Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
18th November
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Thursday 18 November 1971
A British soldier was shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast.
Monday 18 November 1974
It was announced that a new high-security prison would be built at Maghaberry, County Antrim at a cost of £30m.
Tuesday 18 November 1975
Two civilians were killed and 23 were injured when members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) threw a bomb into Walton’s Restaurant in Walton Street, Knightsbridge, London.
Thursday 18 November 1982
Raymond Gilmore
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) kidnapped Patrick Gilmour in Derry. Patrick Gilmour was the father of Raymond Gilmour who had been a member of the IRA and an Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) informer and who had gone into protective custody to become a ‘supergrass’.
[The IRA later said that Patrick Gilmour would not be released until…
Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
18th November
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Thursday 18 November 1971
A British soldier was shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast.
Monday 18 November 1974
It was announced that a new high-security prison would be built at Maghaberry, County Antrim at a cost of £30m.
Tuesday 18 November 1975
Two civilians were killed and 23 were injured when members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) threw a bomb into Walton’s Restaurant in Walton Street, Knightsbridge, London.
Thursday 18 November 1982
Raymond Gilmore
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) kidnapped Patrick Gilmour in Derry. Patrick Gilmour was the father of Raymond Gilmour who had been a member of the IRA and an Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) informer and who had gone into protective custody to become a ‘supergrass’.
[The IRA later said that Patrick Gilmour would not be released until his son retracted his evidence.]
Sunday 18 November 1984
Garret FitzGerald, then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), travelled to Chequers in England for an Anglo-Irish summit meeting with Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister. [FitzGerald held a private meeting with Thatcher during the evening and the main summit meeting took place on the following morning (19 November 1984).]
Monday 18 November 1985
Mary Robinson, then a Senator (and future President) in the Republic of Ireland, resigned from the Labour Party in protest at the lack of consultation before the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) was introduced.
Tuesday 18 November 1986
James Molyneaux, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), travelled to London to hold a meeting with Neil Kinnock, then leader of the Labour Party.
Monday 18 December 1989
Richard Needham, then Minister of Economic Development, announced a £65 million investment in Derry half of which was being invested by a Boston developer.
Thursday 18 November 1993
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) organised a series of 16 peace rallies across Ireland.
Saturday 18 November 1995
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) held its annual conference. The conference voted to leave open the possibility of a future electoral pact with Sinn Féin (SF).
Tuesday 18 November 1997
There were riots in Lurgan and Armagh following the arrest of Colin Duffy, then a prominent Republican based in Lurgan.
[Duffy had been charged with assault following a fracas involving Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in the town.]
Adam Ingram
Adam Ingram, then Security Minister, defended changes made to the Northern Ireland Emergency Provisions Bill particularly the removal of the powers to use internment.
[Unionists criticised the government for removing internment from the statute books.]
David Trimble, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), held a meeting with Tony Blair, then British Prime Minister, to emphasise the UUP’s opposition to cross-border bodies which have executive powers.
Wednesday 18 November 1998
Michael McGimpsey, then Security Spokesperson of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), warned that the Good Friday Agreement could collapse if there were moves to disband the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
[This statement followed reports in the Irish Times on 17 November 1998 that the Commission on the RUC would recommend members having to reapply to a new police service.]
Thursday 18 November 1999
End of the Review of the Agreement George Mitchell, then chairman of the Review of the Agreement, issued his final statement concluding the Review. He said that the basis existed for devolution to occur and the formation of an Executive to take place. Before leaving Northern Ireland to return to the USA, the Senator was thanked during a press conference in Castle Buildings by all the participants and parties involved. The review had taken 10 weeks to complete.
[The British Government later issued a statement which expressed gratitude for Senator Mitchell’s help in transforming the Northern Ireland situation from one of conflict and confrontation to one of dialogue and peace.]
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Assembly team met to discuss the political developments and authorised David Trimble, then leader of the UUP, to put the matter to a meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council (UUC) on 27 November 1999. Michael O’Hara, then a community activist from Short Strand in east Belfast, was injured when he was attacked by two men using a machete.
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
10 People lost their lives on the 18th November between 1971 – 1989
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18 November 1971
Edwin Charnley, (22)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while on British Army (BA) guard duty at bus depot, Anderson Street, Short Strand, Belfast.
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18 November 1973 Charles Logan, (26)
Protestant Status: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Died in premature bomb explosion at farmhouse, Desertmartin, County Derry.
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18 November 1975 Audrey Edgson, (45)
nfNIB Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by bomb thrown into Walton’s Restaurant, Walton Street, Chelsea, London.
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18 November 1975 Theodore Williams, (49)
nfNIB Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by bomb thrown into Walton’s Restaurant, Walton Street, Chelsea, London
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18 November 1976 William Kidd, (37)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot at his workplace, a building site, Trench Road, Altnagelvin, Derry.
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while on his way home from work, Newbuildings, County Derry.
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18 November 1985 Robert Boyd, (55)
Catholic Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot outside his home, Prehen Park, Waterside, Derry.
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18 November 1989
Stephen Wilson, (23)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb hidden in derelict cottage, detonated when British Army (BA) mobile patrol passed, Mayobridge, County Down.
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18 November 1989
Donald Macaulay, (20)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb hidden in derelict cottage, detonated when British Army (BA) mobile patrol passed, Mayobridge, County Down.
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18 November 1989
Mathew Marshall, (21)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb hidden in derelict cottage, detonated when British Army (BA) mobile patrol passed, Mayobridge, County Down.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
19th November
Thursday 19 November 1970
Figures were released by the Commissioner for Complaints showing that there had been 970 complaints in the first ten months of his office, with 74 of them alleging discrimination.
Sunday 19 November 1972
Seán MacStiofáin, then leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), was arrested in Dublin.
[He was subsequently sentenced to six months imprisonment in Republic of Ireland.]
Monday 19 November 1984
Anglo-Irish Summit Meeting Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister, held an Anglo-Irish summit meeting with Garret FitzGerald, then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), together with British and Irish ministers and officials, at Chequers in England.
A joint communiqué was issued following the summit meeting. At 5.00pm Thatcher gave a press conference at 10 Downing Street, London. Responding to a question from a member of the press Thatcher ruled out the three options proposed in the Report of the New Ireland Forum: “… a united Ireland was one solution. That is out. A second solution was confederation of the two states. That is out. A third solution was joint authority. That is out.”
[Thatcher’s ‘out, out, out’ comments were considered by many Nationalists as being perfunctorily dismissive.]
Douglas Hurd, then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, also gave a press conference. At 6.00pm FitzGerald gave a press conference at the Irish Embassy in London.
Tuesday 19 November 1985
The 18 District Councils that were controlled by Unionists voted for a policy of adjournment against the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA). The councils also threatened to refuse to set the ‘rates’ (local government taxes).
[These developments sparked a long period of disruption in local government in Northern Ireland.]
