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The following is a Timeline of British Amy & Police undercover operations during [[Operation Banner]] during the [[The Troubles|1969 - 1998 Northern Irish conflict]] in [[Northern Ireland]] that resulted in death or injury. Including operations by the [[Special Air Service|SAS]], [[14 Intelligence Company]], the [[Military Reaction Force]] (MRF) & RUC Special Patrol Group & Special Branch.
(Any help to fill in missing spaces is greatly aappreciated.)
==1970s==
===1972===
*15 April - Brothers Gerry and John Conway—both Catholic civilians—were walking along Whiterock Road to catch a bus.<ref name=murray44-45>Murray, Raymond. ''The SAS in Ireland''. Mercier Press, 1990. pp.44-45</ref> <ref name=dirty52-55>Marrtin Dillon, ''The Dirty War'', pp.52–55</ref> As they passed St Thomas's School, a car stopped, and three men leapt out and began shooting at them with pistols.<ref name=dirty52-55/><ref name=murray44-45/> The brothers ran, but both were shot and wounded.<ref name=dirty52-55/> Witnesses said one of the gunmen returned to the car and spoke into a handset radio. Shortly afterward two [[armoured personnel carrier]]s arrived, and there was a conversation between the uniformed and the plainclothes soldiers.<ref name=dirty52-55/> The three vehicles then left, and the brothers were taken by ambulance to the [[Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast|Royal Victoria Hospital]].<ref name=dirty52-55/> The British Army told journalists that a patrol had encountered two wanted men, that one had fired at the patrol, and that the patrol returned fire.<ref name=dirty52-55/> In a 1978 interview, a former MRF member claimed he had been one of the gunmen.<ref name=murray44-45/>. On 1 December 2015 the PSNI listed this shooting as one of nine incidents it was investigating in relation to the activities of the British Army's [[Military Reaction Force]] (MRF)<ref>[http://bit.ly/2WoZTmX At approximately 8.00 am two brothers were shot and injured in the Whiterock Road area of west Belfast.]</ref>
*6 May - A 18 year old male was shot and injured at the Glen Road area of west Belfast, by the [[Military Reaction Force|MRF]].
*7 May - A 15-year-old boy was shot and injured outside a disco in the Glen Road area of west Belfast by the MRF.
*9 May - The MRF fired shoots at a vehicle in the Kashmir Road area of west Belfast. Nobody was injured
*12 May - Patrick McVeigh a 44 year old Cathlic civilian was shot dead by the British Armies undercover MRF unit, at Riverdale Park South, [[Andersonstown]], Belfast. Four other people were injured in the attack.
*12 May - Later the same night Patrick McVeigh was shot and killed, the MRF shot and injured a 18 year old man in the Slievegallion area of west Belfast.
*26 May - The MRF shot and injured a 34 year old man, in the Silvio Street area of north Belfast.
*22 June - In the afternoon the MRF shot and injured four civilians in the Glen Road area of west Belfast.
