Reavey and O'Dowd killings
- Reavey and O'Dowd killings
The Reavey and O'Dowd killings were the killing of six Catholics in Armagh, Northern Ireland, by loyalist paramilitaries on January 4, 1976. Three of the dead were brothers from the Reavey family and the other three were from the O'Dowd family.
On January 4, 1976, three Catholic brothers, John, Brian and Anthony Reavey, were shot and killed in Whitecross. Within 30 minutes, three more Catholics, Joseph O'Dowd and his two nephews Barry and Declan O’Dowd, were shot dead in Ballydougan by members of the Ulster Volunteer Force. [Bandit Country, Toby Harnden, p. 133]
The South Armagh Republican Action Force, alleged to be a cover name for local members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, retaliated the next day with the killings of ten Protestant civilians in the Kingsmill massacre.
The Reavey and O'Dowd killings were carried out by men with dual membership of the Ulster Volunteer Force and British security forces, Fact|date=December 2007 and are alleged to have included RUC Special Patrol Group member Billy McCaughey. [ [http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2006/feb11_Loyalist_took_secrets_to_grave.php "Loyalist took vital secrets to his grave", Sharon O'Neill, Irish News, February 11 2006] ]
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