Thursday 19 November 1987
George Seawright
A Loyalist activist, George Seawright, was shot and fatally wounded by the Irish People’s Liberation Organisation (IPLO); a splinter group of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). [George Seawright achieved notoriety for his extreme anti-republican and anti-Catholic views. He died of his injuries two weeks later.]
Friday 19 November 1993
The Irish Press (a Republic of Ireland newspaper) carried a report of a secret plan drawn up by the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs on the future of Northern Ireland.
Saturday 19 November 1994
Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern, was elected as the new leader of Fianna Fáil (FF).
Thursday 19 November 1998
A spokesperson on behalf of the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) said that the group had decided to postpone the handover of (some) weapons. The reason given was the remarks made by Ken Maginness, Security Spokesman of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), when he called the LVF “ruthless” and “sectarian killers”.
The Northern Ireland Act, which provides for the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, became law. The United Nations (UN) Committee Against Torture published a report calling for a ban on plastic bullets, the closure of Castlereagh and other Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) detention centres and the “reconstruction” of the RUC. The report was criticised by Unionists.
Friday 19 November 1999
An application to the High Court in Belfast for a judicial review of the decision of Marjorie (Mo) Mowlam, former Secretary of State of Northern Ireland, to accept as intact the ceasefire of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The application was dismissed by the court. Two men lost their appeal against their life sentences.
The two men had been convicted of the murder of Greg Taylor, a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer, on 1 June 1997. Taylor had been off-duty and was beaten to death by a Loyalist mob as he left a public house in Ballymoney. [The two men were later released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.]
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
4 People lost their lives on the 19th November between 1980 – 1992
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19 November 1980 Thomas Orr, (38)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
Shot outside his workplace, Ulster Bank, Boucher Road, Belfast.
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19 November 1981 John McKeegan, (49)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Shot while delivering wood, Olympic Drive, Ballycolman, Strabane, County Tyrone.
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19 November 1992
Ian Warnock, (27)
Protestant Status: Royal Irish Regiment (RIR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Shot while sitting in his stationary car outside his wife’s workplace, Moypark factory, Seagoe, Portadown, County Armagh.
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19 November 1992
Peter McCormack, (42)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Shot during gun attack on Thierafurth Inn, Kilcoo, near Castlewellan, County Down.
Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
17th November
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Sunday
17 November 1968
A policy of civil disobedience was adopted by the Nationalist Party at its annual conference.
Monday 17 November 1975
Over the next few days Merlyn Rees, then Secretary of Sate for Northern Ireland, held meetings with local political parties to discuss possible ways forward.
[The Report of the Convention was published on 20 November 1975.]
Tuesday 17 November 1981
The funeral took place of Reverend Robert Bradford.
James Prior, then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, attended the funeral but was given a hostile reception from members of the congregation.
The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) announced that it was cancelling all holiday leave for its officers.
Monday 17 November 1986
Peter Robinson, then deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), defied a ban and marched in Portadown with other members of Ulster Resistance in paramilitary style uniforms.
Sunday 17 December 1989
James Molyneaux, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), denied that he had ended the UUP boycott of ministers.
Thursday 17 November 1994
Albert Reynolds, then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), and his Fianna Fáil (FF) ministers were forced to resign ending the coalition Government of FF and the Labour Party (LP).
The resignation followed a controversy surrounding the appointment of Harry Whelehan to the position of President of the Supreme Court.
[On 19 November 1994, FF elected Bertie Ahern as the new party leader. A new government was formed on 15 December 1994.]
Gerry Adams, then President of Sinn Féin (SF), said that his commitment to the peace process was absolute, and did not depend on who was in power in the Irish government.
Friday 17 November 1995
H-Block
Following the change in the law regarding remission of sentence for paramilitary prisoners, 83 people were released from jails in Northern Ireland.
[The law was changed on 7 November 1995.]
Sunday 17 November 1996
A report in the Sunday Tribune (a Dublin based newspaper) claimed that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) were effectively observing a ceasefire while they engaged in contacts with the British government. Unionist parties maintained their stated position that decommissioning of IRA weapons would have to take place before Sinn Féin (SF) could be involved in any talks.
Monday 17 November 1997
The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) claimed that it had left four bombs in Dundalk, Republic of Ireland.
The Garda Síochána (the Irish police) removed some “suspicious devices” for examination.
Lee Clegg
Lee Clegg, then a member of the Parachute Regiment, began his third appeal at the High Court in Belfast against his sentence for the murder of Karen Reilly (16) on 30 September 1990.
[Clegg had been released from prison in 1995 having served two years of a life sentence for the murder and had been accepted back into the British Army.]
Tuesday 17 November 1998
The government accepted that the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) ceasefire was genuine thus making it possible for LVF prisoners to be considered for early release.
The Irish Times (a Republic of Ireland newspaper) published an article claiming that preliminary drafts of the Independent Commission report on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) had recommended that the existing membership of the police should be made to resign and reapply to join a newly constituted police service.
The article also said that the draft report had recommend that all symbols seen as partisan, including the flying of the Union flag, the hanging of Queen Elizabeth’s picture and the force’s current insignia, should be dropped.
Chris Patten, then Chairman of the Commission on the RUC, denied that there was a preliminary report on the RUC. The newspaper also carried an article by Robert (Bob) McCartney, then leader of the United Kingdom Unionist Party (UKUP), on the issue of decommissioning.
Wednesday 17 November 1999
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) issued a short statement saying it was committed to peace and acknowledged that the Good Friday Agreement would contribute to a lasting peace. It endorsed the leadership of Sinn Féin (SF) in the negotiations and agreed to nominate a representative to enter discussions with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD).
Those political parties in favour of the Agreement welcomed the IRA statement. Five Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) MPs issued a statement which called the IRA’s move “totally inadequate”. David Trimble, then leader of the UUP, disassociated himself from the statement of his fellow MPs.
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
5 People lost their lives on the 17th November between 1974 – 1989
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17 November 1974
John Bailey, (17)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Republican group (REP)
Shot from passing car while walking along Upper Crumlin Road, near Ligoniel Road, Belfast.
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17 November 1981
Peadar Fagan, (20)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Shot from passing car while outside friends home, Levin Road, Lurgan, County Armagh.
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17 November 1981
Albert Beacom, (43)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Shot at his farm, Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh.
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17 November 1981
Silas Lyttle, (59)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Died two months after being shot outside his shop, Ballygawley, County Tyrone.
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17 November 1989 David Halligan, (57)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Shot shortly after leaving Drumad British Army (BA) base while driving his car along Hamiltonsbawn Road, Armagh.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
16th November
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Saturday 16 November 1968
The Derry Citizens Action Committee (DCAC) defied a ban on marches in Derry by marching to the Diamond area of the city. An estimated 15,000 people took part in the subsequent sit-down demonstration in the Diamond area of Derry.
Edward Heath, then British Prime Minister, warned against a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI).
