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75 relations: Attack on Ballygawley barracks, Attack on Cloghoge checkpoint, Attack on Derryard checkpoint, Ballygawley bus bombing, Ballygawley land mine attack, Battle of Kilmallock, Battle of Newry Road, Bessbrook landmine attack, Burgery ambush, Carrowkennedy ambush, Clerkenwell explosion, Clonbanin ambush, Clonfin Ambush, Clonmult ambush, Clonoe ambush, Coagh ambush, Coolavokig ambush, Crossbarry ambush, Deal barracks bombing, Downing Street mortar attack, Dromkeen ambush, Droppin Well bombing, Drummuckavall Ambush, Europe, Falls Curfew, Fenian raids, Glasdrumman ambush, Glenanne barracks bombing, Great Britain, Guildford pub bombings, Headford Ambush, Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings, Inglis Barracks bombing, Irish National Liberation Army, Irish Republican Army, Kesh ambush, Kilbrittain Barracks attack, Kilmeena ambush, Kilmichael Ambush, Kings Arms, Woolwich, Lichfield gun attack, Loughgall ambush, M62 coach bombing, Military Reaction Force, Mullacreevie ambush, Official Irish Republican Army, Operation Conservation, Osnabrück mortar attack, Pickardstown ambush, Piltown Cross ambush, ..., Provisional Irish Republican Army, Rineen ambush, Scramoge ambush, Sheemore ambush, Soloheadbeg ambush, Thiepval barracks bombing, Tooreen ambush, Ulster Volunteer Force, Upton train ambush, Warrenpoint ambush, 1972 Aldershot bombing, 1978 Lisnamuck shoot-out, 1979 Bessbrook bombing, 1983 Royal Artillery Barracks bombing, 1985 Newry mortar attack, 1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands, 1988 Lisburn van bombing, 1989 Jonesborough ambush, 1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown, 1990 Downpatrick roadside bomb, 1994 British Army Lynx shootdown, 1994 Shankill Road killings, 2000 MI6 attack, 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting, 2010 Newry car bombing. Expand index (25 more) »
Attack on Ballygawley barracks
On 7 December 1985 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base at Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
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Attack on Cloghoge checkpoint
The attack on Cloghoge checkpoint was an unconventional bomb attack carried out on 1 May 1992 by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint.
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Attack on Derryard checkpoint
On 13 December 1989 the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) attacked a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint complex manned by the King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB) near the Northern Ireland–Republic of Ireland border at Derryard, north of Rosslea, County Fermanagh.
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Ballygawley bus bombing
The Ballygawley bus bombing was a roadside bomb attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland.
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Ballygawley land mine attack
The Ballygawley land mine attack was a bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) on the 13 July 1983.
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Battle of Kilmallock
The Battle of Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick.
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Battle of Newry Road
The Battle of Newry Road was a running gun battle between British helicopters and Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) armed trucks, fought along the lanes east of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 23 September 1993.
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Bessbrook landmine attack
The Bessbrook landmine attack happened on the 19 May 1981 during a period of heightened tension in Northern Ireland over the 1981 Irish hunger strike and the death of Bobby Sands MP on the 5 May.
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Burgery ambush
The Burgery Ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 18–19 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Carrowkennedy ambush
The Carrowkennedy ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 2 June 1921,Price, Dominic The Flame and the Candlehttp://www.centenarymayo.ie/?page_id.
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Clerkenwell explosion
The Clerkenwell explosion, also known as the Clerkenwell Outrage, was a bombing in London on 13 December 1867.
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Clonbanin ambush
The Clonbanin ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 5 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Clonfin Ambush
The Clonfin Ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 2 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Clonmult ambush
The Clonmult ambush took place on 20 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Clonoe ambush
The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Coagh ambush
The Coagh ambush was a military confrontation that took place took place in Ulster on 3 June 1991, during the The Troubles, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit from its East Tyrone Brigade was ambushed by the British Army's Special Air Service (SAS) at the village of Coagh, in County Tyrone, whilst on its way to kill a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR).
