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Mass shooting near Darkley, County Antrim (1983)
The Darkley killings or Darkley massacre was a gun attack carried out on 20 November 1983 near the village of Darkley in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Darkley_killings
Village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
narrow strip of land that stretched from Darkley to Killylea. See Darkley Killings for a list of incidents in Darkley during The Troubles resulting in two
Darkley
1998 terrorist attack in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
previously occupied by the boys' aunt, for only six days before the attack. The killings took place at the height of the Drumcree stand-off over the Orange Order
Murder_of_the_Quinn_brothers
1988 killings in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Charles Haughey all condemned the killings. The British prime minister at the time, Margaret Thatcher, called the killings "an act of appalling savagery"
Corporals_killings
1960s–1998 conflict in Northern Ireland
and Monaghan bombings (1974), the Miami Showband killings (1975), and the Reavey and O'Dowd killings (1976). The Stevens Inquiries found that elements
The_Troubles
IRA shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland
The 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. On 10 March 1971, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) shot dead three
1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
1971_Scottish_soldiers'_killings
Northern Ireland dispute over parades
Flanagan, described the killings as "brutal sectarian murders" and linked them to the violent protests surrounding Drumcree. The killings led to widespread
Drumcree_conflict
Irish republican paramilitary group formed in 1974
way the INLA had developed since their arrest. Incidents such as the Darkley killings and the police penetration and corruption in Belfast convinced them
Irish National Liberation Army
Irish_National_Liberation_Army
Irish republican (1954–1994)
to have organised this killing". In an interview with the IRSP's newspaper, The Starry Plough, he stated of the Darkley killings: "I condemn them. Those
Dominic_McGlinchey
Northern Irish loyalist (1960–1997)
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Wright was involved in the sectarian killings of up to 20 Catholics but was never convicted for any. In 1994, the UVF
Billy_Wright_(loyalist)
Mass shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland
whitewash. In 1998, the Saville Inquiry was established to reinvestigate the killings. Its 2010 report concluded that the shootings were "unjustified" and "unjustifiable"
Bloody_Sunday_(1972)
1976 gun attacks in Northern Ireland
Reavey and O'Dowd shootings, and was the climax of a string of tit-for-tat killings in the area during the mid-1970s. In February 1975, the Provisional IRA
Reavey_and_O'Dowd_killings
1998 car bombing in Northern Ireland
Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Darkley killings Kesh ambush Strabane ambush Newry mortar attack Ballygawley barracks
Omagh_bombing
March 1991 loyalist gun attack in Northern Ireland
then forced a male customer to lie on the pavement and shot him also. The killings were claimed by the "Protestant Action Force", who alleged the mobile shop
Craigavon mobile shop killings
Craigavon_mobile_shop_killings
1975 mass murder in Northern Ireland
Battalion UDR, was charged with the Miami Showband killings. Crozier recounted that on the night of the killings, he had driven to the grounds of a school in
Miami_Showband_killings
Protest by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland
Millar at home on Shankill Road by the INLA. There were retaliatory UDA killings in Belfast; an RUC officer was blown up by a car bomb, and a woman in Derry
1981_Irish_hunger_strike
1993 UDA shooting in Castlerock
The Castlerock killings took place on 25 March 1993 in the village of Castlerock, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Defence Association
1993_Castlerock_killings
Irish political flag
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Starry_Plough
Massacre in Belfast by the British Army
verdict on all of the killings, but a 2021 coroner's report found that all those killed had been innocent and that the killings were "without justification"
Ballymurphy_massacre
Mass shooting near Tullyvallen, Northern Ireland
reflection for members of the Loyal Orders killed during the Troubles. Darkley killings Extracts from The Longest War: Northern Ireland and the IRA by Kevin
Tullyvallen_massacre
1988 terrorist attack in Northern Ireland
paramilitary Ulster Defence Association (UDA) who had been involved in several killings and other attacks, and who described himself as a "freelance loyalist paramilitary"
Milltown_Cemetery_attack
Northern Irish paramilitary group
cleared up by both sides. In November 1983, in the aftermath of the Darkley killings, the UPV claimed to have mobilised for undercover duty in border areas
Ulster_Protestant_Volunteers
2001 Real IRA attack on the BBC headquarters in London
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
2001_BBC_bombing
Informal alliance of Ulster loyalists in the 1970s
