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2 October 1971: an IRA volunteer (Terence McDermott, aged 19) died after the bomb he was transporting to an electricity sub-station at Lambeg, near Lisburn, County Antrim, exploded prematurely. [25] 3 October 1971: an Agriculture Ministry imports inspector (Patrick Daly, aged 57) from Moira, County Down was shot dead by the IRA. [25] [48]
Pages in category "Murder victims from County Antrim" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The Massereene Barracks shooting took place at Massereene Barracks in Antrim, Northern Ireland. On 7 March 2009, two off-duty British soldiers of the 38 Engineer Regiment were shot dead outside the barracks. Two other soldiers and two civilian delivery men were also shot and wounded during the attack.
Due to the controversy caused by Hanna's death, the SAS was removed from Belfast. Senior RUC officers felt the death of Hanna 'could not be balanced out' by the destruction of an IRA unit. [30] 11 July – John Boyle (16) was shot dead by two SAS soldiers from a four-man covert observation post in a graveyard in Dunloy, County Antrim. Boyle was ...
9 November: A Protestant civilian was found beaten-to-death in a quarry near Newtownabbey, County Antrim. It is thought he was killed by UVF members as part of a loyalist feud. [223] 27 November: Jackie Mahood, an ex-PUP politician, was shot and wounded at his taxi depot in north Belfast, apparently as part of a loyalist feud. [224]
RIP.ie is a death notices website in Ireland, launched in 2005. [1] As of 2021, the website received approximately 250,000 visits per day and more than 50 million pages were viewed each month. Accounts for 2019 showed net assets of over €1 million. [ 2 ]
The county was administered by Antrim County Council from 1899 until the abolition of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973. [25] The traditional county town is Antrim. More recently, Ballymena was the seat of county government. From 1973 Northern Ireland was split into districts, which were redrawn in 2015. County Antrim is part of the ...
River Skeagh, Glenarm, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Cameron's body was found in the river about a month after he had gone missing. He had been beaten and stabbed. [102] [103] It is believed the Ulster Defence Association was behind the 36-year-old's murder, but nobody has ever been charged with it. [104] 24 October 2001 Jimmy Millen