*26 June - 19 year old Catholic civilian Daniel Rooney was shot dead by the MRF, at St James Crescent, Falls Road, Belfast. Another 18 year old man was also shot and injured in this shooting attack.<ref>http://bit.ly/2M4IMTj>
* In total at least two people were killed by the MRF between April - June 1972 with another 13 people being injured. <ref>[http://bit.ly/2WoZTTZ CAIN Web Service A Chronology of the Conflict - 1972 ]
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*2 October - Attack on MRF - After extracting confessions from IRA Volunteers the IRA Belfast Brigade attacked the the Military Reaction Force. From the confessions of one of the IRA Volunteers, they found out the MRF had a number of front companies including the [[Four Square Laundry]] and the Gemini massage parlour on [[Antrim Road]]. The Belfast Brigades 2nd Battalion lead by [[Brendan Hughes]] first attacked the Four Square Laundry van in the [[Twinbrook, Belfast]] area. Four Volunteers attacked the van & killed the driver who was a undercover soldier in the [[Royal Engineers]], a MRF woman posing as Nationalist under attack from Loyalists escaped. The IRA claimed they machine-gunned & killed undercover operatives in the hidden roof part of the van, the 3rd Battalion of the brigade shot up the Massage Parlour. The IRA claimed they had killed five undercover soldiers, the British only admitted to one killing , the driver shot dead at Twinbrook.<ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.119,120</ref>
===1976===
*16 April – IRA Volunter (IRA Vol.) and Staff Officer in the [[Provisional IRA]]'s [[South Armagh Brigade]] 1st Battalion, [[Peter Cleary]] was shot dead by the [[Special Air Service|SAS]] in the [[County Armagh|south Armagh]] area near his sisters home in [[Forkhill]]. <ref>Tony Harnden – Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.161 - 163</ref> <ref>.</ref>
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===1977===
*16 January – [[Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade]] Vol. Seamus Harvey was shot dead by four SAS soldiers in [[Coolderry]], [[Armagh]]. <ref>Tony Harnden – Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.155 – 157</ref>
*12 December – [[Irish National Liberation Army]] Volunteer (INLA Vol.) Colm "Rooster" McNutt was shot dead by 14 Intelligence Company in the [[Bogside]] area of County Derry. <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.42-43</ref>
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===1978===
*26 February – IRA Vol. Paul Duffy was shot by the SAS at farmyard while retrieving an arms cache, in [[Ardboe]], [[County Tyrone]]. Duffy was the first IRA Vol. to be shot outside of [[South Armagh Brigade|south Armagh]]. <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.3</ref>
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*17 March - During a gun battle between the SAS & IRA, in a field near [[Maghera]], the IRA unit shot dead SAS Lance-Corpral David Jones & injured another soldier, the SAS shot and badly injured the IRA Commander for their [[South Derry Brigade]] and future [[1981 Hunger Strike]]r [[South Derry Brigade]], [[Francis Hughes]] who was captured after the gun battle. See: [[1978 Lisnamuck shoot-out]]
*10 June - IRA Vol. Denis Heaney was shot dead by soldiers from the [[14 Intelligence Company]] while attempting to steal a car in the [[Bogside]] area of [[Derry]].<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.44,55</ref>
*21 June - An IRA [[active service unit]] of three Volunteers was shot & killed by the SAS while trying to plant a bomb in a post office on the Ballysillan Road, [[Belfast]]. The IRA Vols. killed were Denis Brown, Willaim Mailey and John Mulvenna, they were the first IRA Vols. killed by the SAS in Belfast. Also shot by the SAS was a [[Ulster Volunter Force]] (UVF) member William Hanna. <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.60</ref>
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==1980s==
===1980===
2 May - SAS [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] [[Herbert Richard Westmacott]] was killed by a unit of the [[Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade]] known as the "M60 Gang" during a shoot-out on the [[Antrim Road]]. Westmacott was one of the most senior British Army personnel to be killed by the IRA during Operation Banner & the most senior SAS man.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.140, 171</ref> <ref>Bowyer Bell, pp.487–488</ref>
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===1984===
*2 December - An IRA unit from the [[Provisional IRA Derry Brigade]], [[Kieran Fleming]] and [[Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde|Tony Mcbride]] was ambushed killed by the SAS and two killed during a gun battle in [[Kesh]], west [[County Fermanagh]], two of the IRA men escaped, and Fleming died drowning while trying to escape. During the battle the IRA killed SAS Lance Corporal [[Alistair Slater]], one of the highest ranking soldiers killed during Operation Banner.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.191 - 193</ref>
