The Troubles in Coalisland
The Troubles in Coalisland recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
From 1969 to 2001, a total of 20 people were shot in or near Coalisland as part of the Troubles. The British Army killed a total of 8 people, 7 of whom were IRA members (see below) and one a Catholic civilian,[1] and the IRA in turn killed 2 British soldiers, 3 RUC policemen, 3 UDR soldiers, 1 ex-UDR soldier, and 2 Catholic civilians, all in separate incidents. The UVF was responsible for the murder of 1 Catholic in the nearby town of Aughnamullan.[2]
Incidents in Coalisland during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1983
- 4 December 1983 - Colm McGirr (23) and Brian Campbell (19), both members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were shot dead by an undercover British Army soldier whilst approaching an arms dump in a field near Coalisland.
1992
- 16 February 1992 - Kevin O'Donnell (21), Sean O'Farrell (23), Peter Clancy (19) and Patrick Vincent (20), all members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were shot dead by the British Army in the car park of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dernagh, near Coalisland, shortly after they had been involved in a machine gun attack on Coalisland British Army/Royal Ulster Constabulary base.
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