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In similar incidents, the IRA deliberately killed 91 Protestant civilians in 1974–76. [49] The IRA did not officially claim the killings, but justified them in a statement on 17 January 1976, "The Irish Republican Army has never initiated sectarian killings ...
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
This is a timeline of actions by the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA or OIRA), an Irish republican & Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group. Most of these actions took place as part of a Guerrilla campaign against the British Army & Royal Ulster Constabulary and internal Irish Republican feuds with the Provisional IRA & Irish National Liberation Army from the early 1970s - to the mid ...
26 November - A Garda, two civilians and two Provisional IRA volunteers were injured during an exchange of shots after a foiled attempt to free IRA Chief of Staff Seán Mac Stíofáin when an 8-man IRA unit embarked on a rescue attempt, two members of the IRA unit were disguised as priests during the unsuccessful attempt. [84]
8 March - 1973 Old Bailey bombing - The Provisional IRA conducted their first operations in England exploding two car bombs in the center of London. One bomb exploded outside the Old Bailey Courthouse, injuring 180 people and one man later died from a heart attack, the bomb exploded near Whitehall injuring about 30 other people, bringing the total injured for the day to over 200.
Two civilians, Nora Field, 59 and John Breslin, 18, were killed in the blast, [4] and 40 people were injured, 23 of them soldiers, eight of whom received severe injuries. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] It was the worst attack carried out by the IRA in England since the London Hilton bombing , which killed two civilians and injured over 60 others.
Three days after the attack, the Real IRA released a statement claiming responsibility for the explosion. It apologised to "civilian" victims and said its targets had been commercial.
Target IRA strength Government strength IRA losses Government losses Dungiven landmine and gun attack: 24 June 1972 British Army 1 ASU 1 Army Convoy None 3 British soldiers killed 7 wounded 1 vehicle destroyed 1 vehicle damaged Drummuckavall ambush: 22 November 1975 British Army 12 volunteers 1 infantry section None 3 British soldiers killed 1 ...