The Troubles 14

ISSUE 14 JUNE 1972

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It can often be a contentious issue of debate of when and how Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ began, who and what isto blame, and even which event in case led us to where we are now. You can go back 30 years, or even 300 years andbeyond for in reality Ireland has been engaged in conflict with England for centuries.Therefore, in order to compile a chronological record of the modern Troubles - the term usually given to the mostrecent conflict, we must mark a defining point of start, which we have taken as partition itself and from which webegan in Issue 1. In turn again, we feel it is equally important to give you the reader some understanding whyevents spiralled as they did into a bloody civil war.This is not another view of the Troubles, this has been done and redone. This is the historical recording of eventscompiled by people from different parts of Belfast who lived through them. Our objective as local historians is tocompile what we hope will be as near as possible a definitive reference to events as they unfolded through the lastthree decades.In terms of research we have used as much material as possible and from diverse perspectives. We areconfident that we have covered events as they were reported at the time. If however you feel that we have eitherleft something out or indeed got something wrong we are more than happy to hear from you. As mentioned abovethis series of publications is the historical recording of the Troubles and all corrections are more than welcome.

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THE TROUBLESA CHRONOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN IRELAND CONFLICT

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JUNE 1972

RIGHT - A burning bus across theGrosvenor Road

Thursday 1st June 1972Leading Republicans arrestedThe round-up of leading Republi-cans has continued in the Southwith the arrest of Sean Brady,brother of the president of SinnFein. Mr Brady is publicity officerfor Sinn Fein. Also held under theOffences Against the State Act isJoe Cahill, a former leader of theProvisional IRA in Belfast. Cahillwas arrested during a raid on theheadquarters of Sinn Fein in KevinStreet, Dublin. IRA Chief of Staffand members of the ProvisionalIRA’s Army Council are also beingsought.

Thursday 1st June 1972RUC man cleared of arms chargeA suspended RUC man has beendischarged at Bow Street Magis-trate’s Court in Lisburn after theprosecution said that no evidencewould be offered. The RUC man,Robert Lusty, had been chargedwith conspiracy to obtain arms.

Thursday 1st June 1972Parking restrictionsAs a security measure a 24 hour,total ban, has been implemented ina limited area of Belfast. The areawhich has been declared a “no park-ing” zone is basically the main partof the city centre. The area isroughly, south of the City Hall, MayStreet, Great Victoria Street,Smithfield, Donegal Street, Royal

Avenue, High Street and VictoriaStreet.

Thursday 1st June 1972Ballynahinch car bombBallynahinch High Street has beendevastated by a 150lb bomb whichwas contained in a van parked out-side McCoubrey’s hardware shop.Three 999 calls were made to theRUC but these said the bomb wasin Dromore Street. The area wassealed off and when the bomb ex-ploded at 9.50, houses and shopswithin a 50 yard radius were exten-sively damaged. Two RUC menwere injured in the attack. One wasbadly cut around the face and hadto have stitches but the other re-ceived only minor injuries.

Thursday 1st June 1972Men shot in taxi depotTwo men are critically ill in theMater Hospital after they were shotin a Belfast taxi depot. The shoot-

ing was at the offices of Ace taxisshortly before 3.00am. The men areaged 18 and 24. One has bulletwounds to the chest and the otherwas shot in the legs and stomach.The shooting appears to be the lat-est in a series where the only ap-parent motive is sectarian.

Thursday 1st June 1972Councillor’s shop bombedA Newsagents shop belonging to aBelfast city councillor was wreckedby a bomb while the owner was atthe Lord Mayor installation dinnerat the City Hall. The shop in YorkStreet belongs to Councillor BrentHughes. Two armed men orderedthe woman assistant out beforeplanting the bomb in the back of theshop.

Thursday 1st June 1972Belfast sniper attacksSoldiers have been fired on in Bel-fast on a number of occasions. Theshots came from the roof of St.

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LEFT - Belfast’s Ann Street after anumber of IRA bomb attacks

Comgall’s school and troops be-lieve they may have shot a sniperduring one of the exchanges. InBallymurphy and Lenadoon areas,soldiers also came under fire butthere were no casualties and firewas not returned. An explosion andautomatic fire were also heard in theNew Lodge Road area but it is notknown where they came from.

Thursday 1st June 1972Shotguns discoveredTwo shotguns have been foundwrapped in cellophane on the banksof a stream in Andersonstown.

Thursday 1st June 1972Former school destroyedThe former Christian BrothersSchool at Margaret Street, Newry,has been destroyed by fire and theRUC are treating the blaze as mali-cious. The building was damagedin a previous bomb attack and hasnot functioned as a school for sometime

Thursday 1st June 1972Soldiers attacked in NewrySoldiers from the Duke of Welling-ton’s Regiment have come underfire as they manned a vehicle check-point south of Newry. Twenty shotswere directed at them but fire wasnot returned.

Thursday 1st June 1972School bus stonedThe RUC are said to be investigat-ing the stoning of a bus carryingchildren from the Protestant Model

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School. One child was cut in theleg.

Thursday 1st June 1972Soldier burned in Booby-trapattackThe commander of an Army patrolhas been burned on the foreheadand hands when he opened thebooby-trapped door of a house nearDungiven RUC barracks. The sol-diers were investigating suspiciousnoises heard coming from thehouse.

Thursday 1st June 1972Shots fired in CoalislandSix low velocity shots have been

fired at an RUC Land Rover nearthe centre of Coalisland. They didnot penetrate the vehicle’s armourand a soldier fired a single shot inresponse.

Thursday 1st June 1972Petrol bomb attack inNewtownabbeyA petrol bomb has started a firewhich has badly damaged toilets inMerville Garden Village’s commu-nity centre.

Thursday 1st June 1972RUC man shot in DerryThe condition of an RUC man whowas shot during a bomb scare on

Wednesday is said to be satisfac-tory. Several shots were also firedat Army posts during the night butthere were no casualties and firewas not returned.

Thursday 1st June 197250th Anniversary for RUCThe RUC has celebrated the 50th

anniversary of its formation. ItsChief Constable is Mr GrahamShillington.

Thursday 1st June 1972Extend parking restrictionsIndependent Unionist Councillor,Hugh Smyth, urged City Councilofficials to extend the new parking

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LEFT - The funeral of 12 year old JoanScott who was shot dead in the Oldparkarea of North Belfast

restrictions to include the Shankillarea. He also said that the only wayto defeat the bombers was to go intothe “no-go” areas and “rid themout.”

Thursday 1st June 1972Bombers hit DerryThe offices of the Wholesale News-papers Services Ltd in ShipquayStreet, Derry, have been wrecked bya bomb which exploded after a tenminute warning. The bomb wascarried into the building in a dufflebag.

Thursday 1st June 1972IRA gets new recruitsThe Provisional IRA in Derry haveclaimed that over a dozen membersof the Official IRA have joined theirranks and “brought their guns withthem”, since the Officials an-nounced their ceasefire.

Thursday 1st June 1972Army and RUC permanentlybarredThe Official IRA in Derry have saidthat the Free Derry area is perma-nently barred to the RUC and Armyand that any attempt to remove the

barricades, would, in spite of itsceasefire, be met with the full forcesat their disposal.

Thursday 1st June 1972Internee charged with escapeAn internee, 34-year-old WilliamKennedy, who is alleged to haveattempted to escape from CrumlinRoad jail on the same day that nine

men dressed in football kit escaped,has been remanded in custody.

Thursday 1st June 1972Peace petitionOver 40,000 Catholics are said tohave signed a petition for peace atChurch doors. The final figure isexpected to be over 75,000.

Friday 2nd June 1972Provisional IRA says ‘Fight goeson’The Provisional IRA has said thatthe fight will go on and that secrettalks that have gone on, over the lastsix months, will end. The state-ment issued in Dublin said that theintroduction of special courts and

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TOP Bomb attack on Ballynahinch’sMain Street.BOTTOM - IRA bomb attack on com-mercial property in the York Road area

the Offences Against the State Actin the South have made it impossi-ble for talks to continue. The Dub-lin Government was accused of col-laborating with the British Govern-ment by arresting prominent Re-publicans. The statement went onto say that IRA leader Joe Cahillwas arrested as he waited on a tel-ephone call to arrange a meetingwith American evangelist Dr. BillyGraham.

Friday 2nd June 1972Soldiers killed in Fermanagh attackTwo soldiers have been killed whenthe IRA detonated a Claymore typeland mine along the Fermanaghborder. The mine, which was deto-nated from the southern side of theborder, killed the two soldiers in-stantly. A third soldier received se-vere facial injuries and two morewere taken to the Erne Hospital suf-fering from shock. The soldiershave been named as Gunner VictorHusband and Gunner BrianRobinson. The attack happened atDerryvolen, near Rosslea.Forty minutes after the Rossleablast soldiers in an armoured carhad a miraculous escape when aland mine blew up, narrowly miss-ing their vehicle.

Friday 2nd June 1972Loyalist march for DerryA march and rally has been organ-ised by the ‘City of Londonderryand Foyle Unionist Association’ to

demand an end to ‘no-go’ areas.The march, to be held on Saturday,is expected to draw thousands ofunionists from all parts of the Northand the organisers say that if thereis any trouble the responsibility willrest with Mr Whitelaw and theChief Superintendent of the RUCin Derry.

Friday 2nd June 1972Bobby-trap van explodesTwo RUC men and a civilian havebeen injured when a van explodedwithout warning in the Shantallowarea of Derry. The van, which wasstolen in Northland Road wasparked in Maybrook Park, a resi-dential street off Racecourse Road,

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about 12 miles from the city cen-tre. The injured civilian is believedto be the van’s owner who tel-ephoned the RUC to say he had lo-cated the van but that its numberplates had been changed. He wentto the scene with the RUC men whobecame suspicious and called forthe Army to investigate. The bombexploded before he arrived. TheProvisional IRA in Derry havestated that none of their units wereinvolved in the attack.A bomb has also extensively dam-aged a three-storey block of officesin Foyle Street. The explosiveswere planted in one of several of-fices in Commercial Buildings,only yards from the city’s Guildhall.

Friday 2nd June 1972Clydevalley is sold for scrapAfter four years in Carrick harbourthe Clydevalley is to be sold forscrap. Attempts were to turn the 85-year-old gun-running ship into amuseum have failed due to lack ofmoney.

Friday 2nd June 1972Lenadoon gun attackShots have been fired from a pass-ing car at civilians erecting metalsheeting at Lenadoon Army post inBelfast. The incident happened ataround 1.20am. The Army say twoshots were fired but there were nocasualties and fire was not returned.

Friday 2nd June 1972Shots fired in Oldpark areaA gunman has fired between 10 and12 shots at either RUC men orArmy personnel who were on dutyon the Oldpark Road. The shots

were fired from Gracehill Street.No one was injured. Soldiers re-turned fire.

Friday 2nd June 1972Observation post attackedTroops manning an observationpost in Louisa Street have openedfire on a gunman seen at a house inGracehill Street. A gunman wasseen to fall but the soldiers are notclaiming a hit.

Friday 2nd June 1972Army rams carTroops in an armoured personnelcarrier have rammed a stolen car inthe Finaghy Road North area, bring-ing it to a halt. Two youths weredetained and the car, which hadbeen knocked on to its side was laterset on fire.

Friday 2nd June 1972Sniper opens fire in BelfastA single shot has been fired at theAlbert Street Army post from thedirection of Cullingtree Walk butthere were no casualties and firewas not returned.

Friday 2nd June 1972Art College attackedThe former College of Art inHopefield Avenue, in the AntrimRoad area has been damaged byfire. Extensive damage was doneto three floors of the left wing andthe RUC believe that the cause ofthe fire was malicious.

Friday 2nd June 1972Loyalist prison protestBetween 50 and 70 people, manyof them women and children, dem-

onstrated outside Crumlin Roadprison calling for political status forloyalists serving sentences there.

Friday 2nd June 1972Stone throwing in StrabaneThree arrests have been made inStrabane in relation to stone throw-ing attacks on the RUC and Army.One of the attacks occurred in theMelmont Avenue area but no onewas injured.

Friday 2nd June 1972Milk churn bomb discoveredSoldiers from the Duke of Welling-ton Regiment have discovered amilk churn with wires leading fromit concealed under a culvert. AnArmy bomb expert was called inand the churn, believed to contain120lbs of explosives, was blown upin a nearby field.

Friday 2nd June 1972Portadown arrestsThe RUC made three arrests whenthey broke up a crowd of Protes-tant youths from the Edgarstownarea who attempted to hi-jack ve-hicles and erect barricades.

Friday 2nd June 1972GAA hall destroyedA fire has destroyed the local GAAhall in Bellaghy.

Friday 2nd June 1972Electricity pylon destroyedAn electricity pylon, situated aboutfour miles from Draperstown, hasbeen extensively damaged by anexplosion but electricity supplies inthe area were not affected.

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Friday 2nd June 1972Derry gun attackA gunman has fired thirteen shotsat the Bligh’s Lane Army post andin a separate attack a single shot wasfired at an observation post on thecity’s walls. There were no casual-ties and fire was not returned.

Friday 2nd June 1972Boy injured by pipe-bombA six-year-old boy has been rushedto the City Hospital with a leg in-jury after a pipe bomb he and hisbrother picked up went off. Theboy, from Rainey Street, was play-ing with his ten-year-old brother inHoward Street South when theypicked up the device. The boysdropped it after it began to smoke

Friday 2nd June 1972More Vanguard groups formed250 people have attended a meet-ing in East Belfast which has re-sulted in the formation of fifteenmore Vanguard associations. Thenew associations are Sydenham,Ballymacarrett, Orangefield,Braniel, Clarawood,Ballyhacamore, Bloomfield,Ormeau, Knocknagoney,Strandtown, Willowfield,Ravenhill, Castlereagh, Creagaghand Clonduff. The new associationswill send representatives to the EastBelfast Vanguard, which now com-prises of about 60 such bodies.

Friday 2nd June 1972Soldiers assault manA court has heard that two soldiersassaulted a man while he was incustody because they thought hewas a sniper. The soldiers, both

privates in the Gloucester Regi-ment, are William Harvey Kellyaged 21 and Gordon Ellis, aged 22.Both men pleaded guilty to assault.The soldiers, along with an uniden-tified person assaulted the man whowas drunk and had been arrested forcausing a disturbance. The soldierssaid that a close friend had beenshot dead two weeks previous andthey assaulted the man because theythought he had been brought in forsniping. They were each fined £25.

Friday 2nd June 1972Gun victims buriedThe funerals have taken place of 12year old Joan Scott who was homefrom Liverpool and was out walk-ing with her friends when she wascaught in the line of fire between agunman and the RUC. Also buriedwas Thomas Joseph Wardlow, ofDurham Street who was cominghome from a wake in the NewLodge when he was shot dead.

Friday 2nd June 1972Sinn Fein and IRA leaders ar-restedMr Rory Brady, president of SinnFein and Mr Joe Cahill, the BelfastIRA leader, have been remanded incustody on charges brought underthe Offences Against the State Act.Brady is charged with being a mem-ber of the IRA, and being a mem-ber of an unlawful organisation

which raises or maintains or at-tempts to raise or maintain a mili-tary or armed force. Cahill ischarged with being a member of theIRA and with inciting persons tobecome members of an illegal or-ganisation and to have control offirearms or ammunition with intentto enable members of an unlawfulorganisation to endanger life orcause serious injury to property,when he addressed a public meet-ing in Killarney in October.

