The Troubles in Garvagh

The Troubles in Garvagh

The Troubles in Northern Ireland claimed the lives of five people in the town of Garvagh in County Londonderry. All were Protestant and all were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. One was a Royal Ulster Constabulary officer, one was in the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) and the other three were civilians. All were killed individually except Alan Smith and John McCloy, who were both killed on 20 April 1994 while sitting in a car on Main Street.John had been mistaken for his brother, who was in the UDR.

References

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

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