a list of other 'landmark' incidents
Chronology of Major Violent Incidents, 1969-1994
1971
Monday 9 August 1971
14 people were killed in separate shooting incidents in Belfast (13
civilians - 10 Catholics and 3 Protestant - and 1 member of the Irish Republican
Army, IRA). 13 were killed by members of the British Army and one killed
by a Republican group.
Saturday 4 December 1971
15 Catholic civilians were killed in a bomb attack on McGurk's Bar,
North Queen Street, Belfast. The attack was carried out by the Ulster Volunteer
Force (UVF).
1972
Sunday 30 January 1972
‘Bloody Sunday’: 14 Catholic civilians were killed at a civil rights march
in Derry. They were shot by members of the British Army.
Friday 21 July 1972
‘Bloody Friday’: 9 people were killed in 2 separate explosions in Belfast,
at Cavehill Road and Oxford Street bus station. The attacks were carried
out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Of those killed there were 7 civilians
- 5 Protestants and 2 Catholics - and 2 members of the British Army.
Monday 31 July 1972
9 civilians - 5 Protestant and 4 Catholic - were killed (3 died the following
week) as a result of 3 car bombs in Claudy, County Derry. The attacks were
carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1974
Monday 4 February 1974
12 people were killed in a bomb attack on a British Army coach travelling
along the M62 in Yorkshire, England. The attack was carried out by the
Irish Republican Army (IRA). Of those killed 9 were members of the British
Army and 3 were civilians.
Friday 17 May 1974
33 civilians were killed (some died in the following weeks) in car
bomb explosions in Dublin city centre and in Monaghan, County Monaghan.
The attacks were carried out by Loyalist paramilitaries. In Dublin 26 were
killed while in Monaghan there were 7 killed. These related incidents represent
the greatest loss of life in a single day as a result of the conflict.
Thursday 21 November 1974
20 civilians were killed in two explosions in public houses in Birmingham,
England. The attacks were carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1976
Monday 5 January 1976
10 Protestant civilians were killed when the minibus in which they
were travelling was ambushed near Bessbrook in County Armagh. The attack
was carried out by the Republican Action Force (RAF).
1978
Tuesday 17 January 1978
12 Protestant civilians were killed in an incendiary bomb attack on
the ‘La Mon’ House Restaurant in County Down. The attack was carried out
by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1979
Monday 27 August 1979
18 members of the British Army were killed in two remote-controlled
bomb attacks near Warrenpoint, County Down. The attack was carried out
by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1982
Tuesday 20 July 1982
11 members of the British Army were killed in two remote-controlled
bomb attacks in London, England. The attacks were carried out by the Irish
Republican Army (IRA).
Monday 6 December 1982
17 people were killed when a bomb exploded at the ‘Droppin Well’ Bar
in Ballykelly, County Derry. The attack was carried out by the Irish National
Liberation Army (INLA). Of those killed 11 were members of the British
Army and 6 were civilians - 4 Protestant; 1 Catholic (1 born outside Northern
Ireland).
1985
Thursday 28 February 1985
9 members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) were killed in a mortar
bomb attack on an RUC base in Newry, County Down. The attack was carried
out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
1987
Friday 8 May 1987
8 members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and one Catholic civilian
were killed as the IRA attempted to carried out a gun and bomb attack on
Loughgall Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in County Armagh. The 9
people were killed by undercover members of the British Army, believed
to be the Special Air Service (SAS).
Sunday 8 November 1987
11 people - 10 Protestant civilians and 1 member of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary (RUC) - were killed in a bomb attack in Enniskillen during
the Remembrance Day Ceremony. The attack was carried out by the Irish Republican
Army (IRA).
1989
Friday 22 September 1989
11 members of the British Army were killed in a bomb attack on a British
Army base in Kent, England. The attack was carried out by the Irish Republican
Army (IRA).
1993
Thursday 21 October 1993
10 people - 9 Protestant civilians and 1 member of the Irish Republican
Army (IRA) - were killed in a premature explosion at a fish shop on the
Shankill Road in Belfast. The attack was carried out by the IRA.
Saturday 30 October 1993
7 civilians - 6 Catholic and 1 Protestant - were killed in a gun attack
at the Rising Sun bar in Greysteel, County Derry. The attack was carried
out by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).
1994
Saturday 18 June 1994
6 Catholic civilians were killed in a gun attack on a bar in Loughinisland,
County Down. The attack was carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
1998
Saturday 15 August 1998
29 civilians were killed as a result of a bomb attack in the centre of Omagh, County Tyrone. This attack was the work of a Republican splinter group calling itself the "real" IRA.