Dublin and Monaghan bombings (1974), the Miami Showband killings (1975), the Reavey and O'Dowd killings (1976) and the Hillcrest Bar bombing (1976). Many of
Glenanne_gang
1991 SAS ambush in Northern Ireland
and out of its bases in the district using helicopters. The series of killings which led to the Coagh ambush began on 26 April 1988, when a 23-year-old
Coagh_ambush
Terrorist attack in Gilford, Northern Ireland
January 1976, the UVF killed six Catholics in two separate attacks. Darkley killings Droppin Well bombing Irish People's Liberation Organization Timeline
Central_Bar_bombing
Ulster loyalist gang
the expression "the Butchers" had appeared in media coverage of these killings, and many Catholics lived in fear of the gang. Detective Chief Inspector
Shankill_Butchers
Irish communist political party
contended that the killings were a result of collusion between loyalists and security forces, even suspecting that some of the killings were carried out
Irish Republican Socialist Party
Irish_Republican_Socialist_Party
Bombing in Northern Ireland
concerning phone calls. He later died in hospital. Central Bar bombing Darkley killings Droppin Well bombing Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions
1982_Divis_Flats_bombing
November 1991 gun attack in Northern Ireland
Showband killings in July 1975, and the killing of two Catholic civilians near Newtownhamilton in August 1975. 1991 Cappagh killings 1991 Drumbeg killings Loughinisland
1991_Craigavon_killings
Irish socialist and republican political activist (born 1947)
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Bernadette_Devlin_McAliskey
Irish republican paramilitary (born 1956)
The RUC and Gardaí linked O'Hare to a series of killings and attacks, including the attempted killing of Ulster Unionist Party politician Jim Nicholson
Dessie_O'Hare
Discrimination against Protestants
campaign against innocent Catholics", or the gunmen would "make the Darkley killings look like a picnic." Christianity portal Evangelical Christianity portal
Anti-Protestantism
1993 mass shooting in Northern Ireland
been given". Afterwards, the gunmen were said to have boasted about the killings. There was "considerable resentment" in Greysteel after the Ulster Unionist
Greysteel_massacre
Irish republican (1939-1977)
control of the actions of its members a hundred miles to the North". The killing of Official IRA Belfast commander Billy McMillen (shot by Gerard Steenson
Seamus_Costello
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
List of weapons used by the Irish National Liberation Army
List_of_weapons_used_by_the_Irish_National_Liberation_Army
1969 attack in Derry, Northern Ireland
Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Darkley killings Kesh ambush Strabane ambush Newry mortar attack Ballygawley barracks
Burntollet_Bridge_incident
Uptick in violence during the Troubles
After 'Unacceptable' Killings". San Francisco Chronicle. 25 January 1989. Retrieved June 30, 2026. Slevin, Peter (14 July 1988). "Killing of Innocents Erodes
March_1988_in_the_Troubles
Dispute in Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland
gun with an IRA shooting in 1997. This would make it the first sectarian killing for almost two years. The next day, loyalists retaliated by shooting dead
Holy_Cross_dispute
Former Irish Republican paramilitary group
be from the IPLO carried out a robbery on a Credit Union in Newry. Darkley killings Droppin Well bombing South Armagh Republican Action Force "The Human
Irish People's Liberation Organisation
Irish_People's_Liberation_Organisation
1992 shooting committed by an off-duty RUC constable
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
1992 Sinn Féin Headquarters shooting
1992_Sinn_Féin_Headquarters_shooting
British Ulster loyalist; Ulster Volunteer Force commander (1953–1994)
Maze UVF at the time. In 1984 he was charged in connection with the 1975 killings of Catholic civilians Gerard McClenahan and Anthony Molloy after being
Trevor_King
Ulster loyalist paramilitary movement
feared he was becoming the victim of a revenge campaign in response to the killing of a UDR soldier in Tyrone earlier that year. The harassment subsided after
Ulster_Resistance
Irish republican (1963–1996)
by 1994. On 9 July 1994, Gallagher acted as a scout during the INLA's killing of the UVF's Trevor King. When Hugh Torney was captured in April 1995,
Gino_Gallagher
Irish National Liberation Army volunteer
2004). "Government to launch inquiries into four Northern Ireland 'dirty killings'". The Independent. Retrieved 13 November 2020. "Hearing in Wright murder
Christopher_McWilliams
1973 double-murder in Belfast during the Troubles
described the killings to a journalist as ritualistic; in addition to the multiple stabbings, Andrews had her breasts hacked off. The killings took place
Murder of Paddy Wilson and Irene Andrews
Murder_of_Paddy_Wilson_and_Irene_Andrews
Irish republican (1957–1981)
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Patsy_O'Hara
Part of a five-year protest during the Troubles
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Dirty_protest
British child psychiatrist
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