Friday 16 November 1973 [
Public Records 1972 – Released 1 January 2003: Letter, and annexes, about ‘Operation Folklore’ from Mr A.W.Stephens, then Head of Defence Secretariat 10, to Mr V.H.S.Benham, an official at the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) in London. The letter discussed the possibility of British soldiers being able to open fire in Northern Ireland without fear of legal penality.]
There was a Loyalist ‘Third Force’ rally in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The rally was addressed by Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who said that Unionists would make Northern Ireland ungovernable. Three Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Members of Parliament were suspended from parliament when they protested about the British government’s policy on security in Northern Ireland.
Lenny Murphy (29), who had been leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) gang the ‘Shankill Butchers’, was shot dead by Irish Republican Army (IRA) at Forthriver Park, Glencairn, Belfast.
[It was later claimed that Loyalist paramilitaries had colluded with the IRA in having Murphy shot because no group was able to control him. Murphy’s gang had been responsible for a series of particularly brutal murders of Catholic civilians. Many of those killed were first abducted, then beaten and tortured with butcher knives and hatchets before being killed and their bodies dumped.]
A Catholic civilian was shot dead by Loyalists in Mount Merrion Avenue, Rosetta, Belfast.
Two reserve members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) were shot dead by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) at a security barrier in Markethill, County Armagh.
Saturday 16 November 1985
The Northern Ireland Assembly voted by 44 votes to 10 for a motion calling for a referendum to be held on the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA). Unionists also announced that on 17 December 1985 all 15 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Members of Parliament (MPs) would resign their seats and so cause by-elections in most of the parliamentary constituencies in Northern Ireland. Unionists also said they would withdraw from all advisory boards in Northern Ireland and refuse to meet with government ministers.
Friday 16 November 1990
Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister, visited Northern Ireland.
Monday 16 November 1992
A meeting of the Anglo-Irish Intergovernmental Conference (AIIC) in Dublin reviewed the procedures used in the political talks (later known as the Brooke / Mayhew talks) and favoured bilateral talks.
Sunday 16 November 1997
Colin Duffy, then a prominent Republican based in Lurgan, was charged with assault following a fracas involving Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers in the town. [There were riots in Lurgan and Armagh on 18 November 1997 following his arrest.]
Tuesday 16 November 1999
The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) issued a keynote statement and Sinn Féin (SF) issued a separate keynote statement committing both parties to the full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement. David Trimble, then leader of the UUP, recognised the legitimate aspirations of Nationalists to pursue a united Ireland and embraced the principles of inclusivity, equality and mutual respect.
Gerry Adams, then President of Sinn Féin (SF), spoke of working with, not against, Unionists in the future. The other main political parties in Northern Ireland all issued statements endorsing the Good Friday Agreement.
The Interdepartmental Committee on Immigration and Asylum, which was drawing up proposals for the dispersal of asylum-seekers outside Dublin, received a proposal by the Department of Defence to accommodate asylum-seekers in disused Army barracks around the State.
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
13 People lost their lives on the 16th November between 1970 – 1987
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16 November 1970
Arthur McKenna, (35)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while repairing car, Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast. Alleged criminal.
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16 November 1970
Alexander McVicker, (35)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while repairing car, Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast. Alleged criminal
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16 November 1972
Joseph Calvin, (42)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Killed by booby trap bomb attached to his car, in car park, Quay Lane, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.
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16 November 1974 Thomas McCready, (32)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot by sniper while on Ulster Defence Regiment mobile patrol, Newry, County Down.
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16 November 1975
Joseph Clements, (48)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in land mine attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol, near Sixmilecross, County Tyrone.
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16 November 1976 James Duffy, (48)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: not known (nk) Shot while delivering meat to butcher’s shop, at the junction of Falls Road and Rockmount Street, Belfast.
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16 November 1978
Wesley Orr, (53)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Fire officer. Killed when grenade exploded while fighting fire caused by incendiary device, Bass Brewery, Glen Road, Andersonstown, Belfast.
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16 November 1982 Patrick Murphy, (63)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY) Shot at his shop, Mount Merrion Avenue, Rosetta, Belfast.
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16 November 1982
Ronald Irwin, (24)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) Shot while at security barrier, Markethill, County Armagh.
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16 November 1982
Snowdon Corkey, (41)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) Shot while at security barrier, Markethill, County Armagh.
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16 November 1982
Lennie Murphy, (29)
Protestant Status: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot outside his girlfriend’s home, Forthriver Park, Glencairn, Belfast.
Catholic Status: Civilian Political Activist (CivPA),
Killed by: Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Sinn Fein (SF) member. Shot at his workplace, a dairy, Boucher Road, Belfast.
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16 November 1987
Thomas McAuley, (32)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY) Died five days after being shot at his cafe, Crumlin Road, Ardoyne, Belfast.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
15th November
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Saturday 15 November 1975
During a disturbance involving members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) at the Park Bar in Tiger’s Bay, Belfast, a Protestant civilian was shot dead. The fracas was part of an ongoing feud between the UDA and the UVF. A Catholic civilian died almost one year after being injured in a Loyalist bomb attack in Crossmaglen.
Friday 15 November 1985
Anglo-Irish Agreement Signed Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime Minister, and Garret FitzGerald, then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) at Hillsborough, County Down, on behalf of the two governments. The first part of the document stated:
“The two Governments (a) affirm that any change in the status of Northern Ireland would only come about with the consent of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland.”
The Agreement established the Inter-Governmental Conference that for the first time gave the Irish government a consultative role in matters related to security, legal affairs, politics, and cross-border co-operation. The Agreement also stated that the two governments would support any future wish by the people of Northern Ireland to enter into a united Ireland.
Many Nationalists saw this as an important development. Unionists were outraged at the Agreement and began a long campaign to have the AIA removed.
[The AIA was only superseded when the Good Friday Agreement was implemented on 2 December 1999.]
Loyalist paramilitaries also reacted and the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) declared all members of the Anglo-Irish Conference and Secretariat to be ‘legitimate targets’.
Ian Gow, then British Treasury Minister, resigned in protest at the signing of the Agreement.
Saturday 15 November 1986
Unionist Rally Against AIA Unionists and Loyalists held a large demonstration in front of Belfast City Hall to protest against the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) on the first anniversary of the signing of the Agreement. Following the demonstration some shops in the centre of the city were damaged when Loyalists clashed with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
Thursday 15 November 1990
Gerry Adams, then leader of Sinn Féin (SF), made a response to Peter Brooke’s speech of the 9 November 1990.
Tuesday 15 November 1988
Protests organised by Unionists against the Anglo-Irish Agreement were less well supported than previous years.
Wednesday 15 November 1989
Unionist protests against the Anglo-Irish Agreement drew very little support.
