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The publican's son Michael Donnelly (14) was serving petrol to a customer. He noticed the strange speed of the cars. He tried to run towards the pub, but McConnell jumped out of one of the cars and shot the teenage boy dead with a Sten gun. [10] McConnell then shot the man Michael Donnelly had been serving petrol to in the head. [11]
The Hillcrest Bar bombing, also known as the "Saint Patrick's Day bombing", took place on 17 March 1976 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a car bomb outside a pub crowded with people celebrating Saint Patrick's Day .
He was also convicted of the bombing of Killen's Bar in Dungannon, and of the armed robbery of the CIÉ bus in Aughnacloy which caused approximately £12,000 worth of damage to the bus. [55] Sammy McCoo was named by McClure and Shields as being involved in the attack on Donnelly's bar. McCoo's name later appeared on the Garda suspects list for ...
The townland the village is in was formerly known as Ballydonnelly (Irish: Baile Uí Dhonnaíle [1]), and was the stronghold of the O'Donnelly (Uí Donnghaile) sept, [1] [4] who had held the role of marshalls to the O'Neills of Tyrone. According to Gaelic Irish tradition, the O'Donnellys were part of the Cenél nEoghain making them kin of the O ...
19 December 1975 - See: Donnelly's Bar and Kay's Tavern attacks - A car bomb exploded outside a public house called Kay's Tavern along Crowe Street, in Dundalk, County Louth. The bombing killed two people and injured dozens. About three hours later a gun and bomb attack on a pub in Silverbridge, County Armagh, killed three more people.
Hank’s Garage and Grill at 5801 Nieman Road is slated to open in the summer in the old Shawnee Auto building. “We’re gonna lean into the vintage auto garage feel a little bit,” he said.
On 11 May 1993, British security forces found and defused a horizontal mortar complete with warhead in Dungannon. [108] An IRA man was taken in custody in Newtownstewart, west Tyrone, on 10 July 1993, after being injured during a mishap while testing an improvised mortar in a barn near Dungannon whose firing pack exploded prematurely. [133]
19 December: Donnelly's Bar and Kay's Tavern attacks A car bomb exploded without warning at Kay's Tavern in Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. Two civilians were killed and twenty wounded. A short time later, gunmen attacked Donnelly's Bar and filling station in Silverbridge, less than ten miles away in County Armagh.