The Troubles in Newtownhamilton

The Troubles in Newtownhamilton

The Troubles in Newtownhamilton recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Newtownhamilton, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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

1973
*7 April 1973 - Steven Harrison (26) and Terence Brown (26), both members of the British Army, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their mobile patrol, near Newtownhamilton.1975
*24 August 1975 - Colm McCartney (22) and Sean Farmer (30), both Catholic civilians, were found shot dead by the Ulster Volunteer Force shortly after being abducted from a car, near Newtownhamilton.

*1 September 1975 - James McKee (70), Ronald McKee (40), John Johnston (80) and Nevin McConnell (40), all Protestant civilians, were shot dead during a South Armagh Republican Action Force gun attack on Tullyvallen Orange Hall, Newtownhamilton. William Herron (63), who was also shot, died of his wounds two days later.

References

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


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