The Troubles in Jonesborough
The Troubles in Jonesborough recounts incidents during, and the effects of the Troubles in Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Jonesborough during the Troubles:
1978
Main article: 1978 British Army Gazelle shootdown
- 17 February 1978 - Ian Corden-Lloyd (39), member of the British Army was killed when the Gazelle helicopter in which he was travelling crashed, shortly after having been hit by gunfire from a Provisional IRA unit, near Jonesborough, County Armagh.[1][2] The IRA claimed to have shot down the helicopter, a claim denied by the Army for years, until finally acknowledging that the IRA had indeed caused the crash.[3]
1989
Main article: 1989 Jonesborough Ambush
- 20 March 1989 - Robert Buchanan (55) and Harry Breen (51), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army, while travelling in Buchanan's car, near Jonesborough.[4] See also Smithwick Tribunal.
References
- ↑ Dewar, Michael (1985). The British Army in Northern Ireland. Arms and Armour press, p. 156. ISBN 0-85368-716-1
- ↑ "Sutton Index of Deaths, 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ↑ "A Chronology of the Conflict, 1978". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 5 December 2011.
- ↑ CAIN database of deaths - 1989
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