 33-year-old Sean McIlvenna, is killed by the RUC in, 17 February Catholic prison officer Patrick Kerr is shot dead by the Provisional IRA on his 37th birthday as he left 10.30 a.m Mass with his children at, 21 February 30-year-old Catholic RUC member Frank Murphy is shot dead by the Provisional IRA at the gates of Drumsallen Primary School on the Battleford Road just outside Armagh city. 24 July 1990 Joshua Willis (35), William Hanson (37) and David Sterritt (34), all members of the RUC, and, 1 March 24-year-old Paul Sutcliffe, who came from. }; He had charge of the IRA's Border sniper team, which killed seven soldiers and two police officers in the 1990s. document.head.append(script); [46] The last major action of the brigade before the last IRA ceasefire was a mortar attack on Newtownhamilton RUC/Army barracks, on 12 July 1997. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('print_annual') > -1) { By the end of the 1970s, the IRA in most of Northern Ireland had been restructured into a cell system. subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.original_start_at, !gigyaID ? userID: '', He had left the UDR the year before. In September 1975 they attacked an Orange lodge in Newtownhamilton, killing five members of the lodge. Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan were returning from a meeting with the Garda Sochna in the Republic of Ireland, where they had been discussing a range of issues including ways of combating IRA attacks on the cross-border rail link, when they were ambushed. Following intelligence that the IRA were using farms as bases of operations / weapons caches, the Police, assisted by Army intelligence operatives, began a series of surveillance and search operations. This led to angry scenes as elected DUP members refused to stand. When they arrived, they were surrounded by 16 SAS men, who ordered them to surrender. vars.article.userWall = 'none'; He is a close associate of the Provos\u0026#039; Border boss, Thomas \u0026#039;Slab\u0026#039; Murphy, Gerry Adams and other figures in Sinn Fein.He is said to have given the order for the brutal beating, which turned into the murder of Paul Quinn, the innocent 21-year-old who happened to have been involved in a violent row with another local Provo who had assaulted a young woman in October 2007.The Sunday Independent has learned that the South Armagh \u0026#039;OC\u0026#039; was outed as a \u0026#039;tout\u0026#039; earlier this year and that shortly afterwards an IRA bodyguard team was sent from Belfast to ensure that no attack was made on the man in order to save embarrassment for the \u0026#039;movement\u0026#039;. return; Raymond McCreesh, a South Armagh man, was among the ten republican hunger strikers who died for this goal in the 1981 hunger strike. He was returning from his shift at, 21 February 29-year-old on-duty RUC sergeant William Gordon Wilson is killed when a Provisional IRA bomb is detonated behind the door of a derelict pub in the nationalist Shambles area close to the city centre. It is not clear how the \u0026#039;OC\u0026#039; came to be exposed as an agent but he is believed to have been recruited by British Intelligence in the late 1980s or early 1990s. His Catholic girlfriend was driving behind him in her car when the explosion happened. const cookieExpiryInSeconds = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30; const flipPayJsUrl = 'https://cdn.flip-pay.com/clients/inm/flip-pay.js'; On 30 December 1990, Sinn Fin member and IRA volunteer,[30] Fergal Caraher, was killed by Royal Marines near a checkpoint in Cullyhanna. Although from Armagh city, he was a member of the IRA's, 31 July George Walsh, a 51-year-old member of the RUC, was shot dead when two INLA gunmen opened fire on the car he was sitting in outside, 2 August Two British soldiers are killed in a Provisional IRA landmine explosion on the Cathedral Road. const subscriberCookieName = 'subscriber'; } try { Then, in January 1976, after a series of loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) attacks on Catholic civilians in the border areas (including the Reavey and O'Dowd killings the previous day), the group shot and killed ten Protestant workmen in the "Kingsmill massacre" near Bessbrook. window.IMP = window.IMP || {}; The Sunday Independent has learned that the South Armagh 'OC' was outed as a 'tout' earlier this year and that shortly afterwards an IRA bodyguard team was sent from Belfast to ensure that. userID: purchase.granted_by_purchase.user_id, Hair tattoos becoming increasingly popular among men in Ireland. Discover your full benefits as a Premium subscriber. The IRA claimed that he was a member of the UDR, something that was denied by the police and army. [42] When the IRA resumed its campaign in 1996-97, the South Armagh IRA was less active than previously,[43] although one of the sniper teams killed one soldier and seriously wounded an RUC constable. } return 'epaper-access'; The man, who has the official title of 'officer commanding' South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA, is also a member of the 'Northern Command', the ruling body which effectively ran the organisation from the early 1980s. , South Armagh IRA is killed on active service during an attack on Keady barracks. By the time of the final IRA ceasefire in August 1997 the south Armagh IRA leadership was already heavily involved in fuel and cigarette smuggling. [16] While loyalist attacks on Catholics temporarily declined afterwards and many Protestants became more reluctant to help the UVF, the massacre caused considerable controversy in the republican movement. The board of finance Wednesday voted 4-2 in favor of using $300,000 in funding to repair the Grange Pool.Repairs to the nearly 60-year-old pool have been estimated between $300,000 to $350,000. subscriptionFinishDate: '', Sources say that shortly before they were captured, the team was given orders by the 'OC' not to carry any weapons when they were directed to a farm to collect their sniper rifle for an operation. }; The team, which included Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghin O Caolain's brother-in-law, Bernard McGinn from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, were sentenced to lengthy jailed terms but released in 2000 as part of the prisoner amnesty. 27 November 34-year-old former RUC member John Martin is shot dead by the Provisional IRA at his filling station on the Mall. The team, which included Sinn Fein TD Caoimhghin O Caolain's brother-in-law, Bernard McGinn from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, were sentenced to lengthy jailed terms but released in 2000 as part of the prisoner amnesty. The second most senior IRA man in South Armagh is being 'protected' amid claims that he worked as an agent for British intelligence, according to usually reliable security sources. mutations.forEach((mutation) => { More people could be killed or forced from their homes in a feud between factions of the Provisional IRA in south Armagh, republicans and security chiefs warned . He is a close associate of the Provos' Border boss, Thomas 'Slab' Murphy, Gerry Adams and other figures in Sinn Fein. A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. Photo caption # 10: Richard English, Armed Struggle, A History of the IRA, page 172, Transcripts of the Commons debate over the security situation in NI and the Cullaville incident (. There were also frequent gun attacks on foot patrols. His killing happened one day before his 30th birthday. 