Friday 15 November 1991
Two Irish Republican Army (IRA) members were killed when the bomb they were carrying exploded prematurely in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Sunday 15 November 1992
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to plant a large bomb, estimated at 1,000 pounds, at Canary Wharf in London but were prevented by security men.
Monday 15 November 1993
The Belfast Telegraph (a Northern Ireland newspaper) carried a report that Sinn Féin (SF) had held face-to-face meetings with senior British Government officials and exchanged documents about how to end IRA violence. One source described the talks as ‘protracted’ but that they were ended by June. SF refused to deny the claims, but the British Government flatly rejected them.
[Confirmation of the secret talks broke in the United Kingdom (UK) media on 28 November 1993.]
John Major, then British Prime Minister, made a keynote speech on Northern Ireland to an audience at the Guildhall in London. He said that the opportunity for peace in Northern Ireland was better than at any time for many years
Wednesday 15 November 1995
Gerry Adams, then President of Sinn Féin (SF), speaking in Washington called for a Bosnia style peace talks on the future of Northern Ireland.
Saturday 15 November 1997
Sinn Féin (SF) held a meeting in Cullyhanna, south Armagh. Francie Molloy, then a member of SF’s talks team, told the meeting that if the Stormont negotiations were to collapse then “we simply go back to what we know best”.
[Many people took this to be a reference to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ending its ceasefire and the comments sparked controversy.]
John Hume, then leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), addressed the party’s annual conference and said that “equality of allegiance” was the key to political progress. He said that he wanted agreement with Unionists and “their allegiance as well as ours” was required for a solution to the problems of Northern Ireland.
Monday 15 November 1999
George Mitchell, then chairman of the Review of the Agreement, issued a statement which indicated that a formula to overcome the decommissioning and devolution impasse had almost been achieved. John de Chastelain, then head of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD), issued a report which called upon “the paramilitary organisations to respond positively by appointing authorised representatives” to deal with the issue of decommissioning.
A man was shot in the leg in a paramilitary ‘punishment’ attack in the Mount Vernon area of north Belfast. Loyalist paramilitaries were responsible for the attack. A pipe bomb was thrown by Loyalists at the home of a Catholic family in north Belfast. Hillhall Presbyterian church hall in Lisburn, County Down, was destroyed in an arson attack.
An appeal case on behalf of Lee Clegg, then a soldier in the Parachute Regiment, began in Belfast.
Lee Clegg
The appeal was against his four year sentence for attempting to wound Martin Peake on 30 September 1990. On 11 March 1999 Clegg won his retrial for the murder of Karen Reilly in the same incident. [Clegg had been released from prison in 1995.] The National Development Plan for the Republic of Ireland was launched at Dublin Castle by Bertie Ahern, then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), who said it was “an investment on a scale never seen before in our history”. More than half of the allocated £40.6 billion was to be invested in infrastructure, including roads, public transport, housing, water and sewerage, with the largest single allocation (£6 billion) going towards social and affordable housing.
Wednesday 15 November 2000
Ten homes had to be evacuated after a pipe-bomb was discovered outside a house in Glendun Close in Portrush, County Antrim, following a telephone warning. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) said they had not established a motive for the attack but added they did not believe it was sectarian. British Army (BA) explosives experts defused the device.
Thursday 15 November 2001
Six people were arrested in London and Liverpool, England, under the Terrorism Act. The arrests were believed to be in connection with recent bomb attacks in England by the “real” Irish Republican Army (rIRA).
[Following the arrests police began a search of a disused farm in Tingley village, West Ardsley, near Leeds. A seventh person was arrested on Sunday 18 November 2001.]
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh tour the grounds of Stormont in Belfast,
Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh paid a one-day visit to Northern Ireland. The Queen visited the Waterside area of Derry (her last visit to the city was in 1953), Hillsborough Castle, Lisburn, and Banbridge.
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
11 People lost their lives on the 15th November between 1972 – 1992
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15 November 1972 George Doherty, (32)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY)
Shot at his home, Sintonville Avenue, Strandtown, Belfast.
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15 November 1973
Michael McVerry, (23)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot during gun attack on Keady British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, County Armagh.
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15 November 1974
Anthony Simmons, (19)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot by sniper while on British Army (BA) foot patrol, Fountain Street, Strabane, County Tyrone.
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15 November 1975
Thomas Haddock, (51)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Shot during fracas in Park Bar, Lawther Street, Tiger’s Bay, Belfast. Ulster Defence Association (UDA) / Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) feud.
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15 November 1976
George Lutton, (41)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot by sniper while on Ulster Defence Regiment foot patrol, Church Place, Lurgan, County Armagh.
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15 November 1981
Thomas McNulty, (18)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)
Shot from passing motorcycle while standing in Thompson Street, Short Strand, Belfast
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15 November 1985
David Hanson, (24)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Killed in land mine attack on joint British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) foot patrol, Blaney Road, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh.
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15 November 1989
Robert Glover, (37)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Killed by booby trap bomb attached to his car which exploded while travelling along road, Killymaddy, near Ballygawley, County Tyrone. Contractor to British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
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15 November 1991
Francis Ryan, (25)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Died in premature explosion while carrying bomb along St Peter’s Street, St. Albans, Herts. England.
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15 November 1991 Patricia Black, (18)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Died in premature explosion while carrying bomb along St Peter’s Street, St. Albans, Herts. England.
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15 November 1992
Alan Corbett, (25)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot by sniper,while at Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Vehicle Check Point (VCP), Belcoo, County Fermanagh.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
14th November
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Wednesday 14 November 1973
In London nine people were found guilty of planting bombs in the city on 8 March 1973. Eight of those found guilty received life sentences. Of these six admitted to membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Thursday 14 November 1974
James McDade, then a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), was killed when the bomb he was planting exploded prematurely in Coventry, England.
Merlyn Rees, then Secretary of Sate for Northern Ireland, announced the closure of the remaining incident centres that had been set up under the arrangements for the IRA truce.
Tuesday 14 November 1978
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out a number of bomb attacks in towns across Northern Ireland. Serious damage was caused in attacks in Armagh, Belfast, Castlederg, Cookstown, Derry and Enniskillen. Thirty-seven people were injured in the attacks.
[This series of bomb attacks represented a renewed bombing campaign and over 50 bombs were exploded in the following week.]
Saturday 14 November 1981
The Reverend Robert Bradford
Robert Bradford Killed The Reverend Robert Bradford (40), then an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament, was shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) at a community centre in Finaghy in Belfast. Kenneth Campbell (29), a Protestant civilian who was a caretaker at the centre, was also shot and killed.
Monday 14 November 1983
Charles Armstrong (54), a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) and also Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) chairman of Armagh District Council, was killed by a booby trap bomb under his car.
James Molyneaux, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), attend a protest rally against the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) in Hillsborough.
Thursday 14 November 1991
UVF Logo
The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) shot dead three people in an attack near Lurgan, County Armagh. Two Catholic civilians and one Protestant civilian were killed as they were travelling home from work.