*6 December [[Kesh ambush]] - Two IRA Vols. [[William Fleming (Irish republican)|William Fleming]] & Danny Doherty were shot in the grounds of Gransha Hospital of Clooney Road, Derry by the SAS while on a motor bike. William Fleming was the brother of Kieran Fleming who died four days earlier.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.194, 195</ref>
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===1985===
*23 February - A three man IRA unit was ambushed & killed by the SAS in the [[County Tyrone]] town of [[Strabane]]. Those were killed were unit commander [[Charles Breslin]], and brothers Michael & David Devine. At just 16 years old David Devine was the youngest IRA Volunteer to be killed by enemy forces. See: [[Strabane ambush]].<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.197 - 199</ref>
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===1986===
*26 April - IRA Fermanagh Brigade Commander [[Séamus McElwaine]] was shot dead by the SAS while preparing a ambush near [[Rosslea]], [[County Fermanagh]]. Another IRA Vol. [[Seán Lynch (politician)|Sean Lynch]] was badly injured during the ambush.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.140 - 143</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0t47>
===1987===
*8 May 1987 - [[Loughgall Ambush]] - The IRA suffered it's heaviest lost since 1921 when it was ambushed at [[Loughgall]] police station by the SAS. It was one of the most experienced IRA units ever assembled including Vols. like [[Jim Lynagh]], [[Pádraig McKearney]] & [[Patrick Joseph Kelly]] who were all over 30 years of age at the time of the ambush, and who had carried out many high profile actions before like the [[Attack on Ballygawley barracks]], the [[Attack on RUC Birches barracks]] and the deaths of [[Norman Stronge]] and his sone along with the burning of [[Tynan_Abbey#Destruction_of_Tynan_Abbey|Tynan Abbey]] .<ref>Peter Taylor - Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein pp.317 - 322</ref> <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.224 - 237</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2M8rSU2>
===1988===
*6 March - Three unarmed IRA Volunteers were killed at in [[Gibraltar]] by the SAS, those killed were [[Seán Savage]], [[Daniel McCann]], and [[Mairéad Farrell]] (all senior members of [[Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade]] )
*30 August - [[Ambush at Drumnakilly]] - Three IRA Volunteers were ambushed by the SAS while trying to cary out a killing of a UDR soldier. Those killed were brothers Gerard (29 years old) and Martin Harte (23), and their brother-in-law Brian Mullin (26) all from the [[East Tyrone Brigade]].<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0t47>
==1990s==
===1990===
*9 October - Two of the IRA's most wanted men [[Martin McCaughey]] and [[Dessie Grew]] were ambushed and shot dead by [[14 Intelligence Company]] while returning weapons back to an arms cache in a field at [[Loughgall]].<ref>Peter Taylor - Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein pp.325</ref> <ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.313-314, 318</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0vcf>
===1991===
*3 June 1991 - [[Coagh ambush]] - Three IRA Volunteers, Tony Doris (21 years old), Michael "Pete" Ryan (37) (on the run at the time from the RUC since 1981) and Lawrence McNally (39), all from ther [[East Tyrone Brigade]] were shot and killed by the SAS in ambush using a UDR soldier a bait and a decoy for the unit to attack.<ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.318</ref> <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.224 - 237</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2M9BxK7>
===1992===
*16 February - [[Clonoe ambush]] - Four IRA Volunteers attacked a RUC station in [[Coalisland]] with Heavey machine-gunes, all Volunteers were from the [[East Tyrone Brigade]] & were ambushed by the SAS shortly after the attack on the RUC base. The Volunteers killed were Patrick Vincent (20 years of age), was shot dead with five bullets whilst still in its cab. Peter Clancy (19) (hit by ten bullets) and Kevin O'Donnell (21) (shot twice) were killed whilst dismounting the DShk on the back of the lorry, Sean O'Farrell (23) was pursued on foot across the church grounds over a distance of 100 yards before being shot dead with five bullets.<ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.318</ref> <ref>Peter Taylor - Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein pp.359</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0wgj>
==See Also==
*[[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79)]]
*[[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1980–89)]]
*[[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990–99)]]
*[[Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions]]
*[[Timeline of the Troubles in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain]]
*[[Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process]]
==References==
(Any help to fill in missing spaces is greatly aappreciated.)
