The Troubles in Moy

The Troubles in Moy

The Troubles in Moy recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Moy, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

Incidents in Moy during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1973
*5 August 1973 - Francis Mullen (59) and Bernadette Mullen (39), Catholic civilians, were found shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force at their farmhouse, near Moy.1975
*23 October 1975 - Peter McKearney (63) and Jane McKearney (58), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force at their home, Listamlet, near Moy.1976
*17 May 1976 - Robert Dobson (35) and Thomas Dobson (38), both Protestant civilians, were shot and killed by a non-specific Republican group at their workplace, an egg packing factory in Dungannon Street, Moy.1992
*3 January 1992 - John McKearney (69) and Kevin McKearney (32), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force at their butcher's shop, Moy. John McKearney died on 4 April 1992.

*6 September 1992 - Charles Fox (63) and Teresa Fox (53), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force at their home, Listamlat Road, near Moy.

References

* [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/ NI Conflict Archive on the Internet]

There were several other Protestant deaths in Moy during the Troubles.George McCall (aged 22) an ex UDR man was murdered by the IRA while out walking near his home on 2 August 1977.Fred Lutton (aged 40) an ex RUC man was murdered by the IRA while he worked at The Argory on 1 May 1979.John Donnelly (aged 56) an off-duty UDR man was murdered by the IRA as he was drinking in The Village Inn on 16 April 1981.Fred Irwin (aged 43) a UDR man who lived in Moy was murdered by the IRA while driving to his workplace in Dungannon on 29 October 1979.Robin Farmer (aged 19) an innocent civilian was murdered by the INLA while working in his father's shop on 21 December 1991. His father was a former RUC man.

Two policemen who grew up and whose families lived in Moy were also murdered during the Troubles.Robert (Roy) Leslie (aged 20) was murdered by the IRA in Strabane on 11 September 1971. Kenneth Acheson (aged 23) was murdered by the IRA in Bessbrook on 2 April 1981.

All information has been taken from An Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland 1969-1993.


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