Saturday 3rd June 1972Loyalists march in DerryMasked men wearing military styleuniforms were out in strengthamong the ranks of 15,000 loyalistsupporters from throughout theNorth who took part in a marchthrough the Waterside area of Derry.No incidents were reported as themassive parade moved off from theIrish Street Estate, where earliercontingents of masked Ulster de-fence Association members, Tartangangs and other Vanguard support-ers were drilled and formed up inranks. The march was banned fromcrossing the Craigavon Bridge intothe city centre.

Saturday 3rd June 1972DUP paradesThe Belfast executive of the Demo-cratic Unionist Party has announcedthat they will hold two parades in

The funerals have taken place of 12 year old Joan Scottwho was home from Liverpool and was out walking withher friends when she was caught in the line of fire betweena gunman and the RUC. Also buried was Thomas JosephWardlow, of Durham Street who was coming home from awake in the New Lodge when he was shot dead.

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BELOW AND FACING PAGE - IRAbomb attacks in Belfast’s North Street

the city on Monday night. One pa-rade will leave Donegal Avenue andthe other Templemore Avenue.They will meet at the Ulster Hallwhere a rally is to be held. Amongthe speakers are Ian Paisley MP andDesmond Boal, the formerStormont MP for Shankill.

Saturday 3rd June 1972IRA buries its deadThe IRA have been out on thestreets of Belfast in force as two ofits members who were killed in theAnderson Street explosion wereburied. The two IRA men beingburied were Joseph Fitzsimmonsand Jackie McIlhone.

Saturday 3rd June 1972British deny IRA talks offerSuggestions by the Derry Com-mand of the Provisional IRA thatMr Whitelaw told five women fromthe Creggan peace committee thathe was prepared to meet the IRA’speace proposals were described bya government spokesman as being“completely without foundation.”

Saturday 3rd June 1972Possibility of IRA ceasefire saysEvangelistThe evangelist, Billy Graham, hassaid that he had some evidence to“suspect and hope” that the Provi-sional IRA would follow the leadof the Officials and declare a cease-fire. Dr Graham, who was speak-ing at a press conference atHeathrow after his tour of theNorth, said that he had been ap-proached through an intermediaryto meet the IRA but refused to give

details. During the course of hispress conference Dr Graham statedthat he did not want to be thoughtof as a seven day wonder. He hadnot presented a political formula forpeace. He also pointed out thatthere was great debate at presentamong the leadership of the IRAand he said that the conflict wasbeing falsely represented inAmerica as a religious war. It wasnot between Catholics and Protes-tants.

Saturday 3rd June 1972Youth shot in BelfastA 19-year-old youth has been shotin the stomach and hand when gun-men opened fire from a passing car

in the Grosvenor Road area of Bel-fast. The attack happened close toDevonshire Street and the man isdescribed as being seriously ill.

Saturday 3rd June 1972Gelignite foundTroops patrolling Bombay Street,Belfast, searched a derelict houseafter detecting a strong smell ofgelignite. The explosives, believedto be 500lb of gelignite were in 5lbpackages. The material was re-moved to a quarry on the outskirtsof Belfast where it was destroyedin five controlled explosions.

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Saturday 3rd June 1972Ammunition findMen of the Royal Anglican Regi-ment, have uncovered 250 roundsof .45 and 9 mm ammunition dur-ing a search of a house in PeelStreet.

Saturday 3rd June 1972Belfast shooting incidentsThere have been a number of shoot-ings in the Belfast area. At around 1.00am a gunman wasseen at Girwood Park in the AntrimRoad area. Shots were fired but nohits were claimed.

In Divis Street a single shot wasdirected from the multi-storey com-plex, at soldiers of the AnglicanRegiment. None of the soldierswere injured and fire was not re-turned.Twelve shots were also directed atan observation post in a timber yardon the Springfield Road, No casu-alties were reported.In Chief Street area of Ardoyneshots were fired at troops and sol-diers spotted a gunman. No hitswere reported.Two shots were fired from a car atthe Woodvale Parade-Woodvale

Road junction. An RUC spokes-man said that there was no appar-ent target and no one was injuredin the attack.

Saturday 3rd June 1972Vanguard leader in BellaghyAround 3,000 people attended theopening ceremony for a newOrange Hall in the village. TheVanguard leader William Craig wasthe guest speaker.

Saturday 3rd June 1972New traffic measuresThe RUC have made two new or-ders under the Special Powers Act.The new orders ban the use, wait-ing or leaving of unattended vehi-cles in a number of Belfast Streets.They also ban vehicles from enter-ing existing pedestrians only areasbetween 11.00am and 6.00am thefollowing day.

Saturday 3rd June 1972GAA fire not maliciousThe RUC have issued a statementin relation to the fire at BellaghyGAA hall. It is now thought thatthe fire was accidental and not ma-licious as was originally thought.

Saturday 3rd June 1972Hunger striker enters 20th dayFifteen men are believed to haveentered their 40th day on hungerstrike in Belfast Prison. A further40 internees at Long Kesh have in-dicated to prison officials that theytoo will be joining the hunger strike.


LEFT - Manor Street in North Belfastafter an 8 hour gun battle

Saturday 3rd June 1972Traffic restrictions forDungannonThe RUC have announced that theonly traffic allowed to enterDungannon’s main square throughone street – Thomas Street. Themove is aimed at combating thebombers. Further restrictions maysoon be announced.

Monday 5th June 1972Whitelaw meets ‘peace women’The Secretary of State, Mr WilliamWhitelaw, has made a surprise trip

to Derry and is meeting, among oth-ers, the Bogside women who havebeen spearheading the peace move-ment there. The urgency of the vis-its reflects his anxiety to keep upthe momentum of the peace cam-paign which developed from theshooting by the Official IRA ofRanger Best, and lead to a meetingat Stormont Castle between Mr.Whitelaw and five Derry women.Just before he left for Derry, MrWhitelaw was handed a peace peti-tion signed by 40,000 people fromCatholic parts of Belfast.

Monday 5th June 1972Derry bakery bombedAn explosion has ripped throughReid’s bakery in Waterloo Place, inDerry. The bakery was evacuatedand on one was injured in the at-tack. The explosion also damagedLittlewoods store and a butcher’sshop.

Monday 5th June 1972Ammunition findAn RUC woman has found a quan-tity of ammunition in Belfast citycentre. The ammunition, 92 roundsof .22 ammunition was discoveredin a box in Donegal Place.

Monday 5th June 1972Teenager wounded in East BelfastA 15-year-old teenager from theBeersbridge Road in Belfast hasbeen wounded in an East Belfastshooting. The RUC are treating theincident, which happened in a flaton the Beersbridge Road as an “ac-cidental shooting”. The boy con-dition is said to be “ill” and he isbeing treated for a gunshot woundto the head.

Monday 5th June 1972Loyalists to hold protest in DerryAnother loyalist rally has beenplanned to protest against the ex-istence of “no-go” areas in Derry.The protest, which is being organ-ised by the Londonderry Associa-tion of the Democratic UnionistParty, is to be held in the Diamondon Saturday.


Monday 5th June 1972Two men wounded in New LodgeTwo men have been shot in the NewLodge are of Belfast when a gun-man fired two busts of fire from acar, which the RUC say was travel-ling countrywards along NorthQueen Street. One man was in agroup of three men who were stand-ing at the corner of Great George’sStreet and the second man wasstanding at the corner of LancasterStreet. Both men were Catholics.

Monday 5th June 1972Observation post attackedA gunman has opened fire on anArmy observation post at LenadoonAvenue in the Suffolk area of Bel-fast. The Army say that fifteenshots were directed at the post butthere were no military casualties.The area was searched but nothingwas found.

Monday 5th June 1972Belfast shooting incidentsSoldiers have come under fire inseveral sporadic shooting incidentsin West Belfast. In one incident, apatrol was fired on at the junctionof the Whiterock Road, but no onewas injured. Two shots were alsoreported to have been fired at MayoStreet, off the Springfield Road, butthese have not been confirmed bythe RUC.

Monday 5th June 1972Shots fired from carThree shots have been fired intoLinview Street, off the GrosvenorRoad, from a passing car. No onewas injured and the target is notknown.

Monday 5th June 1972Prison protestLoyalist supporters have staged aprotest demonstration outside Bel-fast Prison against the imprison-ment of Protestants and the “no-go”areas.

Monday 5th June 1972UDR soldier woundedA UDR soldier has been woundedwhen his two vehicle patrol cameunder heavy automatic fire. TheArmy have said that more than 50rounds of ammunition were di-rected at the eight-man patrol andthat the soldier received a fleshwound. Spent cases from a M1 car-bine have been discovered at thescene.

Monday 5th June 1972Antrim’s High Street bombedSerious damaged has been causedto many of the buildings in Antrim’sHigh Street, when a car bomb ex-ploded outside Hall’s Hotel. Thecar had been stolen earlier inMagherafelt and two people were

treated for cuts and shock atMasserene Hospital.

Monday 5th June 1972Heavy RUC presence inPortadownFollowing trouble in Portadown onSaturday, the RUC have been outin strength in Portadown. Stonethrowing took place during minorconfrontations and a Bookies shopwas broken into.

Monday 5th June 1972Bomb at KilkeelA small gelignite bomb has ex-ploded at two fuel tanks owned byKillkeel Fisheries, at Kilkeel har-bour. No damage was caused.

Monday 5th June 1972Republican addresses Mass-goersA Derry Republican seized the mi-crophone at the end of mass in alocal church in Derry. Mr BarneyMcFadden, a leading member ofSinn Fein, addressed the congrega-tion, and accused the priest, FatherWilliam Rafferty, of making a po-litical speech instead of a sermonand said that the IRA in the Bogsidehad the right to answer from thesame platform. About 200 of the1,000 strong stayed behind to lis-ten and there was some clapping.

Monday 5th June 1972Sniper kills man in BelfastTwenty-six-year-old GerardMurray has been shot dead whilechecking a shop in Annesley Street,off the Antrim Road. Mr Murray, aCatholic, died instantly when a gun-man who was hiding in the shad-ows fired five shots at him. Mr


LEFT - Hall’s Hotel, Antrim, after a carbomb attack

Murray, who lived in Lisburn, wasa married man.

Monday 5th June 1972Catholic owned bar is bombedFifty people have been injuredwhen a 100lb car bomb explodedoutside the Catholic owned Britan-nia Bar just before 10.00 pm. Lo-cal people are reported to have seena youth run away from the Morris1100 car seconds before it ex-ploded, causing extensive damageto the public house and breakinghundreds of windows in the area.

The RUC have said that a motoristwho stopped to help after the blastwas badly beaten after it was dis-covered that he was a Protestant.He is seriously ill in hospital.

Monday 5th June 1972UDA barricadesProtestant barricades went up earlyon Sunday morning at Portadown,Derry, Bangor, Ballymena andCoagh. At many of the barricadeshooded and masked UDA menchecked vehicles before allowingthem to proceed. At Coagh, the four

main roads around the village weresealed off by around 100 UDA men.All the Protestant barricades camedown voluntarily on Sunday night

Monday 5th June 1972Sinn Fein arrestsSinn Fein (Kevin Street) the politi-cal wing of the Provisional IRAhave decided to appoint DavidO’Connell as president pending therelease of Rory O’Brady who hasbeen arrested by security forces inthe South. Belfast RepublicanMaire Drumm and EamonMacThomas will act as joint chair-men and Maria Maguire will act asDirector of Publicity.

Monday 5th June 1972Cross border gun battleA cross border gun-battle has takenplace at Clady, Strabane. Reportssuggest that the gunmen have beenpined down on the Southern side ofthe border.

Monday 5th June 1972IRA ceasefire dateSean MacStiofain, Chief of Staff ofthe Provisional IRA has denied in astatement, reports that the 10th Junehas been fixed as a date for an IRAceasefire.

Monday 5th June 1972RUC man charged with murderA Belfast RUC man has beencharged with the attempted murderof a second man. Det Con WalterMcKinney who has already beencharged with the murder of Albert


TOP AND MIDDLE - Members of theUDA checking cars entering Bangor’sKilcooley Estate.BOTTOM - Masked members of theUDA search a man at a check point

Reid, of Silvio Street, outside a pubat Northumberland Street.The second charge, of attemptedmurder, relates to the same incident.

Tuesday 6th June 1972MPs’ car is hi-jackedSix Westminster Labour MP’s whowere on a visit to West Belfast tomeet relatives of internees had oneof their locally hired cars hi-jackedas they met with the relatives.Three men approached the chauf-feurs, who were sitting together inone car and produced handguns andtook one of the cars. It was drivenoff in the direction of theSpringfield Road.

Tuesday 6th June 197275 internees releasedSeventy-five internees are to be re-leased from Long Kesh. This willbring the total number of interneesand detainees released by the Sec-retary of State to 470. There are338 internees and 128 detainees stillbeing held.

Tuesday 6th June 1972IRA men arrested in New LodgeThree important IRA men, capturedin the New Lodge area, are beingquestioned by security forces. Oneof them is believed to be the Of-ficer Commanding, the 3rd Battal-ion; a second is the O/C of ‘A’ Com-pany, of the same battalion and thethird is Adjutant of ‘A’ Company

Tuesday 6th June 1972Shot fired during robberyA shot has been fired during a hold-up at Broadway Post Office in Bel-fast’s Falls Road. The shot wasfired into a wall by one of three menbut no one was injured. The car waslater abandoned in Fruithill Park.

Tuesday 6th June 1972MacStiofain denies cease-fire re-portsThe Chief of Staff of the ProvisionalIRA, in one of the few statementssince he left his home in Navan togo into hiding has denied a reportthat the 10th June had been set as a


date for an IRA ceasefire. He saidthat the Republican leadership wasnot split over the issue of a cease-fire, nor was a date for one set. Hesaid that the decision regarding aceasefire remains the same – a threepoint peace plan issued by the IRAin March would have to be acceptedby the British Government beforethey would suspend offensive op-erations.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Shots fired in New Lodge areaParatroopers have detained eightmen in the New Lodge area of Bel-fast whom they claim are membersof the Provisional IRA. One sol-dier was hit in the hand when gun-men fired towards his position at thejunction of the New Lodge Roadand Antrim Road. He was not seri-ously injured. Troops also cameunder fire when eight shots weredirected towards a mobile patrol atSussex Street from the New LodgeRoad. Two minutes later a furtherthree shots were fired at the patrolbut there were no casualties. Be-tween 15 and 20 shots were alsofired from Artillery Flats. TheArmy returned one shot but therewere no injuries.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Foot patrol attacked inBallymurphyTwo shots have been fired at a footpatrol in Ballymurphy Road andrubber bullets fired in Estorial Parkat Ardoyne. No one was injured.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Bomb in pramA sentry post in the Broadway areaof Belfast has been attacked by theIRA. The attack, which took placeat around 8.00 pm, started whenaround 20 single shots and a burstof machinegun fire were directed atthe post. As this was done a pramcontaining a 50lb bomb was pushedtowards it. A sentry later noticed

the smell of a burning fuse and oninvestigation discovered the pramwith its fuse burned out.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Man wounded in ArdoyneA 60-year-old man from CrumlinStreet has been wounded in the legby a ricocheting bullet which gun-men had intended for troops. Hewas taken to the Royal VictoriaHospital but his injuries are not saidto be serious.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Belfast attacksBlast bombs have been thrownacross the Crumlin Road nearHerbert Street after rival crowdsclashed. Shots were also fired atOldpark RUC Barracks and a sen-try returned fire.In Andersonstown Army posts atRamoan Gardens and also at theSpringfield Road came under gun-fire. No one was injured in the at-tacks.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Youth shot in PortadownA youth has been shot and five RUCmen and a civilian injured duringclashes in Portadown. The inci-dents flared as troops moved intoseparate rival crowds in CorcrainRoad. Around 150 people were in-volved on each side. A Land Roverwas heavily stoned and then cameunder automatic fire from the sameposition. A second burst ofmachinegun fire was directed at theRUC from a different location. A17-year-old youth was hit on theleg. He was taken to hospital butwas not seriously injured. None ofthe RUC men were injured.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Gunman shot on BorderTroops have claimed to have shot agunman on the Tyrone-Donegalborder. Fifteen shots were firedfrom a farmhouse in Donegal andwhen fire was returned one manwas seen to fall. The shootingstopped when a Garda patrol cararrived.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Shots fired in DerrySix shots have been fired in theRosemount area of Derry. Uncon-firmed reports claim they camefrom the direction of Helen Street.No one was injured in the attack.