==1970s==
===1972===
*15 April - Brothers Gerry and John Conway—both Catholic civilians—were walking along Whiterock Road to catch a bus.<ref name=murray44-45>Murray, Raymond. ''The SAS in Ireland''. Mercier Press, 1990. pp.44-45</ref> <ref name=dirty52-55>Marrtin Dillon, ''The Dirty War'', pp.52–55</ref> As they passed St Thomas's School, a car stopped, and three men leapt out and began shooting at them with pistols.<ref name=dirty52-55/><ref name=murray44-45/> The brothers ran, but both were shot and wounded.<ref name=dirty52-55/> Witnesses said one of the gunmen returned to the car and spoke into a handset radio. Shortly afterward two [[armoured personnel carrier]]s arrived, and there was a conversation between the uniformed and the plainclothes soldiers.<ref name=dirty52-55/> The three vehicles then left, and the brothers were taken by ambulance to the [[Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast|Royal Victoria Hospital]].<ref name=dirty52-55/> The British Army told journalists that a patrol had encountered two wanted men, that one had fired at the patrol, and that the patrol returned fire.<ref name=dirty52-55/> In a 1978 interview, a former MRF member claimed he had been one of the gunmen.<ref name=murray44-45/>. On 1 December 2015 the PSNI listed this shooting as one of nine incidents it was investigating in relation to the activities of the British Army's [[Military Reaction Force]] (MRF)<ref>[http://bit.ly/2WoZTmX At approximately 8.00 am two brothers were shot and injured in the Whiterock Road area of west Belfast.]</ref>
*6 May - A 18 year old male was shot and injured at the Glen Road area of west Belfast, by the [[Military Reaction Force|MRF]].
*7 May - A 15-year-old boy was shot and injured outside a disco in the Glen Road area of west Belfast by the MRF.
*9 May - The MRF fired shoots at a vehicle in the Kashmir Road area of west Belfast. Nobody was injured
*12 May - Patrick McVeigh a 44 year old Cathlic civilian was shot dead by the British Armies undercover MRF unit, at Riverdale Park South, [[Andersonstown]], Belfast. Four other people were injured in the attack.
*12 May - Later the same night Patrick McVeigh was shot and killed, the MRF shot and injured a 18 year old man in the Slievegallion area of west Belfast.
*26 May - The MRF shot and injured a 34 year old man, in the Silvio Street area of north Belfast.
*22 June - In the afternoon the MRF shot and injured four civilians in the Glen Road area of west Belfast.
*26 June - 19 year old Catholic civilian Daniel Rooney was shot dead by the MRF, at St James Crescent, Falls Road, Belfast. Another 18 year old man was also shot and injured in this shooting attack.<ref>http://bit.ly/2M4IMTj>
* In total at least two people were killed by the MRF between April - June 1972 with another 13 people being injured. <ref>[http://bit.ly/2WoZTTZ CAIN Web Service A Chronology of the Conflict - 1972 ]
</ref>
*2 October - Attack on MRF - After extracting confessions from IRA Volunteers the IRA Belfast Brigade attacked the the Military Reaction Force. From the confessions of one of the IRA Volunteers, they found out the MRF had a number of front companies including the [[Four Square Laundry]] and the Gemini massage parlour on [[Antrim Road]]. The Belfast Brigades 2nd Battalion lead by [[Brendan Hughes]] first attacked the Four Square Laundry van in the [[Twinbrook, Belfast]] area. Four Volunteers attacked the van & killed the driver who was a undercover soldier in the [[Royal Engineers]], a MRF woman posing as Nationalist under attack from Loyalists escaped. The IRA claimed they machine-gunned & killed undercover operatives in the hidden roof part of the van, the 3rd Battalion of the brigade shot up the Massage Parlour. The IRA claimed they had killed five undercover soldiers, the British only admitted to one killing , the driver shot dead at Twinbrook.<ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.119,120</ref>
===1976===
*16 April – IRA Volunter (IRA Vol.) and Staff Officer in the [[Provisional IRA]]'s [[South Armagh Brigade]] 1st Battalion, [[Peter Cleary]] was shot dead by the [[Special Air Service|SAS]] in the [[County Armagh|south Armagh]] area near his sisters home in [[Forkhill]]. <ref>Tony Harnden – Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.161 - 163</ref> <ref>.</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0rt1>
