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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 District Council area. Location Cullyhanna lies on the main road between Newtownhamilton () and Crossmaglen (). It's west of Newry, south west of Belfast, north west of Dundalk, and north of Dublin. History In June 1920, during the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Republican Army ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary officers in Cullyhanna. Three officers were wounded, one fatally. The RIC returned fire, killing a civilian. Cullyhanna, along with the rest of South Armagh, would have been transferred to the Irish Free State had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925. The Troubles Cullyhanna is in South Armagh, a region that has been a stronghold of support for the Provisional Irish Republican Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Troubles In Cullyhanna
The Troubles in Cullyhanna recounts incidents during, and the effects of, the Troubles in Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. 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, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army landmine attack on their mobile patrol at Cullyhanna. *20 November 1972 - William Watson (28) and James Strothers (31), both members of the British Army, were killed by a Provisional IRA booby-trap bomb in a derelict house in Cullyhanna. 1988 * 28 July 1988 - Michael Matthews (37), member of the British Army, was killed by the explosion of a landmine planted by the Provisional IRA 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. *30 December 1990 - Fergal Caraher (20), Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Quinn (murder Victim)
Paul Quinn ( – 20 October 2007) was a young man from County Armagh, Northern Ireland, who was murdered in 2007. His family subsequently accused the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) of his murder, though no one has ever been convicted in relation to his death. Attack, torture and murder in Tullycoora On 20 October 2007, Paul Quinn (21), a native of Cullyhanna, County Armagh, was lured to a farm at Tullycoora, near Oram in County Monaghan, where three of his friends were held hostage. When he arrived at the farm, a group of some ten or more men beat him with iron and nail-studded bars for upwards of half an hour, breaking every major bone in his body. He was taken at around 18:00 to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, where he died two hours later. Accusations of Quinn family Quinn's parents, Breege and Stephen, have said that members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army's South Armagh Brigade were responsible. Their son had had "run-ins with the Cullyhanna ASU on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
