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*25 January 1976 - Raymond Mayes (33) and John Tennyson (27), both Catholic [[civilian]]s, were killed in a bomb attack by the [[Ulster Defence Association]]<ref>McKittrick, David. ''Lost Lives''. Mainstream, 1999. p.620</ref> on the Hibernian Social Club, Conway Street, Lisburn. |
*25 January 1976 - Raymond Mayes (33) and John Tennyson (27), both Catholic [[civilian]]s, were killed in a bomb attack by the [[Ulster Defence Association]]<ref>McKittrick, David. ''Lost Lives''. Mainstream, 1999. p.620</ref> on the Hibernian Social Club, Conway Street, Lisburn. |
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*9 March 1976 - Anthony O'Reilly (43) and Myles O'Reilly (41), both Catholic [[civilian]]s, and restaurant owners, were shot dead during a gun and bomb attack by |
*9 March 1976 - Anthony O'Reilly (43) and Myles O'Reilly (41), both Catholic [[civilian]]s, and restaurant owners, were shot dead during a gun and bomb attack by the Ulster Volunteer Force]] on their Golden Pheasant Inn, Ballynahinch Road, [[Baillies Mills]], near Lisburn.<ref>McKittrick, David. ''Lost Lives'' p.631</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:02, 19 December 2013
The Troubles in Lisburn recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Lisburn during the Troubles resulting in fatalities:
1976
- 25 January 1976 - Raymond Mayes (33) and John Tennyson (27), both Catholic civilians, were killed in a bomb attack by the Ulster Defence Association[1] on the Hibernian Social Club, Conway Street, Lisburn.
- 9 March 1976 - Anthony O'Reilly (43) and Myles O'Reilly (41), both Catholic civilians, and restaurant owners, were shot dead during a gun and bomb attack by the Ulster Volunteer Force]] on their Golden Pheasant Inn, Ballynahinch Road, Baillies Mills, near Lisburn.[2]
1978
- 22 April 1978 - Millar McAllister (36) a Constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, was shot dead at his home in front of his family at Woodland Park by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
1980
- 17 January 1980 - Mark Cochrane (17) and Abayoni Olorunda (35), both civilians, and Kevin Delaney (26), a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were killed in a premature bomb explosion while travelling on the train between Lisburn and Belfast.
1983
- 23 September 1983 - James Ferris (43) a Prison Officer in the Northern Ireland Prison Service, was stabbed during the Republican Prisoners break out at HMP Maze. He died of a heart attack on the 25 September 1983 as a direct result.
1987
- 12 June 1987 – Joseph McLlwaine (20) a Part Time Private soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot dead at his civilian place of work at Aberdelgy Golf Club Lambeg, Lisburn by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
- 22 December 1987 - Ulster Defence Association leader John McMichael (38) was killed in a car bomb outside his home in the loyalist Hilden estate. The attack was claimed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
1988
- 15 June 1988 - Derek Green (20), Michael Winkler (31), Mark Clavey (24), Graham Lambie (22), William Paterson (22) and Ian Metcalfe (36), off duty members of the British Army, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb attached to their minibus, Market Place, Lisburn. (See 1988 Lisburn van bombing).
- 2 August 1988 – John Warnock (45) a Detective Constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, was killed when an under vehicle booby trap bomb exploded under his car at Sloan Street Lisburn. The Provisional Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility for his murder.
1990
- 23 September 1990 - William Allister (46), civilian, and George Friars (28), a member of the Ulster Defence Association, were shot dead by the Ulster Freedom Fighters while in the County Down Arms, Hillhall Road, Lisburn. Friars was an alleged informer and died on 7 October 1990.
1996
- 11 October 1996 - James Bradwell (43), a member of the British Army, died four days after being injured during an IRA car bomb attack on Thiepval British Army headquarters.