[The UVF later apologised for killing the Protestant civilian.]
[Following the killing of twenty people since the 10 October 1991 the British government announced that the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) would be allowed to recruit an additional 440 members and that 500 additional soldiers would be sent to Northern Ireland. In addition soldiers were moved into Belfast from other areas of the region and 1,200 part-time Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) members were put on full-time duty.]
Saturday 14 November 1992
Three Catholic civilians were shot dead during a gun and grenade attack carried out by the Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), a cover name (pseudonym) used by the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). The attack took place in a bookmaker’s shop on the Oldpark Road, Belfast.
[This incident was similar to an attack by the UFF on 5 February 1992.]
In London the Irish Republican Army (IRA) attempted to plant a large bomb, estimated at 1,000 pounds, but were stopped by the Metropolitan Police. A policeman was shot and wounded and one man arrested during the incident.
Sinn Féin (SF) won a court case against Belfast City Council. The case concerned the tactics adopted by Unionist councillors to deny positions on various committees to SF.
Sunday 14 November 1993
A Sinn Féin (SF) selection convention was held in Belfast to discuss the European Elections in June 1994. The party selected candidates to contest each of the three Northern Ireland seats in the European Parliament – the first time SF had fought in all three constituencies.
Monday 14 November 1994
John Major
John Major, then British Prime Minister, addressed the Lord Mayor’s banquet in London. During his speech he announced that talks with Loyalist political representatives would begin before Christmas.
Tuesday 14 November 1995
The ‘Spirit of Drumcree’ group held a rally in the Ulster Hall, Belfast. The group called for sweeping changes in the Orange Order including the resignation of Martin Smyth (Rev.), then Grand Master, and the breaking of the traditional link between the Order and the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP).
Friday 14 November 1997
Jonathon Stephenson, then chairperson of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), addressed the opening session of the party’s annual conference and called for a “historic compromise” with Unionism. David Trimble, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), called for the replacement of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) before progress on the multi-party talks.
Saturday 14 November 1998
John Hume, then leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), addressed the annual SDLP conference and said Unionists and Nationalists had at last taken their future into their hands and seized control of their history, rather than history controlling them.
[During the conference the SDLP said it would help to remove Sinn Féin (SF) from the Executive if the Irish Republican Army (IRA) failed to decommission within the specified time-scale. The party also said it would not support any attempt by Unionists to rewrite the Good Friday Agreement.]
Sunday 14 November 1999
The home of a Catholic family in north Belfast was attacked with a pipe-bomb. No one was injured in the attack. The family returned home at about 6.30pm to find their house in Westland Road had been damaged. The attack was carried out by Loyalist paramilitaries.
Tuesday 14 November 2000
Clifford Shearing (Prof.), a former member of the Patten commission on police reform, strongly criticised the British government for “gutting” the Patten report in its proposed legislation. The criticism appeared in an article in the Guardian (an English newspaper) in which Shearing wrote: “The Patten report has not been cherry picked, it has been gutted”.
Wednesday 14 November 2001
There was a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The two Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Ministers refused to attend the meeting. This was the first meeting to be jointly chaired by David Trimble (UUP), then First Minister, and Mark Durkan (SDLP), then Deputy First Minister. The Executive considered the continuing violence in north Belfast, the Loyalist protest at the Holy Cross Girls’ Primary School, and the forthcoming budget.
John Reid, then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that funding of £1 million would be made available for a new Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Garden of Remembrance and an RUC Museum. Reid also announced the composition of the Boards of Trustees of the RUC George Cross Foundation (Jim McDonald, chairman) and the Northern Ireland Police Fund (Sir John Semple, chairman).
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
18 People lost their lives on the 14th November between 1972 – 1992
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14 November 1972 Joseph McCrystal, (28)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY) Died two days after being shot near his home, Arthur Road, Greencastle, Belfast.
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14 November 1972 Stanley Evans, (19)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while guarding British Army (BA) members searching homes, Stanhope Street, Unity Flats, Belfast.
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14 November 1973 John Lundy, (61)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot during sniper attack on British Army (BA) observation post, Moira Street, Short Strand, Belfast
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14 November 1973 Kathleen Feeney, (14)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot during sniper attack on British Army (BA) mobile patrol, Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry.
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14 November 1974 James McDade, (28)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in premature bomb explosion outside telephone exchange, Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
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14 November 1975 Thomas McNamee, (55)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY) Died almost one year after being injured in bomb attack on McArdle’s Bar, Crossmaglen, County Armagh. He was wounded on 29 November 1974.
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14 November 1977 Samuel Murphy, (21)
Catholic Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) On leave. Died 10 days after being shot, while walking near to his parent’s home, Bearnagh Drive, Andersonstown, Belfast.
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14 November 1980 Peter Valente, (33)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Found shot in entry, off Highfield Drive, Highfield, Belfast. Alleged informer.
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14 November 1981 Robert Bradford, (40)
Protestant Status: Civilian Political Activist (CivPA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Ulster Unionist Party Member of Parliament. Shot at Community Centre, Finaghy, Belfast.
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14 November 1981 Kenneth Campbell, (29)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot during gun attack on Robert Bradford, Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) Member of Parliament, at Community Centre, Finaghy, Belfast. Caretaker of the premises.
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14 November 1983 Charles Armstrong, (54)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Also Ulster Unionist Party Councillor. Killed by booby trap bomb attached to his car, outside District Council offices, Armagh.
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14 November 1986 Alan McCormick, (29)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: not known (nk) Knocked down by Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) land rover, during street disturbances, Bilston Road, Ballysillan, Belfast.
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14 November 1991 Desmond Rogers, (54)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Shot shortly after leaving his workplace, Hyster factory, while travelling in car at the junction of Carbet Road and Carn Road, near Lurgan, County Armagh.
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14 November 1991 Fergus Magee, (28)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Shot shortly after leaving his workplace, Hyster factory, while travelling in car at the junction of Carbet Road and Carn Road, near Lurgan, County Armagh.
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14 November 1991 John Lavery, (27)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Shot, whilst travelling in his car, at the junction of Carbet Road and Carn Road, near Lurgan, County Armagh.
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14 November 1992 Francis Burns, (62)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Shot during gun and grenade attack on James Murray bookmaker’s shop, Oldpark Road, Belfast.
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14 November 1992 Peter Orderley, (47)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Shot during gun and grenade attack on James Murray bookmaker’s shop, Oldpark Road, Belfast.
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14 November 1992 John Lovett, (72)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Shot during gun and grenade attack on James Murray bookmaker’s shop, Oldpark Road, Belfast.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
13th November
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Wednesday 13 November 1968
William Craig, then Home Affairs Minister, banned all marches, with the exception of ‘customary’ parades, in Derry from 14 November 1968 to 14 December 1968.
[The exception of ‘customary’ parades meant that Loyalist institutions could parade but civil rights marches would be banned.]