Morris_Fraser
Provisional IRA attack
of the killings, a civilian witness had observed British Army helicopters patrolling over the area. At 11:00 am on the morning of the killings, the Edenappa
1989_Jonesborough_ambush
Part of a five-year protest during the Troubles
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Blanket_protest
1976 sectarian massacre during The Troubles in Northern Ireland
particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before. The Kingsmill massacre was the climax of a string of tit-for-tat killings in the area during
Kingsmill_massacre
1987 British ambush in Northern Ireland
recovered from the dead IRA volunteers had been used in forty to fifty killings, including every fatality in IRA attacks in the counties Fermanagh and
Loughgall_ambush
Irish Republican (1956–1981)
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Kevin_Lynch_(hunger_striker)
1994 mass shooting in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland
September 2009 it was revealed that a Police Ombudsman's report on the killings was to be published on 15 September. At the same time, some details of
Loughinisland_massacre
1969–2007 British military operation in Northern Ireland during the Troubles
and Monaghan bombings (1974), the Miami Showband killings (1975) and the Reavey and O'Dowd killings (1976). The Stevens Inquiries found that elements
Operation_Banner
1979 murder in City of Westminster, London
Republican Socialist Party (the political wing of INLA) who was involved in the killing of Neave and who told Routledge that Neave "would have been very successful
Assassination_of_Airey_Neave
British politician, military officer and lawyer (1916–1979)
Republican Socialist Party (the political wing of INLA) who was involved in the killing of Neave and who told Routledge that Neave "would have been very successful
Airey_Neave
IRA sniping campaign against British security forces
The other three men of the sniper team were convicted in 1999 for six killings, two of them unrelated to the sniping operations (the deaths of two men
South Armagh Sniper (1990–1997)
South_Armagh_Sniper_(1990–1997)
Irish nationalist mass protests
(see 1996 Derry riots). On 18 June 1997, Alistair Graham warned after the killing of two RUC officers in nearby Lurgan that the IRA was seeking to raise
1997_Northern_Ireland_riots
1989 Provisional IRA attack in Northern Ireland
Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Darkley killings Kesh ambush Strabane ambush Newry mortar attack Ballygawley barracks
Attack_on_Derryard_checkpoint
there Monoray Publishing ISBN 978-1-80096-043-5 Carroll, Rory (2023). Killing Thatcher: The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown. London: HarperCollins
List of books about the Troubles
List_of_books_about_the_Troubles
Mass shooting in Derry, Northern Ireland in December 1972
December 2012. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. "Bookmakers killings remembered 25 years on". ITV News. Archived from the original on 23 December
Top_of_the_Hill_bar_shooting
Ambush
automatic fire upon their vehicle from concealed positions about the roadside, killing all three IRA men. Local residents reported hearing several bursts of sustained
Ambush_at_Drumnakilly
Loyalist incursion into the Republic of Ireland in 1986
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
Clontibret_invasion
Military unit
Shields and Laurence McClure as being involved in the 1975 Donnelly's Bar killings. John Weir states McConnell took part in the John Francis Green shooting
2nd Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment
2nd_Battalion,_Ulster_Defence_Regiment
1972 incident in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Army killings". Belfast Telegraph. 24 December 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2020. "Starmer apologises for British army 'overreaction' in 1972 killing of five
Springhill_massacre
Irish republican and drug dealer
senior IPLO operator Martin O'Prey in a dispute over profits. After the killing of O'Prey, Brown and the IPLO chief-of-staff threatened to kill "selective
Jimmy Brown (Irish republican)
Jimmy_Brown_(Irish_republican)
INLA volunteer
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Patrick Campbell (INLA member)
Patrick_Campbell_(INLA_member)
Effort to end UK control of Northern Ireland (1969–1997)
claim the killings, but justified them in a statement on 17 January 1976, "The Irish Republican Army has never initiated sectarian killings ... [but]
Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army_campaign
Disputes between Northern Ireland loyalist groups
UDA member, David Greer, in the Tiger's Bay area, sparking a series of killings in that part of the city. In another incident the County Londonderry town
Loyalist_feud
Irish Republican (1957–1987)
in Belfast. Steenson first came to notoriety as a teenager in 1975 for killing Billy McMillen, the Official IRA's Belfast leader, during the feud between
Gerard_Steenson
1993 IRA attack in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Republican Army actions (1990–99) Bayardo Bar attack 1994 Shankill Road killings Henry McDonald & Jim Cusack. UDA: Inside the Heart of Loyalist Terror.