Tuesday 6th June 1972Bomb was destined for RUC barracksDetectives investigating the blastwhich killed eight people inAnderson Street in East Belfast be-lieved the bomb was destined for a

Detectives investigating the blast which killed eight people in Anderson Streetin East Belfast believed the bomb was destined for a nearby RUC barracks butexploded prematurely. Four IRA members were among the dead.


nearby RUC barracks but explodedprematurely. Four IRA memberswere among the dead.

Tuesday 6th June 1972UDI is Balderdash says PaisleyIan Paisley MP has said that talk ofan Independent Ulster was stupidand utter balderdash he said that“People should be demanding totalintegration into the UK.”

Tuesday 6th June 1972Carry ID’s says new advertisementsA series of TV and newspaper ad-vertisements issued by the Minis-try of Home Affairs is calling on alldrivers to carry driving licences andcar log books in order to speed uproadblocks.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Hunger-striker escapesA hunger-strike prisoner, who wasin intensive care in the Mater Hos-pital, Belfast, has escaped. The man30-year-old Robert Campbell fromthe New Lodge Road had been serv-ing 11 years for robbery.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Sniper kills soldierA soldier has been shot dead in theAndersonstown area of Belfast.The ambush happened as a militarypatrol was travelling near the junc-tion of Tullymore Gardens andRossnareen Avenue. The shotswere believed to have come fromKennard Avenue and the soldierwas gravely wounded. He died ashort time later in hospital. Thedead soldier has been named as 29-

year-old Sergeant Charles EdwardColeman who was a member of the2nd Field regiment Royal Artillery.

Wednesday 7th June 197250 internees freed without warningFifty internees have been releasedfrom Long Kesh bringing the totalto 125 freed in the last two days.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Golf club bombedStrabane golf club has beenwrecked by a bomb shortly before10.00am. Four men planted the30lb bomb in the building whichwas closed at the time. An armypatrol has found a booby trap bombnot far from the Derry-Donegalborder. Wires lead to a desertedhouse at Braehead. The device waslater dismantled.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Guns found in BelfastTroops have seized arms and am-munition when they searched ablock of flats in the New Lodgearea. The weapons, a .45 revolverand 9 mm pistol were found in aventilator shaft in AlanbrookeHouse.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Three hour gun battle in BelfastBritish soldiers and the IRA foughta three hour battle in Belfast. Morethan 200 shots were fired by at leastsix gunmen, using automatic weap-ons and rifles in the New Lodgearea of Belfast. One gunman isthought to have been hit.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Soldiers shot in gun attackA soldier was hit in the left arm anda housewife was injured when gun-men opened fire on soldiers in theArtillery Flats area of the NewLodge Road.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Single bullet strikes three soldiersThree soldiers have been injuredwhen a single shot penetrated theirArmy vehicle. It is thought that allthree soldiers were wounded whena single shot penetrated an Armyvehicle in Divis Street.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Broadway Army post attackedTwenty shots have been fired fromthe Falls Road towards Broadwayarmy observation post. Some of thebullets ricocheted and hit a nearbynurses’ home. A bomb has alsobeen thrown at the post later in theday and a mobile patrol came un-der gunfire at the junction of the M1motorway and Donegal Road.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Arms find in AndersonstownTroops carrying out a search atCavanmore Gardens in theAndersonstown area have discov-ered a .38 revolver, one .22 rifle,one .303 rifle and a Steyr rifle, alongwith a telescopic sight and 190rounds of ammunition

Wednesday 7th June 1972Soldier shot dead in BallymurphyA soldier has been shot dead whileon foot patrol in the Ballymurphyarea of Belfast. The dead soldierhas been named as Pte George Ivan


TOP - Car bomb attack on theBritannia Bar, Newtownards RoadBOTTOM - Loyalist parade in the IrishStreet Estate, Derry

Lee, aged 22, from Leeds. He wasserving with the Duke of Welling-ton Regiment and was hit in theneck by a bullet as snipers firedfrom a house.

Wednesday 7th June 1972UDR man shot in DerryA 45-year-old UDR man has been

shot and seriously wounded on theoutskirts of Derry.

The soldier, named as EdwardMcGaghey, was a member of theUDR’s 6th Battalion and was thefront seat passenger, in the last ofthree Land Rovers on their way torelieve soldiers at a check point.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Mystery blastThere has been a mystery explosionin the Pennyburn area of Derry, butand army spokesman said that thelocation of the explosion had notbeen traced.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Shots fired in Craigavon BridgeThree shots have been fired attroops on Craigavon Bridge fromthe Waterside area of Derry. Theattack happened around 2.00am andno one was injured. Two shots havealso been fired at the Bligh’s Lanepost from the Beechwood Avenuearea but casualties have been re-ported

Wednesday 7th June 1972Car bomb explodes in LurganTwo shops have been wrecked andmany others damaged when a carbomb exploded in Lurgan at thejunction of High Street and Moore’sLane. Two shops, McKerr’s hard-ware store and a coffee shop weredestroyed. The bomb is estimatedto be between 100 and 150lb of gel-ignite.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Bomb in schoolbagWellworth’s store in the centre ofDungannon has been severely dam-aged after a school bag bomb ex-ploded and started a fire. The storewas evacuated after an anonymousphone call and no-one was injured.


Wednesday 7th June 1972Catholic’s intimidatedThe RUC in Portadown have saidthey are investigating complaintsfrom Catholics in the Jervais Streetarea about alleged intimidation.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Electricity pylon bombedElectricity supplies in Tyrone havebeen disrupted after a explosion hasbrought down an electricity pylonbetween Pomeroy andCarrickmore.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Arms raidThree raiders have held up a womanin a house in Swatragh and stole asingle barrelled shotgun and a .22rifle. The woman was not injured.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Malicious fire at DundrumThe RUC have said that a fire whichhas damaged the bay Inn atDundrum was started maliciously.

Wednesday 7th June 1972MP’s car recoveredShots have been fired at troops inBelfast after they recovered the hi-jacked car which belonged to aparty of Westminster MP’s whowere on tour of the Falls. No onewas injured.

Wednesday 7th June 1972UDR man accused of attemptedmurderAn Ulster Defence Regiment per-manent staff instructor has appearedin court charged with two attemptedmurders. The men, from NorthLink, Andersonstown and

Brookmount Street were shot at thepremises of the Ace Taxi firm. Hewas remanded in custody.

Wednesday 7th June 1972Farmer shot in kneecapsA 24-year-old county Louth Farmerhas been found shot on a road atMounthill, Crossmaglen. The man,it is reported, was striped to thewaist before tar was poured overhim. He was then shot.

Thursday 8th June 1972Shadow cabinet minister resignsThe former Minister of Commerce,Mr Robin Bailie, has resigned fromMr Faulkner’s shadow Cabinet andis also to quit as MP forNewtownabbey. He said that hesaw his role as lying “outside therealm of party politics, free fromoutworn titles and from institutionswhich no longer function.”

Thursday 8th June 1972McGurk’s Bar bomb still a mysteryA Forensic expert has told BelfastCoroner’s Court that because debriswas so disturbed during the rescueoperation at McGurk’s Bar, it hasbeen impossible to say whether thebomb exploded outside or inside theporch of the building.

The jury was directed to return anopen verdict on the victims of theexplosion on 4th December, eight ofwhom died from crush asphyxia,three from burns, one from blast andcrushing and one from carbon mon-oxide poisoning.


FACING PAGE - Members of the UDAmarch in Derry

Thursday 8th June 1972Bomb explodes on FermanaghborderA Gardai inspector and an Irisharmy lieutenant have been injuredwhen a bomb exploded on a Fer-managh border road. The blast oc-curred at Legakelly, on the sectionof road connecting the towns ofCavan and Clones. It is understoodthe Garda removed a hoax bombfrom the roadway by pulling astring found attached to a box onthe southern side of the border.When he attempted to remove asecond box, also thought to be ahoax, it exploded injuring bothmen. The boxes had been placedinside the North and the BritishArmy were aware of them but ac-cording to a spokesman they ex-ploded “mysteriously” before theyreached the scene.

Thursday 8th June 197218 freed from Long KeshEighteen detainees have been re-leased from Long Kesh as MrWilliam Whitelaw continued hisreview and release procedure. Thisis the third consecutive day inwhich men held under the SpecialPowers Act have been released. 401people continue to be held in LongKesh. Since direct rule a total of538 internees and detainees havebeen set free.

Thursday 8th June 19721000 derelict houses searchedSoldiers have searched almost1,000 derelict houses in the Fallsarea of Belfast for arms, explosivesand munitions. The search by theRoyal Anglican Regiment, backed

up by Royal engineers uncovered a.22 rifle, a detonator, a bayonet anda few gas masks. At the end of thesearch, which covered hundred ofhouses in the lower Falls redevel-opment area, an armoured car cameunder attack from a gunman. Twoshots were fired at it at the FallsRoad-Cupar Street junction, but no-one was hurt.

Thursday 8th June 1972Bomb devastates LurganThree shops have been demolishedand others damaged when a carbomb ripped through Market Street,Lurgan, just after midnight. Thebomb s estimated to have contained150lbs of explosives and had been

left in a car in an entry off HighStreet. After the explosion a gangof between 300-400 Protestants setfire to a Catholic owned shop andtwo houses belonging to Catholicswere also attacked.

Thursday 8th June 1972Newcastle Urban Council officesbombedA 100lb bomb has exploded at theoffices off Newcastle urban coun-cil. The blast completely wreckedthe building. Army experts are ex-amining the scene for a seconddevice.

Thursday 8th June 1972Gunman shot in BelfastSoldiers think they may have shottwo gunmen during shooting inci-dents in Ardoyne. One was seen tostagger after fire was returned whentwo shots were fired from JamaicaStreet at a mobile patrol. A secondgunman was later thought to havebeen hit after he opened fire fromBrompton Park. Three womenwere treated for shock after a bul-let entered their home. Shots werealso fired at a gunman in ChiefStreet but he was not thought tohave been hit

Thursday 8th June 1972Man punished in BelfastA man had paint poured over himin Divismore Crescent. He wastaken from his house and tied to alamp post before the feathering.


Thursday 8th June 1972Loyalist prison protestsAround 1,000 loyalists have dem-onstrated outside Crumlin RoadPrison for almost two hours. About700 members of East Belfast De-fence Association were joined by200 from the Woodvale DefenceAssociation. Members of the UDAin paramilitary dress marched in theprocession.

Thursday 8th June 1972Robbery in East BelfastThe Northern Wine Company inWoodstock Road has been held upby three men, two of whom were

armed with revolvers. They tookan undisclosed sum of money.

Thursday 8th June 1972Foot patrol attacked in ArmaghA four man foot patrol of theGordon Highlanders has come un-der a petrol bomb and gun fire at-tack in Armagh. He petrol bombwas tossed from the window of thefirst car and four revolver shotswere fired from a second car. AnArmy spokesman said that oneround was fired by them at the gun-man in the second car. He was seento slum forward.

Thursday 8th June 1972UDR patrol uncovers bombA UDR patrol has discovered a300lb bomb beside the telephoneexchange in Newtownstewart. Theexchange is located around 50 yardsfrom the local RUC barracks. Armybomb disposal experts worked fortwo hours before finally defusingthe bomb.

Thursday 8th June 1972New Loyalist group in East AntrimA new group, the Antrim LoyalistFront, has been formed in the EastAntrim area. The group intend tohold protests against what they de-


BELOW - Wellworth’s Store in MarketSquare, Dungannon after a bomb ex-ploded.FACING PAGE - Car bomb attack onLurgan’s High Street

scribe as the presence of “armedIRA sentries, checkpoint units andpatrols in Ulster.” The protests willnot involve the setting up of no-goareas but simply be a display of dis-ciplined check-points, guard detailsand “duck patrols” in loyalist areas.

Thursday 8th June 1972Workman shot deadA workman has been shot dead atflats under construction at Peter’sHill, Belfast. The Army were notinvolved in the incident but say thatone shot was fired from a “south-erly” direction.

Friday 9th June 1972Europa Hotel bombedA bomb has exploded inside Bel-fast’s biggest hotel, the Europa. Theblast was the first inside the build-ing. Initially it was thought that thedevice, which was found inside aladies lavatory, contained around100 to 150lbs of explosives but itturned out to be much smaller. Thebomb punched a huge hole in a wall

next to the railway and did minordamage to the rest of the building.

Friday 9th June 1972Home made bombA bomb has exploded in a vanparked outside the Everton Bar, atthe corner of Everton Street and theCrumlin Road. The bomb, esti-mated to have contained around250lb of home made explosives.The building was raised to theground but chemical bombs did nothave the same blasting power as thegelignite which is normally used.

Friday 9th June 1972Bombs at Belfast City HallTwo parcel bombs, which havebeen discovered in Belfast City Hall

hours before a loyalist rally, havebeen detonated by the Army. Theexplosions caused only minor dam-age. The bombs are estimated tohave contained between 5 and 10lbsof gelignite. Just before the explo-sions a group of 40 loyalist womenstarted marching up Royal Avenue,led buy a woman wearing a stock-ing mask and a “UDA type cap.”The rally, which was to protestagainst the Whitelaw administra-tion was being organised by theUlster Constitution Party.


Friday 9th June 1972Army blows up carThe Army has blown up a hi-jackedcar outside St Malachy’s CatholicChurch in Lower Irish Street, Ar-magh. It is understood that the carwhich had been hi-jacked earlierhad not been booby-trapped.

Friday 9th June 1972Faulkner dismisses idea ofProtestant backlashUnionist leader, Mr Brian Faulkner,has dismissed the possibility that aProtestant back-lash is in processand said that he knew of no evi-dence that arms are being used out-side the ranks of the IRA. Asked ata news conference about unex-plained killings of Catholics. Hesaid “I have no reason to supposethat it is the work of any body other

than the IRA.” Mr Faulkner statedthat the Unionist Party had no in-volvement as such with the Van-guard movement or the paramilitaryUlster Defence Association. Headded “I know nothing of Mr Craigbeing involved in any paramilitaryorganisation… I have heard of theUlster Defence Association. I haveseen pictures of it. Other than thatI know absolutely nothing about it.

Friday 9th June 1972Man shot dead on building siteThe man shot dead by a sniper ashe worked on a building site at Pe-ter’s Hill has been named as 19-year-old Norman Campbell, aCatholic from the Turf Lodge areaof Belfast. Mr. Campbell was to bemarried in five weeks time to a Prot-estant girl from the Shankill.

