List of people killed during The Troubles (1969–1998)
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At least 3,489 people were killed during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe, between 1969 and 1998.[1]
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1969
Name | Date of death | Age | Religious affiliation | Status | Location of injury | Perpetrator | Notes[2] | |
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Francis McCloskey | 14 July 1969 | 67 | Catholic | Civilian | Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Died after being hit on the head by a baton during unrest the previous day. | |
Samuel DeVenney | 17 July 1969 | 42 | Catholic | Civilian | William Street, Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Died after being beaten in his home on April 19, 1969. | |
John Gallagher | 14 August 1969 | 30 | Catholic | Civilian | Cathedral Road, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland | Ulster Special Constabulary | Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
Patrick Rooney | 14 August 1969 | 9 | Catholic | Civilian | Divis Flats, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Shot while in his home; The RUC responded to gunfire by firing into nearby flats where they believed shots were fired from during the 1969 Northern Ireland riots.[3] | |
Herbert Roy | 15 August 1969 | 26 | Protestant | Civilian | Corner of Divis and Dover Streets, Lower Falls, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Unknown Republican Rioter | Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
Hugh McCabe | 15 August 1969 | 20 | Catholic | British Army (on leave) | Whitehall Block, Divis Flats, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Shot by police marksmen on roof, where rioters had gathered during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
Samuel McLarnon | 15 August 1969 | 27 | Catholic | Civilian | Herbert Street, Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
Michael Lynch | 15 August 1969 | 28 | Catholic | Civilian | Butler Street, Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
Gerald McAuley | 15 August 1969 | 15 | Catholic | Fianna Éireann | Bombay Street, Falls, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Unknown Loyalist Rioter | Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
David Linton | 15 August 1969 | 48 | Protestant | Civilian | Junction of Palmer Street and Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Unknown Republican Rioter | Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots. | |
John Todd | 8 September 1969 | 29 | Protestant | Civilian | Alloa Street, Lower Oldpark, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Unknown Republican Rioter | Shot during unrest. | |
George Dickie | 11 October 1969 | 25 | Protestant | Civilian | Shankill Road and Downing Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland | British Army | Shot during unrest. | |
Herbert Hawe | 11 October 1969 | 32 | Protestant | Civilian | Hopeton Street, Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland | British Army | Shot during unrest. | |
Victor Arbuckle | 11 October 1969 | 29 | Protestant | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Shankill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Unknown Loyalist Rioter | Shot during unrest. | |
Thomas McDowell | 21 October 1969 | 45 | Protestant | Ulster Volunteer Force | Hydroelectric power station near Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland | Ulster Volunteer Force | Died 2 days after being injured by premature explosion at hydroelectric power station. | |
Patrick Corry | 1 December 1969 | 61 | Catholic | Civilian | Unity Flats, off Upper Library Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Died after being hit with a baton on 2 August 1969. |
1970
Name | Date of death | Age | Religious affiliation | Status | Location of injury | Perpetrator | Notes[4] | |
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Richard Fallon | 3 April 1970 | 42 | Unknown | Garda Síochána | Bank of Ireland, Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland | Saor Éire | Police officer killed during armed robbery by Republican group. | |
Thomas McCool | 26 June 1970 | 40 | Catholic | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device. | |
Bernadette McCool | 26 June 1970 | 9 | Catholic | Civilian | Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device. | |
Carol Ann McCool | 26 June 1970 | 4 | Catholic | Civilian | Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device. | |
Joseph Coyle | 26 June 1970 | 40 | Catholic | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device. | |
