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The Troubles in Trillick

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The Troubles in Trillick refers to incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Trillick, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Incidents in Trillick during the Troubles resulting in fatalities:

1971

  • 9 February 1971 - John Eakins (52), Harry Edgar (26) and George Beck (43), protestants, William Thomas (35) from Wales and David Henson (24) from England, all civilians, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) landmine attack while travelling in a civilian landrover at Brougher Mountain, near Trillick. It was mistaken for a British Army (BA) vehicle.

    • 1974

  • 17 January 1974 - Robert Jameson (22), a protestant off-duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), was shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) while returning home from work, near his home in Trillick.
  • 24 July 1974 - Patrick Kelly, a local nationalist councillor, was shot dead returning home from work. His body was dumped in nearby Lough Eyes, County Fermanagh, leading to a widespread community search at that time. No one was ever charged.

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