Friday 13 November 1981
Michael Havers,
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out a bomb attack on the home of Michael Havers, then British Attorney-General, in London.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners issued a statement indicating that on 1 December 1981 they would end their protest over the issue of prison work. The SDLP held its annual conference over two days (13 – 15 November 1981).
Sunday 13 November 1982
Gerry Adams, then Member of Parliament (MP) for West Belfast, was elected President of Sinn Féin (SF) and the party’s annual Ard Fheis.
[Adams replaced Ruairí Ó Brádaigh as President in a development that demonstrated the movement in political power from Republicans based in the south of Ireland to those in Northern Ireland.]
Tuesday 13 November 1990
Alan Dukes resigned as leader of Fine Gael.
Wednesday 13 November 1991
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) carried out a series of attacks in Belfast and killed four Protestant civilians. The United Nations Committee on Torture issued a report that criticised the British government’s refusal to introduce a policy of using videotape to record interviews of paramilitary suspects while in police custody.
Friday 13 November 1992
The Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a large van bomb in the centre of Coleraine, County Derry. The bomb caused extensive damage to the commercial heart of the town.
Wednesday 13 November 1996
Portlaoise Prison
Three Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners who had been serving sentences in England were transferred to Portlaoise Prison in the Republic of Ireland.
Thursday 13 November 1997
During a visit to Washington, United States of America (USA), Marjorie (Mo) Mowlam, then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, said that she would try to meet the deadline set for the multi-party talks at Stormont. She also “vowed” to help establish a new inquiry into the events of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Derry on 30 January 1972.
Representatives of Families Against Intimidation and Terror (FAIT) held a meeting in the Maze Prison with Ulster Defence Association (UDA) and Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) prisoners.
Ruairi Quinn
Ruairi Quinn was elected as the new leader of the Irish Labour Party.
[Quinn won the election during a secret ballot by 37 votes to 27. During a press conference Quinn said that the Labour Party should not rule out a coalition with either Fianna Fáil (FF) or Fine Gael (FG) following the next general election.]
Friday 13 November 1998
The Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF) announced that it was willing to decommission some of its weapons if the Irish Republican Army (IRA) matched their gesture on a ratio of ten IRA weapons for every LVF weapon.
It was announced that a further 400 British soldiers would be withdrawn from Northern Ireland. Seamus Mallon, then deputy leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), delivered a speech to the Annual Conference of the SDLP.
Saturday 13 November 1999
There was a sectarian arson attack on the home of an 82 year old Catholic woman living in the Waterside area of Derry. The woman was hospitalised as a result of the attack.
Loyalist paramilitaries were responsible for the attack. Police described the attack as “pure naked sectarianism”.
Tom French, then President of the Workers’ Party (WP), told the party’s Ard Fheis that there was a stench of corruption in the Republic which he likened to Cuba before Fidel Castro. He said the party was now trying to re-establish the ideas of democracy and independence.
Ruairí O Bradaigh, then President of Republican Sinn Féin (RSF), addressed his party’s Ard Fheis in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He said that if the Irish Republican Army (IRA) agreed to decommission its arms then it should disband.
Professor Brian Ó Cuív,
Professor Brian Ó Cuív, a leading Celtic scholar, died at the age of 82. The author of many works on the Irish language and its history. He married Emer, daughter of former president Eámon de Valera.
Tuesday 13 November 2001
Loyalist paramilitaries carried out a gun attack on a man, and his father, while they were driving home at 10.30pm (2230GMT) on a road near Ballycastle, County Antrim. A bullet struck the vehicle but neither of the two men were injured.
A man (18) was shot in both legs in the Mount Vernon area of Belfast at appoximately 11.30pm (2330GMT). He was treated in hospital for his injuries. The attack was believed to have been a paramilitary ‘punishment’ shooting.
Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern, then Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister), suggested in the Dáil that the British government had been slow to co-operate with the Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings on 17 May 1974 in which 33 people were killed.
It was announced that Justice Henry Barron, from the Republic of Ireland, would meet John Reid, then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to ask for access to British files on the bombings. Barron first requested the files on 10 November 2000.
[There have been persistent allegations that British security forces colluded with Loyalist paramilitaries in the bombings.]
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
8 People lost their lives on the 13th November between 1972 – 1991
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13 November 1972
Stanislaus Carberry, (34)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: British Army (BA) Shot while travelling in car along La Salle Drive, Falls, Belfast.
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13 November 1973
Bernard Teggart, (15)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Found shot near Floral Hall, Zoological Gardens, Antrim Road, Belfast. Alleged informer.
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13 November 1976
John Patch, (34)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY) Abducted while walking along Cliftonville Road, Belfast. Found shot a short time later, on the edge of Ballysillan Playing Fields, off Alliance Road, Belfast.
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13 November 1979 Paul Fryer, (18)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by booby trap bomb attached to telegraph pole, while on British Army (BA) foot patrol, Silverbridge, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh.
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13 November 1991 William Kingsberry, (35)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Association (UDA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot together with his stepson at their home, Lecale Street, off Donegall Road, Village, Belfast.
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13 November 1991 Samuel Mehaffey, (19)
Protestant Status: Red Hand Commando (RHC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot together with his stepfather at their home, Lecale Street, off Donegall Road, Village, Belfast.
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13 November 1991
Stephen Lynn, (30)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while renovating house, Upper Crumlin Road, Belfast. Previous owner of the house was the intended target.
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13 November 1991
Kenneth Lynn, (28)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while renovating house, Upper Crumlin Road, Belfast. Previous owner of the house was the intended target.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
12th November
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Thursday 12 November 1970
The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) was formed.
[The NIHE gradually took over control of the building and allocation of public sector housing in Northern Ireland. The responsibility for public sector housing had previously rested with local government and the Northern Ireland Housing Trust (NIHT). There had been many allegations of discrimination in the provision and allocation of housing by the various local government councils in Northern Ireland and this was the main reason for setting up the Housing Executive.]
Friday 12 November 1971
A Dutch seaman was shot dead by Republican paramilitaries in Belfast.
Tuesday 12 November 1974
Two Protestant civilians who had been employed by the British Army were shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and left on Sheriffs Road, near Derry. Three other people were killed in separate incidents in Belfast and County Derry.
Wednesday 12 November 1975
Michael Duggan (32), then Chairman of the Falls Road Taxi Association, was shot dead in Hawthorne Street, Belfast, by members of the Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA). This killing was part of the continuing feud between the two wings of the IRA. One person was killed when the IRA threw a bomb into Scott’s Oyster Bar (Restaurant) in Mount Street, Mayfair, London.
Merlyn Rees, then Secretary of Sate for Northern Ireland, announced the closure of the remaining incident centres that had been set up under the arrangements for the IRA truce.
Tuesday 12 November 1986
The Queen’s speech, at the opening of a new parliament at Westminster, reaffirmed the British government’s commitment to the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA).