===1977===
*16 January – [[Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade]] Vol. Seamus Harvey was shot dead by four SAS soldiers in [[Coolderry]], [[Armagh]]. <ref>Tony Harnden – Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh pp.155 – 157</ref>
*12 December – [[Irish National Liberation Army]] Volunteer (INLA Vol.) Colm "Rooster" McNutt was shot dead by 14 Intelligence Company in the [[Bogside]] area of County Derry. <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.42-43</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2M4lGw3>
===1978===
*26 February – IRA Vol. Paul Duffy was shot by the SAS at farmyard while retrieving an arms cache, in [[Ardboe]], [[County Tyrone]]. Duffy was the first IRA Vol. to be shot outside of [[South Armagh Brigade|south Armagh]]. <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.3</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0s03>
*17 March - During a gun battle between the SAS & IRA, in a field near [[Maghera]], the IRA unit shot dead SAS Lance-Corpral David Jones & injured another soldier, the SAS shot and badly injured the IRA Commander for their [[South Derry Brigade]] and future [[1981 Hunger Strike]]r [[South Derry Brigade]], [[Francis Hughes]] who was captured after the gun battle. See: [[1978 Lisnamuck shoot-out]]
*10 June - IRA Vol. Denis Heaney was shot dead by soldiers from the [[14 Intelligence Company]] while attempting to steal a car in the [[Bogside]] area of [[Derry]].<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.44,55</ref>
*21 June - An IRA [[active service unit]] of three Volunteers was shot & killed by the SAS while trying to plant a bomb in a post office on the Ballysillan Road, [[Belfast]]. The IRA Vols. killed were Denis Brown, Willaim Mailey and John Mulvenna, they were the first IRA Vols. killed by the SAS in Belfast. Also shot by the SAS was a [[Ulster Volunter Force]] (UVF) member William Hanna. <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.60</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0s03>
==1980s==
===1980===
2 May - SAS [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] [[Herbert Richard Westmacott]] was killed by a unit of the [[Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade]] known as the "M60 Gang" during a shoot-out on the [[Antrim Road]]. Westmacott was one of the most senior British Army personnel to be killed by the IRA during Operation Banner & the most senior SAS man.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.140, 171</ref> <ref>Bowyer Bell, pp.487–488</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2M5KO5K>
===1984===
*2 December - An IRA unit from the [[Provisional IRA Derry Brigade]], [[Kieran Fleming]] and [[Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde|Tony Mcbride]] was ambushed killed by the SAS and two killed during a gun battle in [[Kesh]], west [[County Fermanagh]], two of the IRA men escaped, and Fleming died drowning while trying to escape. During the battle the IRA killed SAS Lance Corporal [[Alistair Slater]], one of the highest ranking soldiers killed during Operation Banner.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.191 - 193</ref>
*6 December [[Kesh ambush]] - Two IRA Vols. [[William Fleming (Irish republican)|William Fleming]] & Danny Doherty were shot in the grounds of Gransha Hospital of Clooney Road, Derry by the SAS while on a motor bike. William Fleming was the brother of Kieran Fleming who died four days earlier.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.194, 195</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0sx5>
===1985===
*23 February - A three man IRA unit was ambushed & killed by the SAS in the [[County Tyrone]] town of [[Strabane]]. Those were killed were unit commander [[Charles Breslin]], and brothers Michael & David Devine. At just 16 years old David Devine was the youngest IRA Volunteer to be killed by enemy forces. See: [[Strabane ambush]].<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.197 - 199</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2M86k9U>
