The Troubles in Castlewellan
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The Troubles in Castlewellan recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Castlewellan during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1980
- 6 January 1980 - James Cochrane (21), Catholic Robert Smyth (18) Protestant, and Richard Wilson (21), Protestant, all members of the Ulster Defence Regiment, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their mobile patrol, near Castlewellan.
[edit] Other incidents
1972
- 26 January 1972 (47) Catholic - Peter McNulty
Irish Republican Army (IRA),Killed in premature bomb explosion during attack on Castlewellan Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, County Down
1981
- 28 April 1981 (27) Protestant - Robert McKee
Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA). Shot by sniper while travelling along Dublin Road, Castlewellan.
1985
- 03 May 1985 (51) Protestant - William Hennan
Civilian (local farmer), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA). Shot at his home, near Castlewellan
- The Red Hand Commandos claimed to have placed a bomb in Castlewellan following the banning of an Orange Order parade.
1986
- 18 March 1986 (20) Royal Green Jackets, British Army - David Mullery
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA). Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in derelict building detonated when joint British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) foot patrol passed, Castlewellan.
1987
- 3 April 1987 (51) Protestant - George Shaw
Castlewellan resident, Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) shot at nearby Ballynahinch Police Station
2000
- An RUC officer was injured in a CIRA booby-trap bomb on the 1 November on the Newcastle Road in the town, close to the RUC station.
2002
- 21 February 2002 (26) Catholic - Matthew Burns
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA), shot dead in a drive-by shooting outside the Bridge Bar in the Burrenbridge area of Castlewellan. Suspected drug-dealer