Thursday 12 November 1987
James Molyneaux, then leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), and Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), led a protest march against the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) in London.
Thursday 12 November 1992
In an effort to increase the percentage of Catholics employed in the Northern Ireland Civil Service the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) announced that it was introducing “goals and timetables”. The NIO also stated there would be no preferential treatment on the grounds of religion, political beliefs, or gender, and denied that the new measures amounted to quotas. [Government estimates of the number of senior posts held by Catholics was 17 per cent.]
Tuesday 12 November 1996
Lindsay Robb, formerly a Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) talks negotiator, failed in his appeal against a 10 year sentence for gun-running on behalf of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
Wednesday 12 November 1997
The Irish Times carried a report claiming that 35 members of the “1st Battalion, South Armagh Brigade” of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had left the paramilitary group in protest at Sinn Féin’s (SF) peace strategy. It was also claimed that those who had left were prepared to join others who had left in October 1997. Ronnie Flanagan, then Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), told the Northern Ireland Select Committee that eight per cent of the 8,500 members of the RUC were Catholic. John Hume, then leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), raised concerns about the continuing high levels of security in west Belfast and south Armagh.
Friday 12 November 1999
George Mitchell, then chairman of the Review of the Agreement, adjourned the talks for the weekend. He hoped that both the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Sinn Féin (SF) would use the time to reflect on the ‘sequence’ of events that had been discussed. A vote taken by the 27 members of the UUP MLAs showed a majority in favour of agreeing to a deal about the new Executive. Four people, all Irish nationals, appeared at a hearing in a Florida court in the USA charged with trying to illegally export handguns to Ireland. The four were refused bail.
Monday 12 November 2001
A man (23) was found shortly after 12.00am (0000GMT) with a gunshot wound to his leg at Bryson Court, New Mossley to the north of Belfast.
[It was thought that he had been the victim of a paramilitary ‘punishment’ attack.]
At approximately 1.00am (0100GMT) two masked men both believed to be armed with shotguns forced their way into a house in Eliza Street, Belfast. They fired a shot through a bedroom door in the house but a man (33) inside the room was uninjured in the attack.
There was a change in the policing tactics used at the Loyalist protest of Holy Cross Girls’ Primary School. Instead of gathering together all the Catholic parents and children and escorting them as a group to the school the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) specified a time period in which parents could walk to the school. Approximately 400 police officers (one in eight of the total in Belfast) were present to ensure that the children were able to get to school.
The day’s operation cost an estimated £100,000. Some Catholic parents complained that the new police tactics left them more exposed to Loyalist protesters. Police arrested a nationalist who was taking a video of Loyalist protesters.
The British government published a draft Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill, 2001. If implemented the Northern Ireland Assembly (NIA) could take responsibility for policing and the criminal justice system after NIA elections on 1 May 2003. The provisions in the draft Bill included: the creation of an independent prosecution service; a judicial appointment commission to propose appointment or removal of judges; the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland to head the judiciary – rather than the Lord Chancellor in London; the appointment of an Attorney General for Northern Ireland; the appointment of a Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice; the appointment of a Law Commission; and new judges would take an oath to the office for which they were responsible rather than to the Queen. There was a session of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
[Of the 108 elected members approximately 30 attended the session.]
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
11 People lost their lives on the 12th November between 1971 – 1983
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12 November 1971 Rene Heemskerk, (18)
nfNI Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Republican group (REP)
Dutch seaman. Shot in dentist’s waiting room, Grosvenor Road, Belfast.
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12 November 1974 Hugh Slater, (29)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Civilian employed by British Army (BA). Found shot by the side of Sheriffs Road, near Derry.
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12 November 1974 Leonard Cross, (19)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Civilian employed by British Army (BA). Found shot by the side of Sheriffs Road, near Derry.
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12 November 1974 Joseph Elliott, (21)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Loyalist group (LOY)
Shot from passing car while walking along Ardmore Road, Drumahoe, Derry.
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12 November 1974 Michael Brennan, (26)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Protestant Action Group (PAG)
Youth Leader. Shot at St Mary Youth Centre, Carolan Road, Rosetta, Belfast.
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12 November 1974
Joseph Taylor, (17)
Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Republican group (REP)
Shot at his workplace, a petrol filling station, West Circular Road, Highfield, Belfast.
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12 November 1975
Michael Duggan, (32)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA)
Chairman of Falls Taxi Association. Shot while in St Paul’s Hall, Hawthorne Street, Falls, Belfast. Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) / Irish Republican Army (IRA) feud.
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12 November 1975 John Batey, (59)
nfNIB Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Killed by bomb thrown into Scott’s Restaurant, Mount Street, Mayfair, London.
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12 November 1978 Gareth Wheedon, (19)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Died four days after being injured by remote controlled bomb attached to gate, detonated when British Army (BA) foot patrol passed, Blaney Road, Crossmaglen, County Armagh.
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12 November 1980 Oliver Walsh, (39)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Killed by land mine while travelling in his car, Lislea, near Camlough, County Armagh. Mistaken for undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol.
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12 November 1983
Paul Clarke, (29)
Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Killed in mortar bomb attack on Carrickmore British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, County Tyrone.
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Key Events & Deaths on this day in Northern Ireland Troubles
11th November
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Thursday 11 November 1971
Two Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officers were shot dead by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in Belfast. [One of the officers was a Catholic and was the first Catholic member of the RUC to be killed during the conflict.]
Monday 11 November 1974
Allan Quartermaine, a London insurance broker, was shot and mortally wounded in his chauffeur-driven car at traffic-lights in King’s Road, Chelsea, London. Quartermaine died a week later. It is believed that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) was responsible for the shooting. At the time police thought the shooting was a case of mistaken identity (McKee & Franey, 1988; p.84).
Tuesday 11 November 1975
Four men were killed in the continuing feud between the two wings of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Thursday 11 November 1976
The Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee (ULCCC) issued a plan, ‘Ulster Can Survive Unfettered’, for the setting up of an Independent Northern Ireland.
Thursday 11 November 1982
‘Shoot to Kill’ Allegation Sean Burns (21), Gervaise McKerr (31), and Eugene Toman (21), all members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), were shot dead by members of an undercover unit of Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) at a police check point on Tullygalley Road, Craigavon, County Armagh. None of the three men were armed at the time of the shooting.
[This shooting incident, together with other similar incidents where unarmed Republican paramilitaries were shot dead led to claims that the security forces were engaged in a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. This claim was officially denied.
The RUC claimed that the three men had driven through a Vehicle Check Point. There were similar incidents on 24 November 1982 and 12 December 1982. Eventually the British government set up the Stalker inquiry (later taken over by Sampson) into the incidents.] The first sitting of the new Northern Ireland Assembly took place at Stormont, Belfast. The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) and Sinn Féin (SF) did not take up their seats.