Friday 9th June 1972UDR man diesThe UDR man shot in Derry onTuesday has died in hospital. Hehas been named as 44-year-old PteEdward Megahey, of Drumquin,County Tyrone. He was shot in thehead by a sniper on the BuncranaRoad as his patrol went to relieve aroad block.

Friday 9th June 1972Woman shot dead on Glen RoadA 24-year-old woman, Mrs JeanSmith, of Tardree Park,Andersonstown has been shot deadat Glen Road bus terminus. Thedead woman was in a taxi shortlybefore midnight when shots rangout and the 1100 car in which shewas travelling was struck. MrsSmith was shot in the head and diedinstantly.

Friday 9th June 1972Military attackedA Royal Anglican patrol has comeunder fire at Dunville Park, FallsRoad, just after 9.00pm. The sol-diers returned fire at two men andhit one of them. The second manmade his escape down DunvilleStreet, firing a burst of automaticfire at the soldiers. Some time latera youth was brought to hospital ina car which had been hi-jacked ear-lier. He was treated for gunshotwounds.

Friday 9th June 1972Garda killed in bomb explosionThe Garda inspector, who was in-jured when as he investigated re-ports that bombs had been left at theborder close to Newtownbutler, has


died in Cavan Hospital. He hasbeen named as 61-year-old fatherof six, Samuel Donegan. He is thefirst member of the South’s secu-rity forces to be killed. It is nowthought the bomb may have beenradio detonated. Both the Officialand Provisional IRA have deniedresponsibility for the explosion.

Friday 9th June 1972UDR private seriously illA UDR private has been seriouslyinjured when gunmen opened upfrom two positions on a mobile pa-trol travelling along the Armagh-Middletown road. The two vehiclepatrol had just reached to outskirtsof Armagh when about 20-30 shotswere fired. The shot which hit thesoldier also shattered the rear wind-screen of the vehicle.

Friday 9th June 1972Belfast gun attacksDuring a fifteen minute periodaround 11.30pm, twelve shots andfour blast bombs were fired at sol-diers in the Andersonstown andBallymurphy areas of Belfast. Firewas returned on three occasions.

Friday 9th June 1972Military patrol attackedShots were fired at a military pa-trol in Mulhouse Street but fire wasnot returned and no casualties werereported.

Friday 9th June 1972Blast bombs thrownOne soldier was slightly injuredwhen three blast bombs werethrown at a mobile patrol in theLower Falls area of Belfast.

Friday 9th June 1972Baton rounds usedTroops used baton rounds againstyouths who were said to be attempt-ing to roll barrels on to the M1motorway at Finaghy Road North.

Friday 9th June 1972Explosion on Donegal RoadAn explosion in the Donegal Roadarea of Belfast has not been traced.It is thought it may have beencaused by a blast bomb.

Friday 9th June 1972Armed robbery in ShankillTwo youths armed with revolvershave escaped with an undisclosedsum of money after holding up staffat a wine stone in Snugville Streetin the Shankill Road area ofBelfast.


FACING PAGE - Clearing up after abomb attack in Antrim.RIGHT - Bomb attack at theKensington Bakery, Lurgan

Friday 9th June 1972Paratroopers in arms findParatroopers have discovered 50 shot-gun cartridges and six rounds of am-munition during a search of DuncairnParade in the New Lodge area.

Friday 9th June 1972Derry gun attacksShots have been heard in the vicin-ity of Waterside railway station. Itis thought that they were meant foran army patrol in Spencer Road.Four single shots were heard in theBrandywell but the target was un-known. Sometime later another sixshots were heard in the same areabut the target remained unidenti-fied.

Friday 9th June 1972IRA admits bombingsThe Provisional IRA has claimedresponsibility for bombing StrabaneGolf Club because it is frequentedby the RUC and Special Branch. Intheir statement they warned thatthey were not prepared to acceptfraternisation being extended to theRUC, UDR and British Army by

certain public houses and businesspremises in Strabane.

Friday 9th June 1972Alarm at possible deal with IRAThe South Antrim Association ofthe Alliance Party has said thatPress speculation about a possibledeal between the British Govern-ment and the Provisional IRA mustbe viewed “with the greatestalarm.” The association said thatthe IRA and Vanguard should puttheir policies to the test at the bal-lot box when the time comes andthey also called for an early refer-endum on the border issue.

Saturday 10th June 1972Loyalists out in forceThousands of Loyalists havemarched in military style throughBelfast and in Derry a DemocraticUnionist Party Protest was held atThe Diamond. Other Loyalist dem-onstrations were held at Banbridgeand Limavady.

Saturday 10th June 1972UDA BarricadesCars buses and lorries have beenused to block dozens of streets inBelfast and masked members of theUlster Defence Association oper-ated their own security checks by


searching everyone who passedthrough their barriers. Bus serviceswere cancelled and business was ata standstill as thousands of shop-pers avoided coming into the citycentre. Extra troops have patrolledthe city’s streets. During the daythe Northbound carriageway of theM1 was blocked between Stock-man’s Lane and Donegal Road.The combined activity has added upto one of the tensest days in theNorth since the current troublesbegan.Overnight Protestants began erect-ing barricades at Shankill Road,Sandy Row, Donegal Pass, NorthBelfast, Ravenhill Road,Newtownards Road, Shore Road,Highfield Estate, Carrickfergus,Lurgan, Ballymena, Bangor andGreenisland. The largest singlebarricade was at the WoodvaleRoad-Ballygomartin Road where atleast two dozen cars, trucks and aPost Office van blocked the road.Park seats were used in some areasas barricades and in others, double-decker buses were jammed acrossroads at various points. Maskedmembers of the UDA, armed withpick axe handles and bin lids, wereat every point, standing on streetcorners, stopping cars, and evenoperating a mobile patrol in a blackLand Rover with no registrationplates.

Saturday 10th June 1972Car curfew in FallsThe Official IRA has hit out at theProvisionals for imposing a car cur-few in the Lower Falls Road area.The officials attack came after theProvisionals distributed leaflets

warning that anyone driving into thearea was “liable to be shot by ac-tive service units.” They said thatthis was necessary to prevent rep-etition of the Anderson Street bombin which eight people died.

Saturday 10th June 1972Whitelaw jostled in LurganMr William Whitelaw, the Secretaryof State, has been jostled andpushed by angry crowds when hevisited bomb damage in the Lurgantown centre. The crowd were pro-testing about a lack of security. MrWhitelaw was taken away in anArmy and Rover.

Saturday 10th June 197216-year-old girl killedA 16-year-old girl has been killedand three other people injured whengunmen opened fire on civiliansfrom Burnaby Street-Roden Streetin the Grosvenor Road area of Bel-fast. The dead girl has been namedas Marion Brown from StanhopeStreet. Troops fired at the gunmenbut did not report any hits.

Saturday 10th June 1972Two wounded in BelfastThirty shots have been fired at theArmy post at Neely Street, offRoden Street. Two 19-year-old ci-vilians, a youth and a girl, werecaught in the exchange of fire asthey stood in nearby Excise Street.The soldiers returned fire andclaimed to have made one hit.

Saturday 10th June 1972UDR corporal shot deadA UDR man has been shot dead as

he drove his car out of the Autolitefactory at Finaghy Road North.Reports suggest that a youth ran outin front of his car and fired five pis-tol shots at the soldier. The UDRman was killed and two womenpassengers were injured. He hasbeen named as Corporal RoyStanton, of ‘D’ Company, 9 UDR.

Saturday 10th June 1972Three men shot from passing carsThree men have been taken to hos-pital after being shot from a pass-ing cars in the Lower Falls andAndersonstown areas of Belfast.The security forces were not in-volved in the shootings.

Saturday 10th June 1972Gunman shot by troopsTroops in the Black Mountain Armypost in the Upper Springfield Roadarea have claimed two hits whenthey returned fire at gunmen shoot-ing from the direction of SpringhillAvenue.

Saturday 10th June 1972Gunman shot on Kashmir RoadThe 3rd Royal Anglican Regimenthave reported that soldiers from oneof their units fired on a gunman inan alleyway off the Kashmir Road.He man was heard to scream as hefell and was dragged away by a sec-ond man. The patrol waited in thearea and observed an ambulancearriving at a house in CawnporeStreet. A man was found there suf-fering from gunshot wounds. TwoM1 carbines, which were loadedwith dum-dum bullets, one pistoland 76 rounds of ammunition werelater found in the area.


Saturday 10th June 1972Rubber bulletsRubber bullets have been fired at acrowd of stone throwing youths atthe junction of Ballygomartin andWest Circular roads.

Saturday 10th June 1972Arson attacksRoddy’s Bar on the Ormeau Roadand a hair-dressing salon on theWoodstock Road have both beendamaged in overnight arson attacks.

Saturday 10th June 1972Bomb at golf clubA bomb has exploded in the lockerrooms at the City of Derry GolfClub. Around 30 people were theclub buildings, which are located15-20 yards away, when the bombwent off. No one was injured.

Saturday 10th June 1972Derry bomb attacksBombs have exploded at a plantbelonging to a concrete firm atCorrody in Derry and at a paintstore in Altnagelvin. Minor dam-age was caused in the attacks.

Saturday 10th June 1972Gun battle at Bligh’s LaneThe Army believe that may have hittwo gunmen during a fifteen minuteattack on Bligh’s lane Army post.Around 70 shots were fired fromtwo different locations. There wereseveral other gun attacks in the cityduring the night but no casualtieswere reported.

Saturday 10th June 1972Tailor’s dummy used in bombattackA bomb has exploded outside theInland Revenue Office at WestBridge in Enniskillen. The bombwas concealed in a car, which hada tailors dummy in the car to givethe impression that it was occupiedand therefore not raise suspicions.Windows in a 100 yard radius werebroken and a nearby car showroomwas damaged. No one was injuredin the attack.

Saturday 10th June 1972Sinn Fein picketMore than 150 Sinn Fein support-ers have picketed the home of thesouthern Prime Minister, Mr JackLynch, protesting at the jailing ofRepublicans by the Dublin Govern

ment. A letter of protest was handedin by 92-year-old Mr Joseph Clarke.The protestors who then walkedback to Sinn Fein’s Kevin Streetoffice carried placards containingthe words “Long Kesh broke Faulknerand the Curragh will break Lynch.”

Saturday 10th June 197219 soldiers deadA written reply to the Commons hasrevealed that 19 soldiers have beenkilled and 121 others wounded inthe North between 30th March and8th June. Two members of the UDRhave been killed and ten woundedin the same period.

Monday 12th June 1972Derry’s Guildhall bombedSix men carrying plastic bins con-taining bombs have entered theGuildhall in Derry after a seventhman held up security staff with arevolver. The bombs, containingaround 200lb of explosives blew offthe roof and caused severe struc-tural damage to the 80-year-oldbuilding has been devastated bybombs. Debris and slates werehurled over a 100 yard radius.

Monday 12th June 1972Soldiers use rocket launcher inLisburnA bomb containing 50lb of explo-sives in Lisburn has demolished theTop Hat ballroom and close by asecond bomb, estimated to contain100lb of explosives has been dis-covered under the rear seat of theblue 1100 car. Troops used a rocketlauncher against the car in an at-tempt to defuse the bomb. A Sol-dier, mounted on the raised platformof an EBNI hydraulic truck fired ashell from the launcher, whichwhile striking the car through thewindscreen and lodged itself in therear seat, did not defuse the bomb.The car was then set on fire.

Monday 12th June 1972Shot soldier dies in BelfastA Welsh soldier, 24-year-old Lance-Corporal Alan John Giles, fromCardiff has died in hospital afterbeing shot in the head during afierce gun battle in the Ardoyne areaof Belfast. The dead man’s fatherflew to Belfast and was at his bed-side when he died.

A written reply to the Commons has revealed that 19 soldiers have been killedand 121 others wounded in the North between 30th March and 8th June. Twomembers of the UDR have been killed and ten wounded in the same period.


BELOW - UDA members block theWoodstock Road

Monday 12th June 1972RUC man loses an eyeA 23-year-old member of the RUChas lost an eye and received severefacial wounds in a bomb attack at abooby trapped house atNewtownbutler. He was investigat-ing a suspect bomb, along with acompanion when the device deto-nated.

Monday 12th June 1972Two killed in LurganThe identity of two men who havebeen shot dead at a hall atDonacloney near Lurgan, have notbeen released by the RUC.

Monday 12th June 1972Bank robbed in NewryTwo armed raiders have entered theNorthern Bank in Hill Street,Newry and robbed it of an estimated£5,000. One man is said to havecarried a submachine gun and theother was armed with a revolver.No one was hurt in the raid.

Monday 12th June 1972Arms find in OldparkTroops have seized nine guns andmore than 100 rounds of ammuni-tion in the Oldpark area of Belfast.The weapons were discovered inthe wake of a major gun battle in

the area in which three people died.The Army have not revealed if theweapons were found in the Catho-lic or Protestant part of the district.

Monday 12th June 1972Victims buriedThe funerals of Mrs Jean Smyth ofTardree Park, Andersonstown, whowas shot on the Glen Road; Nor-man Campbell, of Turf lodge whowas shot dead at Upper TownsendStreet and UDR Corporal RoyStanton, have all taken place.


RIGHT - Car bomb attack on theEverton Bar, Crumlin Road

Monday 12th June 1972Riot area children go to countryFriends and neighbours of aDungannon women’s organisation,which was formed in May, has un-dertaken its first major project,when they entertained 40 childrenfrom Belfast’s troubled areas to aday in the country. The children,aged between 7 and 11 had ponyrides, swimming and a min discoas well as field games.

Monday 12th June 1972Town centre sealed offThe centre of Enniskillen has beensealed off since Friday night’s ex-plosion which wrecked the InlandRevenue offices and caused consid-erable damage to property.

Monday 12th June 1972Three shot dead in BelfastThree men have been shot dead andtwo soldiers and a civilian woundedin an overnight gun battle. Threeother men are also claimed to havebeen hit when troops returned fireon gunmen. The RUC have namedthe dead men as Hugh Madden,aged 43, a Catholic of OldparkRoad; Joseph Campbell, aged 18,of Havana Street, Ardoyne andNorman McGrath, aged 18 who isa Protestant from Coningsby Streetin the Oldpark area.

Mr Madden is said to have beenshot as he stood outside his shop onthe Oldpark Road. Mr. Campbellwas shot by troops who retuned fire

at a gunman in Ardoyne. His bodywas recovered by troops in EskdaleGardens. Mr McGrath was shotdead when troops returned fire af-ter they came under fire from gun-men in the Protestant Alloa Street,Mountainview Street and manorStreet areas.

Monday 12th June 1972Men wounded in BelfastTwo men are reported to have beenshot in an alleyway at BallycarryStreet but their bodies have not beenrecovered. A third man, a Protes-tant, was shot during a gun battlein Oldpark Road when he tried to


LEFT - Loyalist protest at Belfast CityHall

stop a child from straying into theline of fire. Elsewhere in Belfastan 18-year-old youth was woundedin the leg when a gunman openedfire from a passing car at the junc-tion of Stewartstown Road andHannahstown Drive in the Suffolkarea. The RUC are said to be hunt-ing for the gunmen who shot a manin the stomach at his FortingaleStreet home in the Old Lodge Roadarea of Belfast. An unidentifiedwounded man has also been foundn Holmdene Gardens, Ardoyne. Hehas been taken to hospital where hiscondition is described as being ill.

