The Troubles in Lisburn

The Troubles in Lisburn

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 two or more fatalities:

1976
*25 January 1976 - Raymond Mayes (33) and John Tennyson (27), both Catholic civilians, were killed in a bomb attack by a non-specific Loyalist group 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 a non-specific Loyalist group on their Golden Pheasant Inn, Ballynahinch Road, Baillies Mills, near Lisburn.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.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 Street, Lisburn.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.

References

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


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