The Troubles in Loughgall explained

A list of fatal incidents that took place in Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland during The Troubles.

1974

• 19 February 1974 - Patrick Molloy (48), a Catholic, and John Wylie (49), a Protestant, were killed in an Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) bomb attack on Trainor's Bar, Aghinlig, near Loughgall.^[1]

1987

• 8 May 1987 - Declan Arthurs (21), Seamus Donnelly (19), Tony Gormley (25), Eugene Kelly (25), Patrick Joseph Kelly (30), Jim Lynagh (31), Pádraig McKearney (32) and Gerry O'Callaghan (29), all part of the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade, were ambushed and killed by soldiers from the Special Air Service (SAS) while they attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in Loughgall. A civilian, Anthony Hughes (36), was also killed when he unwittingly drove into the ambush and was mistaken for an IRA member.^[2]

1989

• 4 May 1989 - John Griffiths (37), a Protestant nursing officer for the Northern Ireland Prison Service, was killed by an IRA booby trap bomb under the seat of his car as he left home at Ballynick Road.^[3]

1990

• 18 April 1990 - Martin Corrigan (25), a member of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO), was killed during a gun battle with undercover soldiers while in the back garden of a house belonging to an RUC officer on the Lislasley Road, near Loughgall.^{[4] [5] [6]}
• 9 October 1990 - Dessie Grew (37) and Martin McCaughey (23), both members of the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade, were shot dead by undercover soldiers at a derelict farmhouse on the Lislasley Road, near Loughgall.

1993

• 11 February 1993 - Thomas Molloy (32), a Catholic civilian, was killed after being struck four times in the head and chest by a UVF gunman as he watched television at home with his family. His death may have been motivated by the false belief he was related to politician Francie Molloy.^[7]
• 24 February 1993 - Reginald Williamson (47), an RUC officer, was killed by an IRA bomb attached to his car when driving along Lislasley Road, near Loughgall.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths: 1974 . CAIN. 6 December 2010.
2. Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths: 1987 . CAIN. 6 December 2010.
3. Book: McKittrick . David . David McKittrick . Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles . 1999 . Mainstream . Edinburgh . 9781840182279 . 1170.
4. Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths: 1990 . CAIN. 6 December 2010.
5. Book: Henry McDonald . Jack Holland . Henry McDonald (writer) . Jack Holland (writer) . INLA: Deadly Divisions . 1994 . Torc . 189814205X . 315.
6. Web site: Man shot dead by British troops . UPI Archives . . 2 December 2024 . en . 19 April 1990.
7. McKittrick, 1999, p. 1311
8. Web site: Sutton Index of Deaths: 1993 . CAIN. 6 December 2010.