Monday 12th June 1972Pub bombedBlast bombs have been thrown in anumber of areas of Belfast and a barat Bankmore Street has beenwrecked in an explosion. A shopin Euston Street has also been dam-aged by a malicious fire.

Monday 12th June 1972Tartans riotA confrontation has developed be-tween Tartan youths from East Bel-fast and British soldiers. Stones andbottles were thrown at the troops,

who fired more than 200 rubberbullets as rioting raged around theWoodstock Road-AlbertbridgeRoad and the Ravenhill Road area.

Monday 12th June 1972UDA hi-jacks three Army vehiclesThree Army Land Rovers whichwere under repair at a garage on theRavenhill Road were among thevehicles hi-jacked and used byUDA men to patrol the streets ofBelfast.

Monday 12th June 1972Blast bombsTwo blast bombs have exploded inthe Duncairn Gardens district andanother two bombs have beenthrown at an Army patrol on theCrumlin Road. No injuries havebeen reported.

Monday 12th June 1972RUC man injuredAn RUC man has been injuredwhen the vehicle in which he wastravelling was attacked on theCastlereagh Road. The exact cir-cumstances surrounding the inci-dent are, at present, unclear.

Monday 12th June 1972Libya supplies guns to IRABritain has delivered a strong pro-test to Libya over PresidentGadafi’s speech in which he is re-ported to have said that his govern-ment had supplied arms to the IRA

Monday 12th June 1972IRA weaponsArmy officials are viewing withgreat concern claims by Libya thatshe is supplying arms to the IRA.The Army believe that this devel-opment, if true, could bring about agreat escalation in the situationhere. They fear that Communistweapons, guns, bazookas rocketsmortars, as well as money and com-munist expertise could becomewidely available. At the momentmost of the IRA’s weapons comefrom America and the ammunitionfrom France, Sweden and Belgium.Intelligence sources have suggestedthat the Armalite rifle seen here onthe streets in recent months hadbeen sent from the Middle East.Altogether ten of the weapons havebeen found in the North. Theweapon, used in Vietnam by Ameri-can forces, fires a .223 bullet, thesmallest military projectile in theworld. But the velocity of theweapon and the way in which thebullet tumbles after leaving the gunmakes it a deadly weapon.Apart from these weapons the IRAdo not have any really modern firepower in their arsenal apart from theodd 7.62 self loading rifle and a fewSterling machine guns, both used by


the British Army. One of the mostabundant weapons in the IRA’s ar-senal and the most effective is the.300 M1 Carbine, an American as-sault rifle developed at the end ofthe World War Two and used ex-tensively in Korea.Perhaps the most popular of all IRAweapons is still the Thompson sub-machine gun which has a cycle rateof 700 rounds a minute. It has beenin existence for some 50 years andoccasionally a very early model hasbeen recovered by the Army dur-ing searches. There have beenmany variations on the basic modelover the years and it is known thatin recent times American students,in sympathy with the IRA, haveopenly purchased the weapons andsent them to Ireland. Three of themodern version of these guns havebeen seized recently in Ireland.Other weapons in use by the IRAare the No. 3 and No. 4 Lee Enfieldrifles, the forerunner of the Army’sself-loading rifle. The IRA alsopossess numerous makes of .45, .38

and .32 pistols and revolvers.There have been rumours that theRussian made Kalashnikov, orAK47 as it is often known, havebeen used by the IRA here. Car-tridge cases which would fit the ri-fle have been found after a gun bat-tle in the Short Strand in 1971.There have been reports that it hasalso been used in Derry but the se-curity forces cannot confirm ordeny this.

Monday 12th June 1972Creggan men’s committeeThe Creggan men’s committee hasadvised the people of Creggan andBogside to ignore the ProvisionalIRA peace referendum in its presentform. The four-day referendumstarts in the Brandywell district ofDerry’s no go area. The committeechallenged the Provisionals to with-draw their ambiguously wordedquestionnaire and put the honestand straightforward question to thepeople – “Do you want our cam-paign of violence to end?

Monday 12th June 1972Gunman shotTroops claim to have shot a gun-man in Bingnian Drive inAndersonstown. An Army spokes-man said that soldiers, members ofa mobile patrol, opened fire on aman seen with a gun. The man wassaid to double up and a ambulancearrived

Monday 12th June 1972Explosives discoveredFour men have been arrested by theRUC and are being questionedabout the discovery of 300lbs ofexplosives about six miles from theborder. The find was made atKilturk near Newtownbutler.

Monday 12th June 1972UDA say they are willing to talkA spokesman for the Ulster DefenceAssociation has said that his organi-sation would be prepared to meetMr Whitelaw, “or anyone else barthe IRA.” He stated that the UDAno-go areas were a success, espe-


cially in East Belfast, “in spite ofattacks by rebel terrorists and theArmy.” He also urged “the secu-rity forces and the minority to takesteps to squash the IRA and theProvisionals before the whole coun-try sinks into despair and anarchy.”The spokesperson went on to say“The UDA cannot check or chan-nel loyalist feelings for ever and wefeel that breaking point is very, verynear.”

Monday 12th June 1972Night-long gun battles in DerryApproximately 340 rounds of am-munition has been fired by the IRAduring four major gun battles inDerry in the early hours of themorning. There were also 24 otherminor shooting incidents in which60 rounds were fired at the Army.The gun battles followed the kill-ing of an 18-year-old soldier bysniper fire. He has been named asGunner Peter Raistrick, who was onduty at the Brook Park Army post.He died after being shot in the headby one of three shots which werefired by a sniper operating fromMarlborough Street.The first of the Derry gun battlestook place round 1.30 am when theBligh’s lane came under attack fromseven snipers. Around 60 shotswere fired from positions inWestend Park and Beechwood Av-enue. Almost one hour later the post

came under attack for the secondtime when 170 rounds where firedby snipers operating in EastwayGardens Westend Terrace,Beechwood Avenue and WestendPark. It was during this gun battlethat the Army claimed two probablehits. At around the same time asthis attack was taking lace six gun-men fired 80 shots from HelenStreet, Marlborough Street, theLone Moor-Creggan Road junction

and St Eugene’s School. A prob-able hit was also claimed by thearmy during this attack. There wereno military casualties reported.

Monday 12th June 1972Loyalist Front formed in EastAntrimThe East Antrim Loyalist Front,which has recently been formed andwhich was involved in setting upbarricades in Carrickfergus, hassaid that its organisation is dedi-cated to the maintenance of theUnion. The group also said that oneof its demands is for legislation tomake it illegal for residents or visi-tors in any part of the United King-dom to be a member of or to pro-mote the policies of, Communismor revolutionary socialism.

Monday 12th June 1972Police guard for German shipsSecurity has been mounted on eight

German minesweepers which areon a courtesy visit to Dublin after a20lb bomb exploded at the entranceto the German Embassy in Dublin.An anonymous telephone caller hassaid that the Baader-Meinhoffgroup carried out the attack. Whilethe Garda do not have any definiteleads they say that it is unlikely thateither wing of the IRA was involvedin the attack.

Monday 12th June 1972Council member on arms chargeDUP Councillor, Fred Proctor, anda member of the RUC have ap-peared in a special court on armscharges. The pair are charged withhaving two pistols and 25 roundsof ammunition at Mayo Street onSaturday morning. The court wastold that both men had permits forthe guns and were allowed out onbail.

Monday 12th June 1972Craig talks of armed defenceMr William Craig, the Vanguardleader, has reported that loyalistorganisations are now in a positionto take up arms and defend democ-racy in Ulster. Mr. Craig disclosedthis at a large Unionist Rally inBanbridge. Also in attendance wasMr Brian Faulkner and Mr EnochPowell.

Monday 12th June 1972ExplosionAn explosion has been heard in theDonegal Road area. Reports sug-gest that there have been casualties.

Mr William Craig, the Vanguard leader, has reported thatloyalist organisations are now in a position to take up arms anddefend democracy in Ulster. Mr. Craig disclosed this at a largeUnionist Rally in Banbridge. Also in attendance was Mr BrianFaulkner and Mr Enoch Powell.


Tuesday 13th June 1972Bomb in North BelfastArmy experts are preparing to ex-amine a bomb close to GlenravelRUC barracks and headquarters ofthe 2nd Battalion, The ParachuteRegiment. The bomb, in a van, isthought to be a large one and thesurrounding area has been sealedoff. A warning was given and it wasexpected that the bomb would ex-plode at 1.00 pm however that timehas expired. It is thought that thearmy may now use a Bazooka todismantle the device. Patients in thenearby Clifton House have beenmoved to the rear of the buildingfor safety.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Hooded UDA men meetWhitelawA group of men, at least two of themwearing masks and with coats overtheir heads have arrived at Stormontfor a meeting with Mr Whitelaw.They were driven there by Mr BillyHull, chairman of the Loyalist As-sociation of Workers. Mr Hull whosaid earlier that he would attend themeeting with the Secretary of Stateand the UDA, but would not saywhat his connection was. The Sec-retary of State had asked for a meet-ing with the paramilitary UlsterDefence Association to urge themto call off their threat to paralysethe North at the weekend by theerection of barricades. Hull saidthat it was intended that the 13members of the UDA “Inner Coun-cil” would be present at the meet-ing. He went on to say “I am notsaying what connections I havewith the UDA, although it is said

that I have been associated with it.”He also said that the LAW workedclosely with the UDA, but wouldnot say what position he was in-volved in, if any, in the militant or-ganisation. The Talks with the Sec-retary of State are expected to lastaround one hour.

Tuesday 13th June 1972 ‘Comforts for the Troops’The Mayor of Belfast, CouncillorWilliam Christie, has received acheque for the “Comforts for theTroops” fund from the 36th OldBoys Association in Toronto. Al-though the fund is now closed, thecheque is being forwarded to theGOC for use by the soldiers.

Tuesday 13th June 1972IRA did not attack TroopsBoth wings of the IRA in Derryhave denied that they were involvedin the weekend gun battles in theCity. The Provisionals said thatnone of their volunteers were in-volved in the shooting incidents inEastway Gardens and DemesneAvenue on Saturday and Sundaynight. A spokesman for the Provi-sional Command blamed the Offi-cials, and said “Because they havecalled a truce, they are throwing theblame on the Provos. We will claimresponsibility for any incidents weare involved in.” The Official IRAsaid they did not take part in anygun battle in the early hours ofMonday morning in which nearly

400 rounds were fired at the Bligh’sLane and Brooke Park Army Posts.A spokesman said “We keep a strin-gent check on our arms and noneof our units took part in these inci-dents. We deny totally any involve-ment in them.”

Tuesday 13th June 1972UDA has right to be heard saysAllianceMr Basil Glass, president of theAlliance Party, has said that mem-bers of the Ulster Defence Associa-tion had every democratic right tohave their voices heard. But he saidthat the North had quite enough ofslaughter, violence and hooligan-ism.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Derriaghy bomb attacksTwo stores in Derriaghy have beenbombed. The explosions were atthe warehouse of Rowntree-Mack-intosh and the cash and carry storeof J. J. Haslett. The bomb atRowntree-Mackintosh was in a carwhich was driven into the loadingbay at around 4.30pm. This wasfollowed by a second car. Two mengot out of the first and into the sec-ond before driving off. The blastfrom the bomb, estimated to be be-tween 30 to 50lb of explosivescaused extensive damage. No onewas injured in the attack.The second bomb at a cash andcarry store a few hundred yardsaway exploded 15 minutes later.

A group of men, at least two of them wearing masks and with coatsover their heads have arrived at Stormont for a meeting with MrWhitelaw. They were driven there by Mr Billy Hull, chairman ofthe Loyalist Association of Workers.


TOP - UDA barricade across theRavenhill Road.BOTTOM - Members of the UDA onpatrol in East Belfast using comman-deered British army Land-RoversFACING PAGE - UDA men keepingwatch at the barricades

The attack was carried out in theexact same manner as theRowntree-Mackintosh attack. Ex-tensive damage was also caused bythis blast. Both getaway cars werefound later at Shaw’s Bridge.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Car bomb explodes in Donegal RoadA car bomb has exploded in Kilburnin the Donegal Road area of Bel-fast. Thirteen people were injuredin the attack but none of them areserious.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Sectarian attacks in Donegal PassThere have been sectarian clashesin the Donegal Pass area of Belfast.A gang of Protestant youths at-tempted to enter a Catholic area.Troops moved in to disperse theyouths who then threw stones at thesoldiers. The soldiers replied byfiring rubber bullets. Further trou-ble broke out later on when stoneswere thrown at three Catholic girls

who have been accused of singingthe Soldier’s Song. Further up theOrmeau Road, two Protestant menwere pulled from their car and badlybeaten by some youths who learnedthat they were from the ShankillRoad. They were both taken to hos-pital. One of the men was detained.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Strabane clashesIn Strabane clashes occurred be-tween Catholic youths and theArmy. Local people have said thatthe trouble started earlier in theevening when two Catholic boyswere beaten up by Protestants in thetown. Stone throwing and hi-jackings then occurred. One sol-dier was slightly hurt.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Bomb attack in DerryTwo men armed with revolvers andentered a confectionary shop atRossdowney, Derry and planted abomb on the counter. The raiders

are said to have taken an undis-closed sum of money from the tillbefore they left. The 10lb bombexploded causing extensive dam-age, one minute after the men leftthe building.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Derry gun attacksDerry City was relatively peacefulover night. There were four sepa-rate shootings reported, duringwhich shots were fired at Bligh’sLane and Brandywell Army posts.There were no casualties. At around7.00am troops fired a gunman inLone Moor Road but no one washit.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Sniper attack in CoalislandA number of high velocity shotshave been fired at an RUC LandRover at the bridge in Coalisland.One shot narrowly missed thedriver but no one was injured.

Tuesday 13th June 1972Carrickfergus factory guttedThe RUC have said that the esti-mated cost of damage caused to themain store of Jeremiah Ambling’s,clothing factory, is in the region of£350,000. At this stage the RUC saythey have no reason to believe thatit was started maliciously.


Tuesday 13th June 1972Break the link with Unionist PartyThe County Armagh DemocraticUnionist Association has called onthe Orange Order to break its for-mal link with the Unionist Party.The Association also claims that the120 Orange delegates to the Union-ist Council have never representedrank and file Orangemen.

It says that no Unionist politicianshould be allowed to propose reso-lutions or speak on Orange plat-forms on the 12th July. In its state-ment the Association said that “Itis ludicrous to have an organisationof 100,000 members affiliated to apolitical party which has less than30,000 members.

The Orange Order should not be aconstituent member of any politi-cal party. Rather, it should concen-trate more on defending Reforma-tion principles and exposing mod-ernism and ecumenism.”

