The Troubles in Castlerock
- The Troubles in Castlerock
The only fatal incident of the Northern Irish Troubles in Castlerock, County Londonderry occurred on 25 March 1993. James Kelly (25) who was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and James McKenna (52), Gerard Dalrymple (58) and Noel O'Kane (20) who were all civilians, were shot dead as they arrived to start work in Gortree Park. The men were builders and renovating houses as part of a renewal contract with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. Just yards away, some parents were helping their children (all under 12) onto their school bus.
All four men were Roman Catholic and were shot by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF). [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/ NI Conflict Archive on the Internet] ] The weapons were later used by the same gang in carrying out the Halloween Greysteel massacre at the Rising Sun pub on 31 October1993. It has been claimed that one of the gang was a double agent and protected by the Royal Ulster Constabulary's Special Branch. [ [http://www.sdlp.ie/prdallatalarmatpolice.shtm "Dallat Alarm at Police Inaction Before Greysteel] ] [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,1710724,00.html Freed Ulster killer 'paid £50,000 salary for being police informer] ] Torrens Knight received eight life sentences for the Greysteel massacre, together with four more for the murders of four Catholic workmen killed seven months earlier in Castlerock. He served seven years in prison before paramilitary prisoners were granted a general release under the Good Friday Agreement.
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