The Troubles in Cullyhanna recounts incidents during, and the effects of, the

Troubles The Troubles ( ga, Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it is sometimes described as an " ...

Cullyhanna Cullyhanna () is a small village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The village extends further over the townlands of Tullynavall and Freeduff. It had a population of 306 in the 2001 Census. It is within the Newry and Mourne Distri ...

County Armagh County Armagh (, named after its county town, Armagh) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the southern shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and ha ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. Timeline of deadly incidents in Cullyhanna during the Troubles:

1972

*10 February 1972 - Ian Harris (26) and David Champ (23), both members of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

, were killed in a

Provisional Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reun ...

landmine attack on their mobile patrol at Cullyhanna. *20 November 1972 - William Watson (28) and James Strothers (31), both members of the

, were killed by a

Provisional IRA The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, fa ...

booby-trap bomb in a derelict house in Cullyhanna.

1988

* 28 July 1988 - Michael Matthews (37), member of the

, was killed by the explosion of a landmine planted by the

while on a joint RUC/Army foot patrol outside Cullyhanna

1990

*7 May 1990 - Graham Stewart (25), member of the British Army, was killed by machine gun fire from a Provisional IRA unit during Operation Conservation.CAIN - Sutton database of deaths - 1990
/ref> *30 December 1990 -

Fergal Caraher Fergal Caraher (12 April 1970 – 30 December 1990) was a Provisional IRA volunteer and Sinn Féin member who was killed by a group of Royal Marines at a checkpoint in Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.''Tírghrá'', National Commemoratio ...

(20),

volunteer and member of

Sinn Féin Sinn Féin ( , ; en, " eOurselves") is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active throughout both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The original Sinn Féin organisation was founded in 1905 by Arthur Gri ...

, shot and killed by Royal Marines while travelling in his car in Tullynavall Road, Cullyhanna.

1991

*17 August 1991 - Simon Ware (22), member of the

, killed by the explosion of a landmine planted by the

while on foot patrol at Carrickrovaddy, near Cullyhanna.CAIN - Sutton database of deaths - 1991
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