Tuesday 13th June 1972Loyalists told to be preparedThe chairman of Duncairn YoungUnionists has said that Loyalistsshould quietly organise and prepareto defend the country against the“final and inevitable onslaught.”Mr Frank Millar said it would beunwise for Loyalists to believe thatpeace initiatives from within theRoman Catholic community, ortalks with minority leaders, couldbring about reconciliation. Headded that talks implied that therewas a common ground for discus-sion. This was not possible for twosides whose ideals and views were

totally irreconcilable. Compromisewould mean a disgracefulsurrender.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Off-duty fireman shotAn off-duty fireman as been shotin the hand as armed men left a par-cel, believed to be a large bomb, ata tobacco warehouse at Stockman’sLane. A member of staff in thewarehouse of Tobacco Sales Ltdsaw the bombers arrived and triedto slam the door. A shot was fired,missing the member of staff andstriking the fireman customer. One

hour after the bomb had beenplanted it still had not exploded.The Army, however have decidedthat due to the risk involved, theyshould leave it for a while ratherthan attempt to defuse it.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Whitelaw meets UDA councilThe Secretary of State, MrWhitelaw has met all 13 membersof the UDA’s “Inner Council” in asurprise follow up to Tuesdaysmeeting with representatives of theProtestant paramilitary group. Thediscussions were again held in


Stormont Castle and lasted about anhour. Mr. Whitelaw welcomed thedecision by the UDA to put off theirplans to erect street barricadesthroughout the North.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Riots in East BelfastPart of East Belfast has been sealedoff after crowds of youths built bar-ricades around the mainly Protes-tant area after overnight clashesbetween rival factions. It is notclear how the trouble began but ac-cording to the RUC the trouble tookplace in the Albertbridge Road-Mountpottinger area. Stones werethrown at troops who replied withrubber bullets.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Girl wounded in Turf LodgeA 12-year-old girl from the TurfLodge area of Belfast has been shotin the abdomen after gunmenopened fire on soldiers on theWhiterock Road. She was rushedto hospital for an emergency opera-tion and her condition is said to be“ill.” The RUC say she was stand-ing behind soldiers who were giv-ing cover to an Army working partynear St Thomas’s School, when twogunmen opened fire from the CityCemetery-Falls Park area. Onebullet struck the girl. The soldiersreturned fire but no one was injured.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Motorway bomb alertThe M1 was closed for two hoursafter armed men hi-jacked twoheavy lorries near the Autolite

factory and drove them to the M1motorway. Telephone call weremade saying that bombs had beenplanted on the vehicles and that theywould explode in 30 minutes. Traf-fic was diverted and on investiga-tion the bombs turned out to behoaxes.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Ardoyne gun attacksFour low velocity shots have beenfired in the Brompton Park area ofArdoyne. The security forces werenot involved in the incident. Fiveshots were also fired from GlenbrynPark along Berwick Road towardsAlliance Avenue. One shot was alsofired at troops in Etna Drive. Noone was hurt in any of the attacks.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Culvert bombOne of the biggest explosive de-vices ever found has been discov-ered by workmen in a culvert un-der a disused bridge near the bor-der. A patrol from the Duke ofWellington Regiment and an Armybomb disposal expert went to thescene at Crossmaglen, County Ar-

magh and the 150 lbbomb was deto-nated on the spot. The explosionset of another 40lb bomb and in fol-low up searches a further three 40lbdevices were discovered, each with10lb of shrapnel.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Bomb explodes at marketA bomb containing around 20lb ofexplosives has exploded at a pigmarket at Fair Hill, Kilrea causingextensive damage. A second bomb,containing 40lb of explosives, ex-ploded wrecking the weighbridgeand a shed as well as shattering win-dows in the nearby cattle market.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Shots fired in DerryDerry city has what has been de-scribed as a comparatively peace-ful night, with only six minor shoot-ings being recorded. Shots werefired at Army posts and in threeoccasions one shot was fired atBligh’s Lane Army post.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Bus hi-jacked in StrabaneOver 100 youths hi-jacked anUlsterbus at the bridge and put itacross Bridge Street. Troops thenfired rubber bullets in an attempt todisperse a crowd of more than 200who gathered at Abercorn Square.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Hunger strike protest inEnniskillenAround 250 people gathered out-side Enniskilen RUC barracks todemonstrate support for the hungerstrikers in Belfast. The meeting wasorganised by the Fermanagh Resist-

One of the biggest explosive devices ever found has beendiscovered by workmen in a culvert under a disused bridgenear the border. A patrol from the Duke of WellingtonRegiment and an Army bomb disposal expert went to thescene at Crossmaglen, County Armagh and the 150 lb bombwas detonated on the spot.


ance Movement. Mr. FrankMcManus, MP, addressed thecrowd.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Whitelaw rejects IRA talks offerThe IRA, through its Chief of Staff,has offered the Secretary of State,Mr Whitelaw, a seven day cease-fire if he agreed to meet them todiscus their “Republican peaceplan.” However, the offer was re-jected By Mr Whitelaw saying thathe “cannot respond to ultimatumsfrom terrorists who are causing suf-fering to innocent civilians inNorthern Ireland and shooting Brit-ish soldiers.”

Wednesday 14th June 1972Bomb making equipment discoveredCivic guards and Irish Army bal-listics experts have discoveredbomb making equipment in anabandoned farm house atCarrickmacross. The equipmentwas removed to Dundalk GardaStation.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Loyalist petitionA deputation from the Ulster Con-stitution Defence Committee led bythe Rev Ian Paisley is to hand in apetition to a representative of theWhitelaw administration at Gov-ernment House at Hillsborough,calling for effective steps to betaken to defeat the IRA. The peti-tion will be handed in after a loyal-ist march through Hillsborough onSaturday.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Garda to remain unarmedThe Minister for Justice in theSouth, Mr. Desmond O’Malley, hassaid that the Garda Siochana wouldnot be armed unless things got outof hands. Speaking at a receptionto mark the 50th anniversary of thefounding of the force, he stated thatalthough some members of the spe-cial Branch were armed, the forceitself would not be moving in thisdirection.

Wednesday 14th June 1972IRA press conferenceAt a press conference in theBogside area of Derry, SeanMacStiofain has stated that thedeath toll for the troubles was 388.This figure includes 48 IRA mem-bers, 112 of the “enemy” and 228civilians. Although the IRA hassaid that 48 of its members havedied, in official circles it is felt thatit is more likely to be 54.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Bomb defusedThe Army has defused a 20lb bomboutside the Protestant frequentedJolly Roger Club at Berwick Roadat the junction of Alliance Road inthe Ardoyne area of Belfast. Thebomb was planted by a number ofmen who left the bomb at the doorbefore driving off in a car.

Wednesday 14th June 1972Soldier on drugs chargeA member of the Royal Marines,Brian Taylor, has been found guiltyat a court martial in Plymouth ofpossessing and supplying cannabis.At his trial he asked that he be sent

to Ireland to prove how good a sol-dier he could be. Taylor and twoother soldiers were dismissed fromthe force.

Thursday 15th June 1972Proportional RepresentationIt is expected, in political circles,that the Secretary of State, MrWhitelaw, will announce that theGovernment has decided to use pro-portional representation in the lo-cal government elections.

Thursday 15th June 1972Weather hits Derry pollA spokesman for the ProvisionalIRA in Derry has said that the ref-erendum in the Bogside andCreggan were going well. He ad-mitted that it had not gone as wellas expected on Creggan estate onWednesday night due to unfavour-able weather conditions.

Thursday 15th June 1972Soldier dies in crashThe soldier who died when his Fer-ret car burst into flames on the Up-per Greenisland Road, nearCarrickfergus, has been named asLance-Corporal KeithChillingworth of the Blues andRoyals Regiment. The soldier, aged25, became trapped in the turret ofthe car after it skidded, hit a grassbank and went on fire. Explodingammunition hampered attempts torescue him.

Thursday 15th June 1972Libya told ‘Stop supplying weapons’Libya has been warned by IrelandsPermanent Representative at theUnited Nations and Minister for


LEFT - Riot in Hastings Street, lowerFalls, after a republician parade wasprevented from going into the citycentre.FACING PAGE - Mount Street in EastBelfast after a riot between the armyand the UDA

Foreign Affairs, Dr Hillery, to stopsupplying arms to the IRA. He alsosaid that getting a translation ofGadafy’s speech was also delayinga resolution to the matter.

Thursday 15th June 1972UDR patrol attacked in ArmaghUDR men on patrol near the bor-der had a narrow escape when threemines exploded close to their vehi-cles. The patrol had been travel-ling along the Moy Road, Armagh,when three Claymore type minesexploded in the path of the lead ve-hicle. The windscreen of the firstLand Rover shattered but the UDRmen escaped without injury

Thursday 15th June 1972Soldiers ambushed inAndersonstownA patrol of soldiers from the 2nd

Field regiment has come under at-tack on the Glen Road, on the out-skirts of Belfast. Sixteen shots werefired at the soldiers at around mid-night but no one was hit. Fire wasnot returned. Also inAndersonsown a joint RUC-Armypatrol was ambushed a short whileearlier in Tullymore Gardens. The

same patrol was attacked for a sec-ond time at the junction ofRiverdalePark East and theAndersonstown Road. Troops firedat a man and they believe they mayhave hit him.

Thursday 15th June 1972Boys shot with rubber bulletsA 12-year-old boy from theLenadoon Avenue area of Belfasthas been taken to hospital with aserious eye injury, which is thoughtto have been caused by a rubberbullet. According to an Armyspokesman the boy may lose thesight of one eye. A second boy,aged 14, from Edenmore Drive,Andersonstown, was also taken tohospital after being struck with arubber bullet at Slievegallion Dive.

Thursday 15th June 1972Attack on ArmyShots have been fired during theevening at Andersonstown RUCBarracks and Army posts at VereFoster School, Ballymurphy, FlaxStreet Ardoyne and Divis Street,Dover Street and Campbell’s Row.

One soldier had a miraculous es-cape Ballymurphy Road – WestrockDrive junction. The bullet lodgedin his flax jacket and he was notinjured.

Thursday 15th June 1972RUC men pinned down by sniperRUC men who were called to in-vestigate an incident at Morton’sBrewery at Donegal Road werepinned down by snipers for almostten minutes. They had just got outof their car near the junction of theM1 when a man with a rifle beganfiring at them from the Rodney Pa-rade area. At least ten shots werefired before troops arrived on thescene. No one was injured in theattack.

Thursday 15th June 1972Petrol station robbedA man who handed a petrol attend-ant a note with the letters “IRA” onit, has escaped with £30 from Vic-tor’s filling station in ChichesterStreet at 3.30 am.

Thursday 15th June 1972Gun attacks in DerryNine shooting incidents have takenplace in Derry in the 24 hours up to4.00 am. In the most serious attackthree bursts of automatic fire wasdirected at the Brooke Park Armypost. There were no casualties inany of the attacks.


Thursday 15th June 1972Customs post destroyedA caravan which was used as a cus-toms post at Culmore, near Derryhas been destroyed by fire. It is re-ported that two gunmen held upcustoms staff and set fire to thebuilding.

Thursday 15th June 1972Army Helicopter attackedFive shots have been fired at anArmy helicopter as it flew overCarn West on the Garrison road. Aclaymore mine was also detonatedbut no damage was caused to theaircraft. The crew returned fire atthe gunman but did not claim a hit.

Thursday 15th June 1972Bomb at CastledawsonAn explosion has badly damaged aMinistry of Agriculture mechanicaldigger at MacCartney’s Quay,Castledawson.

Thursday 15th June 1972Repairs to UDR vehiclesLocal contractors are to take overfrom Shorts work on repair of theUDR’s Shorland armoured cars.But the aircraft company will stillcarry out modifications to the ve-hicles. The aim of the move is tocut down repair times.

Thursday 15th June 1972Republican clubs accuse SDLPand IRA of betrayalThe SDLP and the Provisional IRAhave been accused of a “gross be-trayal” by the six-county executiveof the Republican Clubs. In a state-ment they said that they are stunnedto hear that the Provisionals hadoffered to talk to Mr. Whitelaw.They accused the Provisionals ofgiving the SDLP, who had brokenall their promises and who hadcome out in their true colours astraitors, the excuse to talk to theSecretary of State.

Thursday 15th June 1972Bomb defusedA Claymore mine of between 50-60lb has been defused by the Armynear Castlederg. The explosiveshad been packed into a milk churnwhich was buried near a crateredroad, not far from Carn Hill, westof the town and on the border. Themine was found by a routine scoutcar patrol and a wire from it led toa spot on the Northern side of theborder. An electricity pylon hasalso been damaged nearAughnacreggan Bridge,Carrickmore.

Friday 16th June 1972Bomb factory discoveredSoldiers have discovered a bombmaking factory in TheAndersonstown area of Belfast.The items, which were found in agarage in Dungloe Crescent were:eighty-eight pounds of explosives,870 feet of fuse, 20 detonators, fivepetrol bombs, one empty pipebomb, a striker mechanism for deto-nating grenades, bomb circuit test-ing gear, an assortment of chemi-cals used in making bombs andtools for bomb making.

Friday 16th June 1972O’Neill attacks FaulknerFormer Prime Minister, LordO’Neill of the Maine praised SirRobert Porter’s resignation from theUnionist Party. He said “Sir RobertPorter was quite right to disown MrFaulkner’s leadership. In all thecircumstances he could do nothingelse. History will show that duringhis political life, Sir Robert was aman of honour.”

Page 40 THE TROUBLESLEFT All that remains of the Top HatBallroom, Lisburn, after an IRA bombattack

Friday 16th June 1972Detainees releasedFifteen more detainees have beenreleased on the orders of Secretaryof State, Mr William Whitelaw. Thenews of their release was given bya spokesman at Stormont Castle.The spokesman gave the number ofdetainees freed to date by MrWhitelaw as being 553. Three hun-dred and eighty seven men are stillbeing held at the camp.

Friday 16th June 1972IRA won’t be invited to peaceconferenceThe IRA will not be representedwhen Mr Whitelaw convenes theround table conference aimed atfinding a new political settlementin the North. There is no officialindication as to what groups will beinvited to the conference althoughthe feeling is that it is bound to ex-tend beyond just elected representa-tives. But it has been made clearby Unionists that if the Provisionalor Official IRA are asked to attendthen the talks would not get off theground.

Friday 16th June 1972Belfast riotsRioting has broken out inAndersonstown at the corner ofRossnareen Avenue and ShawsRoad. Around 200 youths set a caron fire and threw stones and petrolbombs at troops. Rubber bulletswere fired by troops.

Friday 16th June 1972Helicopter finds bombIn Carrickmore a helicopter patrolof the 16/5th Lancer found 60lbs ofexplosives and three pipe bombs.Fifty pounds of explosives werealso found in the boot of a car atAughnacreggan.

Friday 16th June 1972Bogside pollA spokesman for a group of sevenprimary school teachers in theBogside described the ProvisionalIRA’s peace referendum as a contrick and said that the election wasa flop. The voting statistics wereout of an electorate of 15,000, justover 9,000 took part. There were366 spoiled ballot papers. 7,750

people were said to have voted yesand 1,016 voted no.

Friday 16th June 1972PR will be opposedA member of the Vanguard execu-tive, James Rodgers has said thathis movement will oppose the in-troduction of proportional represen-tation. Speaking in Ballymena, hesaid that only a clear cut statementfrom the Westminster Governmentthat Stormont would return after ayear would satisfy the needs of theloyalist people of Northern Ireland.

Friday 16th June 1972Belfast riotsThe parents of the late JosephCampbell, (16) of Havana Street,Belfast, have denied a report thattheir son was an intelligence officerin Fianna Eireann. He was one ofthe victims of shooting incidents inthe Ardoyne area on Sunday night.

Friday 16th June 1972IRA deny obstructing funeralsThe Provisional IRA in Derry haverejected that they have been plac-ing restrictions on funeral proces-sions and graveside ceremonies atthe City Cemetery in the no-go area.They were responding to a letterprinted in a local paper which saidthat the IRA was dictating the timeof burials, restricting the number ofcars to two, plus the hearse whichwould be stopped and searched andthat future visits to the graves wouldbe limited to ten minutes providing


RIGHT - Bomb attack on the premisesof J&J Haslett, Derriaghy

one did not lift one’s head duringthe time there. The IRA dismissedthe allegations and stated that theletter writer was blindly acceptingall the half lies and untruths beingpoured out by the British propa-ganda machine.