Monday 11 November 1991
Dublin City Council in the Republic of Ireland voted for a resolution not to allow Sinn Féin (SF) to use the Mansion House for its annual Ard Fheis. The reason given was SF’s support for the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Thursday 11 November 1993
Michael Ancram, then Political Development Minister at the Northern Ireland Office (NIO), held a meeting in London with representatives of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). This completed a series of bilateral meetings with the main political parties. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) published its proposals for the future of Northern Ireland in a document entitled Breaking the Log-Jam.
Monday 11 November 1996
Proposals for the joint marketing of tourism by Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland were attacked by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
Wednesday 11 November 1998
The announcement that the Maze prison in County Antrim would close by the year 2000 if the Good Friday Agreement was fully implemented was greeted by anger by many Unionists.
[The closure of the Maze would have a large impact on security related jobs which are almost entirely held by Protestants.]
Joel Patton, then spokesman for the ‘Spirit of Drumcree’ group, was expelled from the Orange Order because of his outspoken criticism of William Bingham in July. Mary McAleese, then President of the Republic of Ireland, joined with Queen Elizabeth of England and King Albert of Belgium, at a ceremony in the Belgian village of Mesen (Messines Ridge) to commemorate the estimated 50,000 Irishmen (from north and south) who died during the first World War. The ceremony also marked the official opening of a peace tower (modelled on an Irish round tower) built by young people from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Thursday 11 November 1999
Political talks that formed part of the Mitchell Review of the Agreement continued at Stormont in Belfast. There was speculation that a ‘sequence’ of events was being agreed which would include a Sinn Féin (SF) statement condemning violence and the appointment of an IRA interlocutor to negotiate with the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning (IICD) led by John de Chastelain. However Unionist opponents of the proposals said that it failed to guarantee short-term decommissioning. Ian Paisley, then leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), called on the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) to overthrow David Trimble, then leader of the UUP, before he betrayed Unionists.
The Orange Order decided to halt disciplinary proceedings against Lord Dennis Rogan. Proceedings had been started because Rogan had attending the Catholic funeral of three victims of the Omagh bomb. Such participation in a Catholic ceremony is against the rules of the Orange Order.
Sunday 11 November 2001
Protestant Teenager Killed Glen Hugh Branagh (16), a Protestant teenager, was killed in north Belfast when a pipe-bomb he was holding exploded prematurely.
[It was later confirmed that Branagh was a member of the (Ulster) Young Militants (YM), the youth wing of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). Members of YM were accused of killing a Protestant man, mistaken for a Catholic, during an attack on 31 March 2001.]
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers stated that during a riot a youth, wearing a distinctive top and mask, was seen as he was about to throw a pipe-bomb at the security forces on North Queen Street; the bomb went off while he was still holding it. The crowd then called the police officers forward to give medical assistance. Although treated at the scene Branagh died later in hospital. Two other men were injured in the explosion.
[Loyalists claimed that the bomb had been thrown by Nationalists and that Branagh had picked the device up. This claim was denied by PSNI officers who said they saw quite clearly what had happened.]
Prior to this incident there had been serious rioting in the area between rival Protestant and Catholic residents. Later in the evening there were further disturbances and police fired 9 plastic baton rounds. A Catholic girl (14) was injured when she was hit in the stomach by a plastic bullet.
Catholic residents also claimed that a boy (11) and a teenager (17) were also hit by plastic bullets. Twenty-four police officers and two British soldiers were injured during the rioting. There were several shooting incidents in Belfast during the evening and in the early hours of Monday 12 November 2001. A gunman fired a shot from a car at four youths sitting in a bus shelter on the Antrim Road, north Belfast. There were reports that a gunman had fired a shot into the Clarendon Bar, Garmoyle Street in the Docks area of Belfast at about 10.00pm (2200GMT). There were a series of events across Northern Ireland to mark Remembrance Day. Among the wreaths laid at memorials were, for the first time, ones on behalf of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI).
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Remembering all innocent victims of the Troubles
Today is the anniversary of the death of the following people killed as a results of the conflict in Northern Ireland
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die
– Thomas Campbell
To the innocent on the list – Your memory will live forever
– To the Paramilitaries –
There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, but nothing worth killing for.
16 People lost their lives on the 11th November between 1971 – 2001
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11 November 1971
Dermot Hurley, (50)
Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot while in shop at rear of Oldpark Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Oldpark Road, Belfast.
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11 November 1971
Walter Moore, (37)
Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot while in shop at rear of Oldpark Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Oldpark Road, Belfast.
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11 November 1972 Gerard Kelly, (58)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Red Hand Commando (RHC)
Shot at his newsagent’s shop, Crumlin Road, Belfast.
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11 November 1975
John McAllister, (19)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot while standing at bus stop, Springfield Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast. A relative of a member of Republican Clubs. Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) / Irish Republican Army (IRA) feud.
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11 November 1975
Comgall Casey, (18)
Catholic Status: Civilian Political Activist (CivPA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Former Republican Clubs member. Shot at his workplace, joinery firm, Andersonstown, Belfast. Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) / Irish Republican Army (IRA) feud.
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11 November 1975
Owen McVeigh, (28)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA)
Shot at his home, Grosvenor Place, Lower Falls, Belfast. Mistaken for Irish Republican Army (IRA) member. Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) / Irish Republican Army (IRA) feud
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11 November 1975
John Brown, (25)
Catholic Status: Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot at his home, Cooke Place, off Ormeau Road, Belfast. Official Irish Republican Army (OIRA) / Irish Republican Army (IRA) feud.
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11 November 1976 Patrick Smyth, (24)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: non-specific Republican group (REP)
Shot while inside social club, Saul Street, Short Strand, Belfast.
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11 November 1976 Winston McCaughey, (33)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Shot outside his home, Kilrea, County Derry.
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11 November 1977 Patrick Shields, (53)
Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Killed in car bomb explosion, King Street, Belfast. Inadequate warning given.
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11 November 1980 Owen McQuade, (31)
nfNI Status: British Army (BA),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Shot while sitting in stationary British Army (BA) minibus, main driveway of Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry.
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11 November 1981
Cecil Graham, (32)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR),
Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA)
Off duty. Died two days after being shot while leaving relative’s home, Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh.
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11 November 1982
Eugene Toman, (21)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) members at Vehicle Check Point (VCP), Tullygalley East Road, Craigavon, County Armagh.
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11 November 1982
Sean Burns, (21)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) members at Vehicle Check Point (VCP), Tullygalley East Road, Craigavon, County Armagh.
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11 November 1982
Gervaise McKerr, (31)
Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA),
Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)
Shot by undercover Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) members at Vehicle Check Point (VCP), Tullygalley East Road, Craigavon, County Armagh.
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11 November 2001 Glen Branagh, (16)
Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Association (UDA),
Killed by: Ulster Defence Association (UDA)
Killed in premature explosion, while handling pipe-bomb, during street disturbances, North Queen Street, Tigers Bay, Belfast.
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