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The Troubles in Coagh

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The Troubles in Coagh recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Coagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Incidents in Coagh during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1972

  • 16 October 1972 - Patrick Mullan (34) and Hugh Herron (38), both Catholic members of the Official Irish Republican Army, were shot and killed by the British Army while travelling in a car at a British Army vehicle check point, outside St Patrick's Hall, Ardboe, six miles outside Coagh.

    • 1989

  • 7 March 1989 - Leslie Dallas (38), an alleged Ulster Volunteer Force member, Austin Nelson (62) and Ernest Rankin (72), both Protestant civilians, were shot and killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army at Leslie Dallas' garage in Hanover Square, Coagh.
  • 29 November 1989 - Liam Ryan (39) a Catholic member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and Michael Devlin (33), a Catholic civilian were shot dead during an Ulster Volunteer Force gun attack on the Battery Bar, Moortown, six miles from Coagh.

    • 1991

  • 3 June 1991 - Peter Ryan (35), Lawrence McNally (39) and Anthony Doris (22), all Catholic members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were shot and killed during an ambush by undercover British Army members.

    • References

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