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Mar 22, 2016 · A Catholic civilian was shot dead by Loyalists in Belfast. Saturday 23 March 1974. The Ulster Workers’ Council (UWC), a new Loyalist grouping, issued a statement calling for new elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The UWC threatened civil disobedience unless the Executive was dissolved.
The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched an attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in the village. An IRA member drove a digger with a bomb in its bucket through the perimeter fence, while the ...
Sep 29, 2023 · About Us: We are Project RUC 100, a non-political and independent history and remembrance project team of former police officers who wish to publicly recognise, promote and protect the history of the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC and to commemorate the centenary of the Force’s foundation during June 1922. This website provides online opportunities for all who served and supported the Force ...
Jul 8, 2023 · It was the commission's ruling in 1998, mere weeks after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement pointed to a new future for Northern Ireland, that set the stage for a major confrontation ...
May 2, 2014 · Date: 13/08/1971. 15 May 1971 – William ‘Billy’ Reid, an IRA member, was shot dead by British soldiers in Belfast. [According to ‘Lost Lives’ Reid was the person who fired the shot which killed Robert Curtis, the first British soldier to be killed in ‘the Troubles’, on 6 February 1971.
Jun 1, 2016 · 2nd June. ——————————-. Friday 2 June 1972. Two British Army soldiers were killed in a land mine attack by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) near Rosslea, County Fermanagh. Saturday 2 June 1973. Two Protestant civilians were shot dead by members of a Loyalist paramilitary group during an attack in Druse Street, Belfast ...
This Northern Ireland timeline lists significant dates and events during the Troubles, as well as significant background events and incidents post-1998. This timeline focuses on political developments and includes significant acts of paramilitary violence or terrorism. 1980. January 23rd: Patrick Giuseppe Conlon, father of Gerard Conlon and a ...