William Kincaid | 27 June 1970 | 28 | Protestant | Civilian | Disraeli Street, off Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Riot after Orange Order march turns into gun battle. | |
Daniel Loughins | 27 June 1970 | 32 | Protestant | Civilian | Palmer Street, off Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Riot after Orange Order march turns into gun battle. | |
William Kincaid | 27 June 1970 | 18 | Protestant | Civilian | Disraeli Street, off Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Riot after Orange Order march turns into gun battle. | |
Robert Neill | 27 June 1970 | 38 | Protestant | Civilian | Junction of Central Street and Newtownards Road, Belfast | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Shot during Battle of St Matthew's. | |
James McCurrie | 27 June 1970 | 34 | Protestant | Civilian | Beechfield Street, Short Strand, Belfast | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Shot during Battle of St Matthew's. | |
Henry McIlhone | 29 June 1970 | 33 | Catholic | Civilian | Grounds of St Matthew's Church, Short Strand, Belfast | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Died 2 days after being shot during Battle of St Matthew's. | |
Thomas Reid | 3 July 1970 | 46 | Protestant | Civilian | Springfield Road, Belfast | Unknown | Died 6 days after being hit on the head by missile thrown from a crowd during street disturbances. | |
Charles O'Neill | 3 July 1970 | 36 | Catholic | Civilian | Falls Road, Lower Falls, Belfast | British Army | Knocked down by Armoured Personnel Carrier during Falls Curfew. | |
William Burns | 3 July 1970 | 54 | Catholic | Civilian | Falls Road, Lower Falls, Belfast | British Army | Shot at front door of his home during Falls Curfew. | |
Zbigniew Uglik | 4 July 1970 | 23 | Unknown | Civilian | Albert Street, Lower Falls, Belfast | British Army | English visitor of Polish heritage shot at the rear of a house during Falls Curfew. | |
Thomas Carlin | 8 July 1970 | 55 | Catholic | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device on 26 June 1970. | |
Patrick Elliman | 10 July 1970 | 62 | Catholic | Civilian | Marchioness Street, Lower Falls, Belfast | British Army | Died a week after he walked to the end of the street in his night clothes for a "breath of fresh air" before being shot and taken away in an ambulance during Falls Curfew. It was searched and re-routed by the British Army, causing it to take thirty minutes to reach the Royal Victoria Hospital a few hundred yards away.[5] | |
Daniel O'Hagan | 31 July 1970 | 19 | Catholic | Civilian | New Lodge Road, Belfast | British Army | Shot during unrest. | |
Donaldson Samuel | 12 August 1970 | 23 | Protestant | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Lissaraw, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Died one day after being injured by booby trap bomb attached to abandoned car. See: 1970 Crossmaglen bombing. | |
Robert Millar | 12 August 1970 | 26 | Protestant | Royal Ulster Constabulary | Lissaraw, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Died one day after being injured by booby trap bomb attached to abandoned car. See: 1970 Crossmaglen bombing. | |
Michael Kane | 4 September 1970 | 35 | Catholic | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Electricity transformer, New Forge Lane, Malone, Belfast | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Killed during premature explosion. | |
David Murray | 30 September 1970 | 49 | Protestant | Civilian | Wilton Street, Shankill, Belfast | Non-specific Loyalist group | Shot at his home. | |
Liam Walsh | 13 October 1970 | 35 | Unknown | Saor Éire | Rear of McKee Irish Army base, off Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin, Ireland | Saor Éire | Died in premature bomb explosion on railway embankment. | |
Arthur McKenna | 16 November 1970 | 35 | Catholic | Civilian | Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Shot while repairing car. Alleged a criminal. | |
Alexander McVicker | 16 November 1970 | 35 | Catholic | Civilian | Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast | Provisional Irish Republican Army | Shot while repairing car. Allegedly a criminal. | |
Andrew Jardin | 23 December 1970 | 65 | Protestant | Civilian | White Gables, Hannahstown, Belfast | Unknown | Shot at his home. |
1979
Name | Date of death | Age | Religious affiliation | Status | Location of injury | Perpetrator | Notes | |
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William James Carson | 25 April 1979 | 32 | Catholic | Belfast Brigade (IRA) | North Belfast | Ulster Volunteer Force | [6] |
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