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The Troubles in Forkhill recounts incidents during, and the effects of, the Troubles in Forkhill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The Troubles in Cookstown recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
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The Ballygawley bus bombing was a roadside bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland. It occurred in the early hours of 20 August 1988 in the townland of Curr near Ballygawley, County Tyrone. The attack killed eight soldiers and wounded another 28. In the wake of the bombing, the British Army began ferrying its troops in and out of County Tyrone by helicopter.
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The Killeen Landmine attack took place on the 20 May 1985 when four Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers were killed when the Provisional IRA exploded an estimated 1,000 pound roadside bomb hidden in a trailer at Killean, County Armagh. The attack occurred just three months after nine RUC officers were killed and 37 injured in the 1985 Newry mortar attack.
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References
- ↑ Malcolm Sutton. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1975.html
- ↑ "Chronological list of deaths, 1983". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ↑ "Chronological list of deaths, 1985". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 11 August 2010.
- ↑ "Chronological list of deaths, 1988". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 11 August 2010.