Shankill_Road_bombing
Irish republican activist (1927–1975)
information on them over to the loyalist Ulster Volunteer Force. The first killing came on 20 February 1975, when the OIRA shot dead an INLA member named
Billy_McMillen
Northern Irish loyalist (1930–1982)
ten-year-old boy, Brian McDermott, in South Belfast in September 1973. The killing, which involved dismemberment and the burning of the body in Ormeau Park
John_McKeague
1973 IRA shooting in Belfast, Northern Ireland
The Provisional IRA Honey Trap killings occurred on 23 March 1973. Volunteers from the Provisional IRA's (IRA) Belfast Brigade shot dead three off-duty
Provisional IRA Honey Trap killings
Provisional_IRA_Honey_Trap_killings
1983 prison break in Northern Ireland
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
Maze_Prison_escape
Sectarian riots
witnesses denied that anyone on the roof was armed. Some time after the killing of Hugh McCabe, some 200 loyalists attacked Divis Street and began burning
1969_Northern_Ireland_riots
Helicopter downed by the Provisional IRA over Northern Ireland
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
1990 British Army Gazelle shootdown
1990_British_Army_Gazelle_shootdown
1987 Provisional IRA terror attack in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
Remembrance_Day_bombing
Attack in London
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
2000_MI6_attack
1972 gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Darkley killings Kesh ambush Strabane ambush Newry mortar attack Ballygawley barracks
Battle_at_Springmartin
Formation of the Land Forces in Northern Ireland (CLFNI)
November 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2012 1976: UDR men jailed for Showband killings A Testimony to Courage – the Regimental History of the Ulster Defence Regiment
11th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment
11th_Battalion,_Ulster_Defence_Regiment
Alleged member of the Real IRA (1952–2023)
Assassination of Airey Neave 1982 Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Darkley killings (denied) Trevor King Personalities Jimmy Brown Ronnie Bunting Patrick
Colm_Murphy
1979 IRA attack on British forces
caught the last lorry in the convoy, hurling it on its side and instantly killing six paratroopers, whose bodies were scattered across the road. There were
Warrenpoint_ambush
Irish Republican activist (1948–1980)
Torney ordained the killings of three Ulster Volunteer Force, a loyalist paramilitary organization, which led to retaliation killings of six Catholic civilians
Hugh Torney (Irish republican)
Hugh_Torney_(Irish_republican)
British Army operation in Belfast in 1970
Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Darkley killings Kesh ambush Strabane ambush Newry mortar attack Ballygawley barracks
Falls_Curfew
1972 British operation in Northern Ireland
1973/4. During the operation, the British Army shot four people in Derry, killing a civilian and an unarmed IRA member. Daniel Hegarty, a 15-year-old Catholic
Operation_Motorman
2001 bombing in Ealing, London, England
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
2001_Ealing_bombing
1992 SAS ambush in Northern Ireland
February 2012 O'Brien, pp. 232–35 Pogatchnik, Shawn (9 August 1992). "The Killings at Coalisland : British Tactics Under Fire After Deaths of 4 Young IRA
Clonoe_ambush
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
Outline_of_the_Troubles
1976 cross-border incident between Ireland and the United Kingdom
worsening security situation in south County Armagh, especially after the killing of three British soldiers at an observation post in November 1975 and the
Flagstaff_Hill_incident
Military unit
Curfew Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Operation Demetrius Ballymurphy massacre Newry killings Red Lion Pub bombing McGurk's Bar bombing Balmoral
2nd/11th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment
2nd/11th_Battalion,_Ulster_Defence_Regiment
IRA attack in Northern Ireland
Divis Flats bombing Droppin Well bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Darkley killings Kesh ambush Strabane ambush Newry mortar attack Ballygawley barracks
1997_Coalisland_attack
Irish Republican activist (1948–1980)
using the "Captain Green" code name, and gave technical details of the killing. Following the Sallins Train Robbery, Bunting was one of 40 who were arrested
Ronnie_Bunting
May 1974 general strike in Northern Ireland
for staying open during the strike. Twenty people were arrested over the killings. Meanwhile, a petrol station in Belfast was bombed for staying open during
Ulster Workers' Council strike
Ulster_Workers'_Council_strike
1993 IRA attack in Northern Ireland
helicopter crashed when its pilot attempted to avoid machine-gun fire, killing a Royal Green Jackets Lieutenant Colonel on board. A year later, a Scout
Battle_of_Newry_Road
darts. 6 – 4 September 1975 – The UVF attacked McCann's bar near Ballyagan killing Margaret Hale in the attack. 7 – 22 August 1975 – The UVF destroys the
Pub_bombing
Ulster loyalist attack in Northern Ireland
loyalist prisoner, has also singled out Wright as the key figure behind the killings: as for Cappagh. . . it was Mid-Ulster UVF, and Billy Wright was Brigade
Cappagh_killings
IRA bombings in Belfast, Northern Ireland
on Oxford Street, one of the busiest bus stations in Northern Ireland, killing six people. This was the highest number of casualties from any of the bombs
Bloody_Friday_(1972)
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