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); The team was eventually rounded up and arrested in an operation by the SAS near Crossmaglen in April 1997. Since then the security forces travel by helicopter for security reasons.". It was one of the few times the SAS didn\u0026#039;t shoot members of an IRA \u0026#039;active service unit\u0026#039; on armed operations. Overall, the South Armagh Sniper operation carried out by the IRA was one of the most successful operations of that era of the troubles. 9 March James Hogg, a 23-year-old Protestant civilian and member of the Orange Order, was shot dead in what is thought to have been a sectarian revenge attack by the INLA. These squads were responsible for killing seven soldiers and two RUC members until the Caraher team was finally caught by the Special Air Service in April 1997. Sorry, we couldn't find what you're looking for. window.loadGTM(); The IRA ceasefire of 1994 was a blow to the South Armagh Brigade, in that it allowed the security forces to operate openly in the area without fear of attack and to build intelligence on IRA members. IN A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY with the McCabe family, republicans from across the country travelled to south Armagh to tell the criminals behind the attack which left Francis McCabe Junior badly injured last week that their activities are a disgrace. Despite British watchtowers with sophisticated surveillance equipment across south Armagh from the mid-1980s, various ex-Irish and British security personnel agree that the . subtree: true, ","isAccessibleForFree":"True","isPartOf":{"@type":["CreativeWork","Product"],"name":"Independent.ie","productID":"independent.ie:showcase"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Independent.ie","item":"https://m.independent.ie/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Irish News","item":"https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/"}]} const subscriberCookieStatus = getCookie(subscriberCookieName) || '{}'; const domain = '.independent.ie'; Paul Reece of the, 16 October 25-year-old Tony McClelland, from the Drumarg estate in Armagh city, died during a, 2 April 23-year-old RUC man Kenneth Acheson from Ballynahone Drive in the city dies when a Provisional IRA booby-trap bomb explodes under his car as he drives home from. Shortly afterwards, the Army abandoned road transport in South Armagh." Sources say that shortly before they were captured, the team was given orders by the \u0026#039;OC\u0026#039; not to carry any weapons when they were directed to a farm to collect their sniper rifle for an operation. . The British patrol manning the checkpoint returned fire. } From that point onwards, the South Armagh 'OC' and his associates became millionaires while continuing to donate a reputed 25pc of their earnings to the 'movement'. On 11 June 1993, the South Armagh Brigade attempted to shoot down a Puma helicopter taking off from the Crossmaglen base with an improvised mortar. Unlike other operations in which the SAS were involved, members of the sniper team were not killed. } Many men in the area served in the Fourth Northern Division of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence (191921) and, unlike most of the rest of the Northern Ireland IRA, on the republican side in the Irish Civil War (192223). j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'? Five men, including one who was described by police in court as the UVF's East Belfast commander, and two women, were later jailed on various charges in connection with her death. He was the only IPLO member to die while attacking state forces. window.GTMLoaded = true; A sniper rifle and other weapons were recovered. According to the victim's sister-in-law, who was present at the time of the incident, two masked men entered demanding money and fired two shots into the ceiling when Corrigan refused to hand over any cash. By the 1990s, the South Armagh Brigade was thought to consist of about 40 members,[1] roughly half of them living south of the border. There was no reaction from British security although the RUC/Army base was just 50 yards away. T uesday marked. [49] IRA members in South Armagh ceased co-operating with the RIRA after the Omagh bombing. Although from Armagh city, he was a member of the IRA's South Armagh Brigade. This page was last edited on 13 July 2022, at 18:49. The UDR member who fired the fatal shot was later brought to court on manslaughter charges but was found not guilty in the non-jury trial. subscriptionFinishDate: '1111-11-11T11:11:11Z', The Sunday Independent has learned that the South Armagh 'OC' was outed as a 'tout' earlier this year and that shortly afterwards an IRA bodyguard team was sent from Belfast to ensure. Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation. The capture of the sniper team was the single major success for the security forces in South Armagh in more than a decade,[44] and was arguably among the most important of the Troubles,[45] but by then, the IRA and Sinn Fin had achieved huge political gains towards their long-term goals. The new Irish Sea Border: What does it mean? The truck bombs were sent to England by ferry. There were no injuries on either side. subscriptionFinishDate: '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z', 3 April 1993 - A British soldier was shot and injured by the IRA near Crossmaglen, South Armagh. Stock image. [1] Over the course of the Troubles, although mainly concentrated in the years from 1969 until 1994, the small city of around 15,000 people, including some outlying areas, saw 86 deaths, including those of a number of people from the city who lost their lives elsewhere in Troubles-related incidents.[2]. userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, }; window.GTMLoaded = false; const gigyaID = getCookie('guid'); He was the 267th RUC officer to die in the Troubles. By the time of the final IRA ceasefire in August 1997, the South Armagh IRA leadership was already heavily involved in fuel and cigarette smuggling and it is believed that the British struck a deal whereby the IRA leaders could continue to benefit from the illicit trade, so long as no further attacks on security forces or bomb attacks on commercial targets took place.
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