The Troubles in Ardboe

A list of notable incidents during The Troubles in Ardboe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

1972

  • 16 October – Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) members John Patrick Mullan (34) and Hugh Herron (38) were shot and killed by British Army soldiers in the carpark of St. Patrick's Hall, Ardboe. The location was being used as a vehicle check point.[1]

1977

1978

  • 26 February – Paul Duffy (23), an IRA member, was shot by an undercover British Army Special Air Service (SAS) member at an arms cache in an unoccupied farmhouse. This was the first time the SAS had been used in action outside of South Armagh.[3][4]

1979

  • 22 June – John "Jack" Scott (49), an off-duty member of the RUC Reserve, was shot by the IRA while delivering milk in Ardboe.[5]

1984

  • 13 July – IRA member William Price (28) was shot dead by an SAS unit during an attempted incendiary bomb attack against Forbes kitchen factory at 1:00 am. Two other IRA members, Raymond Francis O'Neill and Thomas Quillan, were captured by soldiers from the 'cut-off group' as they fled onto Mullanahoe Road opposite the factory. They were later sentenced to nine years in prison. A fourth IRA member escaped.[6]

1988

1989

  • 30 November – Liam Ryan (39), an IRA member, was shot dead in the Battery Bar by the Ulster Volunteer Force. A Catholic civilian, Michael Devlin (33), was also killed.[8]

1993

  • 18 August – RUC officers seized three AKM assault rifles and 2,000 rounds of ammunition after conducting a search of a local GAA club.[9]

References

  1. ^ Malcolm Sutton. "Sutton Deaths Index: 1972". CAIN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Sutton Deaths Index: 1977". CAIN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Sutton Deaths Index: 1978". CAIN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  4. ^ Mark Urban (1996). Big Boys' Rules: The SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA. Faber & Faber. pp. 3, 11. ISBN 9780571168095.
  5. ^ "Sutton Deaths Index: 1979". CAIN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  6. ^ Trigg, Jonathan (2023). Death in the Fields: The IRA and East Tyrone. Kildare: Merrion Press. pp. 98–99. ISBN 9781785374432.
  7. ^ "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1988". CAIN. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  8. ^ Clark, Ric (30 November 1989). "Gunmen burst into a crowded bar during a darts match". UPI Archives. United Press International. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Guns found in GAA club". News Letter. 19 August 1993. p. 1. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
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