Friday 16th June 1972Man shot in BelfastA 22-year-old man who was homein Belfast for his father’s funeralwas shot from a speeding car inNorth Queen Street in one of manyshooting incidents which took placeovernight. The man has beennamed as John Hill of Stevenage,Herts. He was not seriously injured.

Friday 16th June 1972Co-op bomb attackA bomb has exploded atGreencastle Co-op grocery store,Shore Road. There was relativelylittle damage and no casualties werecaused by the blast which was heardover a wide area.

Friday 16th June 1972Army-RUC patrol ambushedA burst of shots was aimed at Armyand RUC personnel as they drovealong Annagher Road, Coalisland.Fire was returned but more gunmenengaged the troops as they reactedto the initial attack. There were nocasualties the first gunman escaped.

Friday 16th June 1972Belfast gun attacksAt least 50 shots were fired at se-curity forces during an intense spate

of shooting incidents around tea-time but no one was injured. Fiveshots were fired at Springfield RoadRUC barracks from the direction ofColgan Street. Ten shots were firedat the military post in Broadway;Three shots were fired at a person-nel carrier in Norfolk Street; Fiveshots a Muhouse Street Army postand other shots were fired at troopsin Lenadoon Avenue and atMusgrave Park.

Friday 16th June 1972Gun attack on Glenravel StreetRUC BarracksAn Army sentry on duty atGlenravel Street RUC barracksfired at a gunman spotted inChurchill House but did not claima hit.

Friday 16th June 1972Sniper attack on Springfield RoadA single high velocity shot has beenfired at an Army patrol on theSpringfield Road from the directionfrom Divismore Park. The Army

have also reported that one shot wasalso fired at a foot patrol inBallygomartin Road but the sourceof the fire was not established.Three shots were also fired at an-other patrol in Norglen Parade fromthe direction of nearby flats. Shotswere also fired at troops on duty atAndersonstown and New BarnsleyRUC barracks.

Friday 16th June 1972Bomb defused in StrabaneChildren playing in the MelmontRoad area of Strabane have discov-ered a box containing 5lbs of gel-ignite and five nail bombs. AnArmy expert was called in to dealwith the device. Also in Strabane amobile shop, parked in CroaghainView was damaged by a small ex-plosive device. There was no ap-parent motive for the attack.

Friday 16th June 1972RUC men seriously illTwo RUC men were shot and seri-ously wounded as they drove along


Kennedy Way, Belfast. Both menwere wearing civilian clothing andwere in a private car when a sec-ond car pulled up along side them.At least two men, armed with aThompson sub-machine gun and anArmalite rifle opened fire. TheRUC men were both stationed atAndersonstown RUC barracks. Itappears that that they were knownto their attackers and after beingrecognised, were followed for somedistance

Friday 16th June 1972Different versions of same shootingThe RUC and Provisional IRA inDerry have given different versionsof what happened in an incident inthe Bogside which involved a breadvan. The RUC version of the inci-dent said that several shots werefired at a van in Cable Street, bul-lets passed through the door andthat the driver had a narrow escape.The IRA version of events claimsthat the driver fired two shots atpeople outside a grocers shop as hedrove away from an IRA check-point. The IRA claim they returnedfire and hit one person in the van.

Saturday 17th June 1972Massive explosion in ShankillFourteen civilians and two soldiershave been injured when a bomb,estimated to contain between 150and 200lb of explosives explodedoutside the Woodvale Arms bar atthe junction of Ainsworth Street andShankill Road. No one was seri-ously injured. The explosion left acrater four feet deep and eight feet

wide in the road outside the pub. A25 minute warning was telephonedto a local newspaper.

Saturday 17th June 1972Soldier shot by sniperAn IRA sniper fired a single shot atsoldiers from the Kings Regimentin the Turf Lodge area of Belfast.The soldiers were on duty atMonagh Road-Norglen Paradewhen a bullet, fired from NorglenParade grazed the soldier’s neck.An Army spokesman said that thesoldier missed death by a fractionof an inch and that he was lucky tobe alive.

Saturday 17th June 1972Protesters shut tourist officeForty members of Provisional SinnFein, the political wing of the Pro-visional IRA have held a protest inthe Irish Tourist Board’s Londonheadquarters. They were protest-ing the detention of Republicans inthe North and South. A spokesmansaid that this was the start of an in-ternational campaign of peacefulprotest. He also added that a hun-ger strike would start outside theIrish Embassy in Belgravia on Sun-day.

Saturday 17th June 1972Girl wounded in taxiA 21-year-old girl was injured whensoldiers opened fire on a taxi in theSpringfield Road area of Belfast.The girl was shot when a taxi over-took an Army vehicle. An armyspokesman said that gunmen werein the area and that the taxi was trav-elling fast.

Saturday 17th June 1972Mobile patrol attackedThree shots have been at a mobilepatrol at the corner of Crumlin Roadand Kerrera Street. Fire was re-turned and no hits were claimed.

Saturday 17th June 1972Shots heard in New LodgeA number of shots were heard in theNew Lodge area of Belfast duringthe evening but the security forceswere not involved.

Saturday 17th June 1972Tartan gangs attack CatholicfamiliesTartan gangs have attacked thehomes of Catholic families inRushfield Avenue, off the OrmeauRoad. A number of windows werebroken. Protestant women havespoken to journalists of the “sys-tematic intimidation” of Catholicfamilies in the area.

Saturday 17th June 1972East Belfast gun attacksTwo bursts of automatic fire hasbeen heard in the Woodstock Roadarea of Belfast. Later a number of9mm cartridges and bullet markswere discovered on a wall in Ma-drid Street.

Saturday 17th June 1972RUC man wounded in DerryAn RUC man has received a bulletwound to the arm in Derry whengunmen fired around 30 shots fromautomatic weapons at two RUCmen on foot patrol. The shootinghappened at the corner of StrandRoad and Lawrence Hill. Fire was


LEFT - IRA bomb attack on theNewcastle Urban Council offices.

returned at a speeding car but it isnot known if anyone was hit.

Saturday 17th June 1972Derry gun attacksThere have been six shooting inci-dents in Derry in the 24 hours upuntil 4.00am. Troops also fired at agunman who was seen in CregganRoad but no hits were claimed.

Saturday 17th June 1972Shots fired at Strabane RUC bar-racksNine automatic shots have beenfired at Strabane RUC barracks.Five of the shots struck a wall atthe rear of the barracks but no onewas injured and fire was not re-turned.

Saturday 17th June 1972Bombs explode in StrabaneTwo small explosions have gone offat two electricity transformers inStrabane. The transformers, one inMelmont and the other outside thetown caused little damage.

Saturday 17th June 1972Gun attack at CladyAn Army patrol has been fired onin the village of Clady. Twenty-fourshots were fired at troops but no onewas hurt and fire was not returned.

Saturday 17th June 1972Bomb at Orange HallAn explosion has slightly damagedan Orange Hall at Carnagh, KeadyThe postmistress at Carnagh has

said that four masked and armedmen came into the post office andtold her that a bomb was in the Or-ange Hall.

Saturday 17th June 1972Soldiers stoned in NewrySoldiers have been stoned by acrowd leaving St Colman’s Hall inNewry. A number of arrests weremade and one constable was hit onthe leg with a missile.

Saturday 17th June 1972Republican march hit by banA Republican march, organised bythe Northern Resistance Move-ment, which had planned on goingto Belfast Prison has been bannedfrom part of the route. An order bythe Minister of State restricts themarch to between BeechmountStreet and Hamill Street.

Monday 19th June 1972Armed bank raidGunmen have carried out a bankraid in Tyrone. The raiders seized£850 from the Ulster Bank. Dur-ing the raid a RUC man was over-powered and disarmed by one of thegunmen. They ripped the radio tel-ephone from the RUC mans car andfired a number of shots into thetyres. A woman who came to hisaid was shot at but was not injured.

Monday 19th June 1972Prisoners moved to Long KeshThe secretary of State WilliamWhitelaw has announced that anumber of prisoners currently held


LEFT - IRA bomb attack on StrabaneCouncil offices

in Crumlin Road will be transferredto Long Kesh. Although MrWhitelaw’s statement made nomention of political prisoners, itwas said that the move was takingplace “in order to relieve tension”within Crumlin Road and the sub-sequent harmful impact on the com-munity in general.

Monday 19th June 1972Shots fired at Army vehicleTwo shots have been fired at anArmy Saracen in Bligh’s Lane com-pound in Derry. There were nocasualties and fire was not returned.

Monday 19th June 1972Soldiers killed in booby-trapThree soldiers have been killed ina booby trap bomb explosion nearLurgan, County Armagh. Thebomb, estimated to have been be-tween 20 and 50lb had been placedin a cottage. The soldiers are saidto have entered the cottage afterseeing a light. They left the build-ing and re-entered it. It was at this

point that the explosion occurred.Five other soldiers have been in-jured in the attack. The soldierswho died have been named as SgtMajor Arthur McMillan, aged 37,from Hull, Lance Corporal ColinLeslie, aged 26, from Kirkwll, Ork-ney and Sgt Ian Mark Mutch, aged31, from Nairn in Scotland.

Monday 19th June 1972Man shot in social clubA man has been shot dead in a FallsRoad social club. The manDesmond Mackin, had gone to theLeesonville Social club for Father’sDay. A brother of the dead man hassaid that seven Provisional IRAmen forced their way into the club.He said the men were made to kneeland the women were pushedaround. According to the man hisbrother took exception to the wayhis wife and mother was beingtreated and he was struck. He wasthen shot. Mr Mackin died at thescene. The RUC are working onthe theory that the dead man was

the victim in a dispute between theOfficial and Provisional IRA.

Monday 19th June 1972Repair squad demandedTwo Belfast City Councillors, HughKidd and Hugh Smyth have calledfor the setting up of a special emer-gency work force to carry out im-mediate repairs on bomb-damagedhomes. He special unit would becomposed of all types of tradesmen.They also called for immediategrants to householders so that theycould hire their own tradesmen tocarry out repair work.

Monday 19th June 1972Dead man namedA man who was found hooded andshot dead at Shaw’s Bridge on Fri-day has been named. He wasCharles Brendan Connor, aged 32,who lived at Castlereagh Street, butformerly came fromAndersonstown.

Monday 19th June 1972Bombs in Ligoniel factoryTwo explosions and a fire havebadly damaged the Victoria Weav-ing Company’s facility. The firstbomb, weighing around 50lb ex-ploded causing a fire and the sec-ond bomb went off while the build-ing was burning. The bombs wereplanted by six armed men.

Monday 19th June 1972Gun attack on Mountpottinger RoadA gunman aimed one shot at a mo-torist after he spotted him in


TOP - Soldiers who were injured in abomb attack at Bleary, near Lurgan,being airlifted to a hospital in BelfastBOTTOM - Troops building a peacelineat Conway Street

Mountpottinger Road fire a numberof shots towards the NewtownardsRoad. No one was injured in theincident.

Monday 19th June 1972Bomb in PramAn Army sergeant and an RUC manhave pushed a pram containing120lbs away from the front ofCoalisland RUC barracks. Thebomb did not explode and was laterdefused by the Army.

Monday 19th June 1972Army detonates minesA number of Claymore mines and800 metres of electric wire havebeen found at Annaghmore by mili-tary police. They were blown upby the Army.

Monday 19th June 1972Incendiary devices discovered inArmaghSix incendiary devices have beendiscovered in different shops inArmagh. All were discovered be-fore they ignited.

Monday 19th June 1972Strabane garage is blown upA garage has been badly damagedby a bomb in Strabane. At least halfa dozen cars were destroyed in theexplosion and scores of windows inneighbouring houses were broken.

Monday 19th June 1972Derry shootingsTwo shots have been fired at troopson Craigavon Bridge at around3.00am. There were no casualtiesand fire was not returned. Therewere no other shooting incidents inthe city overnight.

Monday 19th June 1972Soldier dies in Derry Army baseA soldier has died in EbringtonBarracks from a gunshot wound.An Army spokesman said that the

incident is being investigated butthat foul play was not suspected.There are no reports of other sol-diers being involved.

Monday 19th June 1972Injured man diesA man injured in a shooting inci-dent outside the British Legion Hallin Donacloney, County Armagh onSaturday 10th June has died in hos-pital. He is Ronald Halliday, aged30, of Churchill Place,Waringstown.


Monday 19th June 1972Cruise for school children400 children from primary schoolsin Derry have had a “get away fromit all” cruise down Lough Foyle,courtesy of Donegal trawlermenfrom the fishing ort of Greencastle.A total of 20 boats made the trip toDerry and back again, taking 200children on each trip.

Monday 19th June 1972Troops halt hunger strike marchA strong force of troops preventeda hunger strike march, which wasorganised by the Northern Resist-ance Movement, of travelling be-yond King Street and Castle Street.The 800 marchers had hoped towalk to Crumlin Road prison butthe march route had been restricted.Small groups of youths beganthrowing stones at the troops whoresponded by firing rubber bullets.

Monday 19th June 1972Scuffles at CCDC chairman’s homeThere have been scuffles outside thehome of Mr Tom Conaty, chairmanof the Central Citizens DefenceCommittee, who has accepted aposition on the Secretary of State’sadvisory committee. Members of the County Antrimexecutive of the Republican Clubshad placed a picket outside MrConaty’s home in Andersonstownto protest “at his silence on thequestion of the hunger strike inCrumlin Road jail.” There werescuffles as Mr Conaty ejected someof the pickets who had climbed intohis garden.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Shots fired in RUC barracksA Dublin man has been shot andwounded when shots were firedduring a scuffle in Armagh RUCbarracks. The incident happenedafter four men were stopped by theRUC at Ferla Crossroads, near Ar-magh, and taken to the barracks forquestioning. At the barracks a gunwas produced and pointed at one ofthe RUC men. In a subsequentstruggle the other RUC men fired anumber of shots. One man fell witha bullet wound to the leg and wastaken to hospital for treatment.Later a second gun, a fully loaded.45 revolver was also recovered.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Twelve women held for contempt of courtTwelve women were sentenced forcontempt of court for clapping asfour Scotsmen, who had beencharged with possession of gelig-nite, left the dock. One of thewomen complained that “rebels”had been allowed to shout and clapin other courts. One of the womenhad been sentenced to one monthsimprisonment and eleven otherwere each sentenced to £10 fines.After a half hour in the cells thewomen’s sentences were over-turned.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Joe Cahill freedRepublican leader, Joe Cahill, whohas spent three weeks on hungerstrike has been freed at the SpecialCriminal Court in Dublin. A juryfound him not guilty of incitingpersons to become members of theIRA.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Prison hunger strike endsThe hunger strike by Republicanprisoners at Belfast’s Crumlin Roadjail has ended, following the deci-sion by Mr. Whitelaw to grant newconditions under which they willserve their sentences. Some of the31 men involved have been with-out food for 36 days and one ofthem, Billy McKee, has been takento hospital because of his weak con-dition.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Soldier killed in ArdoyneA soldier in the Royal Regiment ofWales was been killed when his ar-moured vehicle came under firefrom Brompton Park. Five othersoldiers in the vehicle were injuredin the attack. The dead soldier asbeen named as Private Bryan Doug-las Snodden. Earlier, in a similarattack a soldier was wounded inHooker Street when a gunman firedinto the vehicle in which he wastravelling. One of the bullets struckthe driver but his injuries are notsaid to be serious.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Pub is bombed in DonnemanaA 40lb bomb has exploded outsideSayer’s pub in Main Street,Donemana in the early hours of themorning. A new extension to thepub has been demolished and win-dows in surrounding buildingsblown in.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Car bomb explodes in BallymenaA 150lb car bomb has exploded inGalgorm Street, Ballymena. The


RIGHT - Ulster Vanguard rally atBelfast City Hall

bomb has caused extensive damageto Rainey’s public house, the nearbysocial security office, a car showroom and a number of houses.Fourteen people were taken to hos-pital after the explosion and treatedfor minor injuries. The pub is apopular spot for off-duty RUC menand two of those taken to hospitalwere RUC men.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Electricity pylons bombedTwo electricity pylons four milesfrom the town of Dungiven havebeen damaged in an explosion. Theblast failed to topple the pylons andelectricity supplies were not af-fected.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Armed robbery in DerryThree men, two got them armed,held up staff at the offices of AlliedIrish Finance Company and gotaway with an undisclosed sum ofmoney.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Dead man was not in IRAThe family of Desmond Mackinwho was shot dead in a Falls Roadsocial club have said that he was nota member of any organisation.

