The Troubles in Ballynahinch (Down)

The Troubles in Ballynahinch (Down)

The Troubles in Ballynahinch recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland.

Incidents in Ballynahinch during the Troubles:

1986
*16 October 1986 - Terence Mullan (31) and Kathleen Mullan (79), both Catholic civilians, were shot dead by the Ulster Freedom Fighters at their home, Dromore Road, Ballynahinch.1997
*January 1997 - three Grenadier Guardsmen narrowly escaped a murder attempt by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The soldiers, based at Ballykinler, were socialising in a Ballynahinch bar. A bomb was attached to their car which exploded when one of the soldiers was checking the vehicle for explosives. None of the soldiers were seriously hurt.

References

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


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