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Coolavokig ambush
The Coolavokig ambush (Luíochán Chúil an Bhuacaigh) was carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 25 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Crossbarry ambush
The Crossbarry Ambush or Battle of Crossbarry occurred on 19 March 1921 and was one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence.
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Deal barracks bombing
The Deal barracks bombing was an attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the Royal Marine Depot, Deal, England.
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Downing Street mortar attack
The Downing Street mortar attack was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 February 1991.
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Dromkeen ambush
The Dromkeen ambush took place on 3 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, at Dromkeen in County Limerick.
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Droppin Well bombing
The Droppin Well bombing or Ballykelly bombing occurred on 6 December 1982, when the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) exploded a time bomb at a disco in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland.
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Drummuckavall Ambush
The Drummuckavall Ambush was an attack by the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a British Army observation post southeast of Crossmaglen, County Armagh, along the border with the Republic of Ireland.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Falls Curfew
The Falls Curfew, also called the Battle of the Falls (or Lower Falls), was a British Army operation during 3–5 July 1970 in the Falls district of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Fenian raids
Between 1866 and 1871, the Fenian raids of the Fenian Brotherhood, an Irish Republican organization based in the United States, on British army forts, customs posts and other targets in Canada, were fought to bring pressure on Britain to withdraw from Ireland.
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Glasdrumman ambush
The Glasdrumman ambush was an attack by the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army observation post.
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Glenanne barracks bombing
The Glenanne barracks bombing was a large truck bomb attack carried out by the Provisional IRA against a British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) base at Glenanne, near Mountnorris, County Armagh.
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Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.
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Guildford pub bombings
The Guildford pub bombings occurred on 5 October 1974 when a subgroup of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, Surrey, England.
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Headford Ambush
The Headford Ambush was carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 21 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
The Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings occurred on 20 July 1982 in London.
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Inglis Barracks bombing
The Inglis Barracks bombing was a bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) on 1 August 1988 on a British Army barracks called Inglis Barracks in Mill Hill, London.
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Irish National Liberation Army
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during "the Troubles".
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Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is any of several paramilitary movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism, the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.
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Kesh ambush
On 2 December 1984, a four man Provisional IRA Active Service Unit was ambushed by a British Army Special Air Service team while attempting to bomb a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol who they had lured to Drumrush Lodge Restaurant.
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Kilbrittain Barracks attack
The Kilbrittain Barracks attack refers to an attempt made by 28 members of the Third West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army to destroy the barracks of the Black and Tans in Kilbrittain, County Cork during the Irish War of Independence.
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Kilmeena ambush
The Kilmeena ambush was an action during the Irish War of Independence that took place at Kilmeena, County Mayo on 19 May 1921.
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Kilmichael Ambush
The Kilmichael Ambush (Luíochán Chill Mhichíl) was an ambush near the village of Kilmichael in County Cork on 28 November 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence.
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Kings Arms, Woolwich
The Kings Arms is a public house, now (as of 2018) closed, in Woolwich in southeast London that was bombed by the IRA in 1974, killing two people.
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Lichfield gun attack
The Lichfield gun attack was an ambush carried out by the Provisional IRA (PIRA) on 3 June 1990 against three off-duty British soldiers who were waiting at Lichfield City railway station in Staffordshire.
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Loughgall ambush
The Loughgall Ambush took place on 8 May 1987 at the village of Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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M62 coach bombing
The M62 coach bombing occurred on 4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in northern England, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members.
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Military Reaction Force
The Military Reaction Force, Military Reconnaissance Force or Mobile Reconnaissance Force (MRF)Taylor, Peter (2001).
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Mullacreevie ambush
The Mullacreevie ambush took place on 1 March 1991, when a mobile patrol of the Ulster Defence Regiment composed of two Land Rover vehicles was attacked by a Provisional IRA active service unit with an improvised horizontal mortar while passing near Mullacreevie housing estate, on the west side of Armagh City.
