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Three RUC officers are killed by an IRA bomb near Lurgan. [4] The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 comes into effect, decriminalising homosexuality in Northern Ireland for those aged 18 or older. 11 November - The killing of three unarmed IRA members at an RUC checkpoint in Craigavon, County Armagh.
27 October 1982 – Seán Quinn (37), a Catholic, Alan McCloy (34) and Paul Hamilton (26), both Protestants, all members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their armoured patrol car at Oxford Island, near Lurgan. 11 November 1982 - Eugene Toman (21), Sean Burns (21) and ...
11 November 1982: The killing of three unarmed IRA members at an RUC checkpoint in east Lurgan, County Armagh. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Three officers were acquitted of their murder in June 1984, the presiding judge, Lord Justice Maurice Gibson , commending them for their "courage and determination in bringing the three deceased men to justice – in this ...
10 September: The IRA shot dead a man (David McVeigh) in Lurgan. The IRA claimed he had been a member of their organisation but had become an informer in 1982 after he was arrested in connection with the bombing of Lurgan Golf Club. [156] 11 September: the IRA launched a gun and rocket attack on RUC headquarters on the Strand Road in Derry. [158]
11 November 1982 – The killing of three unarmed IRA members at an RUC checkpoint in east Lurgan, County Armagh, gave rise to allegations of a shoot-to-kill policy in Northern Ireland The volunteers killed were Sean Burns, Eugene Toman and Gervaise McKerr.
This is a list of notable bombings related to the Northern Ireland "Troubles" and their aftermath. It includes bombings that took place in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, and Great Britain since 1968. There were at least 10,000 bomb attacks during the conflict (1968–1998). [1]
Three RUC officers were killed in an PIRA land mine attack on their patrol car near Oxford Island, near Lurgan, County Armagh. [94] 11 November Three unarmed IRA members were shot dead by members of an undercover RUC unit. Three more unarmed Republican suspects were killed by the RUC in disputed circumstances before the year ended. [94] 6 December
Middle Row, Lurgan, in the late 19th century Birds-eye view of Lurgan in the early 20th century Edward Street, Lurgan, in the early 20th century. The name Lurgan is an anglicisation of the Irish name An Lorgain, literally meaning "the shin", but within the context of placenames refers to a "shin"-shaped hill or ridge (i.e., long, low and narrow).