===1986===
*26 April - IRA Fermanagh Brigade Commander [[Séamus McElwaine]] was shot dead by the SAS while preparing a ambush near [[Rosslea]], [[County Fermanagh]]. Another IRA Vol. [[Seán Lynch (politician)|Sean Lynch]] was badly injured during the ambush.<ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.140 - 143</ref>
<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0t47>
===1987===
*8 May 1987 - [[Loughgall Ambush]] - The IRA suffered it's heaviest lost since 1921 when it was ambushed at [[Loughgall]] police station by the SAS. It was one of the most experienced IRA units ever assembled including Vols. like [[Jim Lynagh]], [[Pádraig McKearney]] & [[Patrick Joseph Kelly]] who were all over 30 years of age at the time of the ambush, and who had carried out many high profile actions before like the [[Attack on Ballygawley barracks]], the [[Attack on RUC Birches barracks]] and the deaths of [[Norman Stronge]] and his sone along with the burning of [[Tynan_Abbey#Destruction_of_Tynan_Abbey|Tynan Abbey]] .<ref>Peter Taylor - Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein pp.317 - 322</ref> <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.224 - 237</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2M8rSU2>
===1988===
*6 March - Three unarmed IRA Volunteers were killed at in [[Gibraltar]] by the SAS, those killed were [[Seán Savage]], [[Daniel McCann]], and [[Mairéad Farrell]] (all senior members of [[Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade]] )
*30 August - [[Ambush at Drumnakilly]] - Three IRA Volunteers were ambushed by the SAS while trying to cary out a killing of a UDR soldier. Those killed were brothers Gerard (29 years old) and Martin Harte (23), and their brother-in-law Brian Mullin (26) all from the [[East Tyrone Brigade]].<ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0t47>
==1990s==
===1990===
*9 October - Two of the IRA's most wanted men [[Martin McCaughey]] and [[Dessie Grew]] were ambushed and shot dead by [[14 Intelligence Company]] while returning weapons back to an arms cache in a field at [[Loughgall]].<ref>Peter Taylor - Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein pp.325</ref> <ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.313-314, 318</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0vcf>
===1991===
*3 June 1991 - [[Coagh ambush]] - Three IRA Volunteers, Tony Doris (21 years old), Michael "Pete" Ryan (37) (on the run at the time from the RUC since 1981) and Lawrence McNally (39), all from ther [[East Tyrone Brigade]] were shot and killed by the SAS in ambush using a UDR soldier a bait and a decoy for the unit to attack.<ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.318</ref> <ref>Mark Urban – Big Boys Rules: The SAS & the Secret Struggle against the IRA pp.224 - 237</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2M9BxK7>
===1992===
*16 February - [[Clonoe ambush]] - Four IRA Volunteers attacked a RUC station in [[Coalisland]] with Heavey machine-gunes, all Volunteers were from the [[East Tyrone Brigade]] & were ambushed by the SAS shortly after the attack on the RUC base. The Volunteers killed were Patrick Vincent (20 years of age), was shot dead with five bullets whilst still in its cab. Peter Clancy (19) (hit by ten bullets) and Kevin O'Donnell (21) (shot twice) were killed whilst dismounting the DShk on the back of the lorry, Sean O'Farrell (23) was pursued on foot across the church grounds over a distance of 100 yards before being shot dead with five bullets.<ref>Ed Moloney - A Seceret History of the IRA pp.318</ref> <ref>Peter Taylor - Behind The Mask: The IRA and Sinn Fein pp.359</ref> <ref>http://bit.ly/2Wp0wgj>
==See Also==
*[[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1970–79)]]
*[[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1980–89)]]
*[[Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990–99)]]
*[[Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions]]
*[[Timeline of the Troubles in the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles in Britain]]
*[[Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles and peace process]]
==References==
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