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Official Irish Republican Army
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a "workers' republic" encompassing all of Ireland.
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Operation Conservation
Operation Conservation was a British Army attempt to ambush a large Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Armagh.
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Osnabrück mortar attack
The Osnabrück mortar attack was an improvised mortar attack carried out by a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit based in mainland Europe on 28 June 1996 against the British Army's Quebec Barracks at Osnabrück Garrison near Osnabrück, Germany.
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Pickardstown ambush
The Pickardstown Ambush, an action in the Irish War of Independence, took place near the town of Tramore, County Waterford on the night of 6 January 1921.
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Piltown Cross ambush
The Piltown Cross ambush, an action of the Irish War of Independence, took place near Kinsalebeg County Waterford on the night of 1 November 1920.
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Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Rineen ambush
The Rineen ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 22 September 1920, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Scramoge ambush
The Scramoge ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 23 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Sheemore ambush
The Sheemore ambush was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 4 March 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Soloheadbeg ambush
The Soloheadbeg ambush took place on 21 January 1919, when members of the Irish Volunteers (or Irish Republican Army, IRA) ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers who were escorting a consignment of gelignite explosives at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary.
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Thiepval barracks bombing
The Thiepval Barracks bombing was a double car bomb attack carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 7 October 1996.
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Tooreen ambush
The Tooreen ambush (also spelt Toureen) was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 22 October 1920, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Ulster Volunteer Force
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.
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Upton train ambush
The Upton train ambush took place on 15 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence.
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Warrenpoint ambush
The Warrenpoint ambush or Narrow Water ambush, also called the Warrenpoint massacre.
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1972 Aldershot bombing
The 1972 Aldershot bombing was an attack by the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA) using a car bomb on 22 February 1972 in Aldershot, England.
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1978 Lisnamuck shoot-out
On the night of 17 March 1978 at around 21:20 a Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) unit and a Special Air Service (SAS) unit became engaged in a shoot out in a field in Lisnamuck, near Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
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1979 Bessbrook bombing
The Bessbrook bombing took place on the 17 April 1979 when four Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers were killed when the Provisional IRA exploded an estimated 1,000 pound roadside van bomb at Bessbrook, County Armagh, believed to be the largest bomb used by the IRA up to that point.
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1983 Royal Artillery Barracks bombing
On 10 December 1983 a bomb exploded at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, South East London.
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1985 Newry mortar attack
On 28 February 1985, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched a heavy mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base at Corry Square in Newry, Northern Ireland.
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1988 IRA attacks in the Netherlands
The Provisional IRA carried out two separate attacks on the same day on 1 May 1988 against British military personnel in the Netherlands which resulted in the deaths of three RAF members and another three being injured.
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1988 Lisburn van bombing
On 15 June 1988 an unmarked military van carrying six British Army soldiers was blown up by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) at Market Place in Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
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1989 Jonesborough ambush
The Jonesborough ambush took place on 20 March 1989 near the Irish border outside the village of Jonesborough, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
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1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown
On 11 February 1990, an active service unit of the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade shot down a British Army Gazelle helicopter (serial number ZB687) along the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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1990 Downpatrick roadside bomb
On 9 April 1990 the Provisional IRA (PIRA) detonated a massive IED roadside bomb under an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) mobile patrol which killed four members of the UDR.
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1994 British Army Lynx shootdown
On 20 March 1994, a British Army Lynx helicopter was shot down by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Northern Ireland.
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1994 Shankill Road killings
The 1994 Shankill Road killings took place on 16 June 1994.
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2000 MI6 attack
On Wednesday 20 September 2000, the Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA) carried out an attack on MI6 in Vauxhall, Lambeth, London.
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2009 Massereene Barracks shooting
On 7 March 2009, two off-duty British soldiers of 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead outside Massereene Barracks in Antrim town, Northern Ireland.
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2010 Newry car bombing
The 2010 Newry car bombing occurred on the night of 22 February 2010.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_Republican_Army_ambushes