Tuesday 20th June 1972Bombs in Strabane andDungannonIn Strabane two bombs have ex-ploded in premises occupied byStrbane Urbane Council causingextensive damage. In Dungannon

a large tyre depot at New Well Roadwas completely destroyed by a 40lbbomb. No one was injured in ei-ther attack.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972IRA expected to announce ceasefireIntense behind-the-scenes activitywas going on north and south of theborder as the IRA tied up the looseends before issuing a statement onthe peace package. It is believedthat the announcement of a cease-fire, which might not come untilThursday or Friday, will outline theconditions for a limited cease-fire.However, it is likely that the IRAwill hold their hand on a permanentcessation until they see what devel-opments take place during this time.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Army search party attackedTroops carried out a search in theUpper Library Street-Clifton Streetarea of Belfast after shots wereheard near Unity Flats. As the sol-diers began to carry out a searchyouths attacked them with stones.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Mobile patrol attacked inLenadoonSix shots have been fired at a mo-bile patrol in the Lenadoon Avenuearea of Belfast at 1.25 pm. Fire wasreturned but no injuries were re-ported.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Shots fired on StewartstownRoadFour shots have been heard in theStewartstown Road area but theycould not be traced. The Army andRUC say they were not involved inthe incident.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Bomb explodes in StrabaneA bomb has exploded in a shop inUrney Street Strabane. Four armedand masked men entered thepremises and planted the device.The shop and surrounding area wasevacuated and a half hour later thebomb exploded. No one was in-jured in the attack.


Wednesday 22nd June 1972Electricity transformer bombedAn electricity transformer in thegrounds of St Colman’s HighSchool has been damaged in an ex-plosion.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Booby-trapped car explodesVery little damage was caused whena booby-trap bomb exploded out-side a car showroom and garage.The attack was on the premises ofJoshua White in College Street,Armagh. 20lbs of gelignite hadbeen placed in a car and an anony-mous telephone warning given. Noone was injured in the attack.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972‘Probable hits’ claimed by ArmySoldiers in Derry have claimed twoprobable hits in an exchange of firewith gunmen. Forty shots werefired at the Brooke Park Army postbetween 1.27am and 3.30am. Theshots came from the area of HelenStreet, Creggan Street and LoneMoor Road. There were no mili-tary casualties. There were threeother isolated shootings in the cityin which three shots were fired.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Larne sealed by barriersThe centre of Larne has been com-pletely sealed off by barriers on ninestreets leading into the town. Thismove cuts off all traffic except de-livery vehicles, to the shopping areaand the RUC say that access can begained to Main Street by AgnewStreet, where there will be a mannedbarrier. Traffic to the harbour willbe unaffected.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Army finds 200lb mineSoldiers, members of the Duke ofWellington Regiment, on patrol atTullymacreeve have discoveredtwo barrels packed with 210lb ofexplosives in a culvert. Both bar-rels had been set up as an anti-ve-hicle mine and were obviouslymeant for troops. An Army bombdisposal expert decided that the de-vice was too dangerous to move andblew it up. A second bomb, alsothought to be an anti-vehicle mineexploded not far away on a road atClontigora. No one was injured.

Wednesday 22nd June 1972Peace petitionThe Ulster Women’s UnionistCouncil peace petition has reachedover 50,000 signatures. The organ-

isers have extended its deadlineuntil Friday, when it will be deliv-ered to the Secretary of State.

Thursday 22nd June 1972IRA ceasefireThe Provisional IRA in Dublin haveannounced a ceasefire from mid-night on Monday – and gave astrong indication that they wanteda place at the conference table todiscuss the future of the North. Ina long awaited statement they saidthat they would suspend “offensiveoperations” provided that there wasa “public reciprocal response” fromthe Army.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Army shoots four menFour men have been admitted tohospital with serious gunshot


British troops on patrol inthe York Street area


LEFT - Provisional IRA pressconference in the Bogside area of Derry.Pictured from left are MartinMcGuinness, Daithi O’Conaill, SeanMacStiofain and Seamus Twomey

wounds after a shooting incidentinvolving the Army. Two of themen had been shot in the chest, an-other had a stomach wound and thefourth man’s condition is not yetknown. An Army statement hassaid that shortly after midday amobile patrol wearing plain clothesand on surveillance duty was trav-elling eastwards on the Glen Road.A group of men standing at a busturnabout opened fire on the patroland a shot went through the rearwindow of the vehicle narrowlymissing a soldier. The patrol im-mediately fired back and the menwere seen to fall.Eighteen shots are reported to havebeen heard in the Lenadoon Avenuearea of Belfast shortly after mid-day. The Army say they were notinvolved in the incident. Later, fourlow velocity shots were fired inFalcarragh Drive, in the same area.No one was injured in either inci-dent.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Council offices bombedNewry Rural Council offices havebeen damaged in an explosion

which went off at around 1.00pm.The council was in session when thewarning was received and officialsand staff had to evacuate the build-ing.

Thursday 22nd June 1972UDA men parade outside prisonThree hundred members of the Ul-ster Defence Association carried outmilitary type drilling outside Bel-fast Prison. The UDA men wentthrough a number of routines formore that a half an hour on the mainCrumlin Road watched by a crowdof 200. The RUC have said thatthey dispersed without incident.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Gun battle in LenadoonThe Army say they hit two gunmenduring a fierce gun battle inLenadoon Avenue, Andersonstownin which a squad of gunmen at-tacked an Army post. The shoot-ing began just before 10.00pmwhen five gunmen opened fire fromthree different positions. The Armysay they came under fire fromLenadoon Avenue, from oppositethe post and from the Colin Glen

bacon factory near Kerrykeel Gar-dens. A total of 60 high velocityshots and 30 low velocity shotswere fired at troops. Troops re-turned fire and claimed to have hita gunman in Lenadoon Avenue. Amobile patrol engaged two gunmenin the Bacon factory and claimed adefinite hit on one of them. Duringthe height of the battle the shootingcould be heard as far away asOrmeau Road.

Thursday 22nd June 1972M1 motorway closedThe M1 motorway was closed forover two hours during clashes be-tween rival crowds in the DonegalRoad area of Belfast. During thedisturbances five rubber bulletswere fired.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Troops open fire in ArdoyneSoldiers have claimed a possible hiton a gunman who fired three shotsat a foot patrol at the corner of Ber-wick Road and Strathroy Park in theArdoyne area of Belfast.

Thursday 22nd June 1972IRA claim shootingThe Provisional IRA in Derry hasclaimed responsibility for the kill-ing of a soldier. The soldier, Fusi-lier Kerry Charles McCarthy, of theRoyal Welsh Fusiliers was on sen-try duty outside Victoria RUC bar-racks when he was hit in the chestby a snipers bullet.


Thursday 22nd June 1972Army opens fire in CregganTroops think they may have hit asniper in Creggan Road after twoposts came under fire during thenight. Shots were fired at posts atRosemount and the city walls andfire was returned from theRosemount post.

Thursday 22nd June 1972RUC man attacked inDungannonAn RUC reservist had to dive forcover when a gunman opened fire

form the corner of Thompson Streetand Union Place, Dungannon. Thegunman is believed to be using anM1 carbine and one shot narrowlymissed the RUC man.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Arms raid in TyroneFive armed men held the wife of aUDR member at gunpoint whilethey searched the house. The UDRman was not at home but the raid-ers stole two magazines and abreech block for an SLR and a uni-form.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Explosion in StrabaneThe RUC are investigating an ex-plosion which badly damaged abulldozer at a building site inBallycolman.

Thursday 22nd June 1972Grocer’s shop bombedA small grocers shop, owned byPatrick Doherty, in the village ofSion Mills has been bombed. Theexplosion, caused by a bomb in aduffle bag, completely destroyedthe shop.

Friday 23rd June 1972Strabane gun attacksFive automatic shots have beenfired at a vehicle checkpoint on theLifford Road in Strabane. Shotshave also been fired from the areaof Bridge Street but they missedtheir target.

Friday 23rd June 1972Shots fired in LenadoonFor the second day in a row a gunbattle has taken place in LenadoonAvenue, Belfast. According to anArmy spokesman six shots werefired at the post and soldiers re-turned fire hitting one man. He wasseen to fall and was dragged away.

Friday 23rd June 1972RUC to probe shootingThe RUC are said to be investigat-ing the shooting of four men on theGlen Road, Belfast by soldiers inplain clothes. The Association ofLegal Justice has also issued a state-ment saying that they reject the Ar-my’s version of events and are send-ing witness Statements to the Po-


ABOVE & BELOW - IRA bomb making equipment seized by British troops in Belfast


Civilians being searched enteringthe new security zone erected

around Belfast city centre


LEFT - Car in which two members ofthe RUC were ambushed atAndersonstown

lice Authority, The Ministry of De-fence and the Secretary of State.

Friday 23rd June 1972Armed RaidsGunmen have escaped with thou-sands of pounds after armed raidson banks at Belfast, Newry andToomebridge and a labour ex-change in Dungannon. The bankswere the Ulster Bank at Ardoyne;the Provincial Bank at Hill Street,Newry; the Northern Bank,Toombridge and at Dungannon La-bour Exchange, raiders got awaywith £4,500.

Friday 23rd June 1972Soldier shot in ArdoyneA soldier has been shot andwounded when a gunman openedfire on a mobile patrol towing a bro-ken down car in Butler Street,Ardoyne. He was not seriouslyhurt.

Friday 23rd June 1972Army claim to have shot sevenThe Army has claimed to have shotseven gunmen in gun battles inDerry, in the Andersonstown and

Suffolk areas of Belfast, More that500 shots have been fired at troopswith the Army post at Lenadoonbeing the main target. The securityforces were involved in 32 out of45 shooting incidents and returnedfire on 12 occasions. The shootingsspread to the Hannahstown areawhere three definite hits were re-corded. Two other gunmen are saidto have been shot in Suffolk.

Friday 23rd June 1972Two men shot in DerryIn Derry, the Army have claimed tohave shot two gunmen during anight of sporadic attacks on Armyposts. There were 18 separateshooting incidents reported inwhich a total of 66 rounds werefired at troops. Fire was returnedon five occasions.

Friday 23rd June 1972Arson attacks on Church hallThere have been two attempts toburn down a Methodist Church Hallon the Stewartstown Road, Belfast.At the first attempt residents discov-ered a 5-gallon drum of petrol at therear of the wooden building. At the

second attempt local people wentto the scene and saw men and girlwho left on foot. One of them wascarrying a rifle.

Friday 23rd June 1972Army patrol attackedTroops have come under fire in theCromac Street area of Belfast. Aburst of automatic fire was directedat a patrol of the Welsh Guards froma passing Lotus Elan which thendrove into East Belfast. There wereno casualties.

Friday 23rd June 1972Telephone Exchange bombedA 10lb bomb has exploded at a tel-ephone exchange in Clady, putting300 lines out of action.

Friday 23rd June 1972Customs post bombedA temporary customs post at Killeaon the Derry-Donegal border hasbeen destroyed by a 5lb bomb.

Friday 23rd June 1972Army posts attackedGunmen in Derry opened fire on theBook Park post where at one stageseveral gunmen fired a total of 25rounds. One burst of shots was di-rected at troops from a passing mini.A total of 18 shots were fired attroops manning a checkpoint onCraigavon Bridge. Other targetswere observation posts on the citywalls and Bligh’s Lane. The maingun battles ended at 4.00am but at6.20am a gunman fired a further


eight shots at the Brandywell post.There were no casualties and firewas not returned.

Friday 23rd June 1972Soldiers ambushed at LisnaskeaAn Army patrol has come under firenear the border at Lisnaskea. Be-tween 20 and 30 shots were fired atthe soldiers but fire was not returnedand no one was injured. One bulletstruck the Land Rover.

Friday 23rd June 1972Army blows up carThe Army has blown up an aban-doned car with a southern registra-tion on the Newtownbutler- ClonesRoad.The vehicle which had been crashedinto a telegraph pole belonged to aDublin car-hire firm had been sto-len from Carrickmacross. Suspect-ing a booby trap, the Army blew upthe vehicle.

Friday 23rd June 1972Protestants picket RUC barracksFifteen Protestants have demon-strated outside Lisburn RUC bar-racks for an hour calling for theseparation of Loyalist prisonersfrom “Republican murderers” andprotested at the Whitelaw adminis-tration.

Saturday 24th June 1972Soldiers killed on Glenshane PassThree soldiers have been killed onthe Glenshane Pass near Dungiven.The soldiers Pte ChristopherStevenson, aged 24, of Birming-ham; Lance Corporal David Moon,aged 24, of Bolton and SergeantStewart Carson, aged 26, werekilled when two mines were deto-nated as their Land Rovers passedover two 60lb land mines. Twoother soldiers were seriously in-jured in the attack. The IRA hasadmitted responsibility for the at-tack.

Saturday 24th June 1972UDR man’s home bombedThe home of a UDR man has beenblown up at Urney, near Strabane.The house was empty at the timeand no one was injured.

Saturday 24th June 1972Railways bombedAll cross-border trains have beenhalted as Irish and British Armybomb experts worked to defusedeadly “barrel Bombs” which wereplanted on the main Belfast-Dub-lin railway line. The two bombswere later safely defused.


LEFT - Derelict house near Lurganwhere three soldiers were killed by abooby-trap bomb

Saturday 24th June 1972Soldier wounded in BelfastA soldier, a member of the RoyalAnglican Regiment, who was work-ing on the roof of the Albert Streetmill, has been shot by a sniper.Three shots were fired at the sol-dier. He was rushed to hospital butis not seriously injured.

Saturday 24th June 1972Man shot in shopA 53-year-old newsagent Mr JackLeonard, has been taken to theRoyal Victoria Hospital with a se-rious chest wound after a gunmanopened fire in his Crumlin Roadshop.

The gunman entered the shop de-manding cigaretteS and when thenewsagent refused the gunman firedthree shots and ran out. A local cler-gyman has said that earlier threeyouths, along with a fourth armedwith a handgun had entered anothershop demanding money and whenthey were told she had no notes, hedemanded a packet of Woodbine.When she put a packet of twentyon the counter he said he wanted aten packet. The man then fired ashot and ran out.

Saturday 24th June 1972Youth shot dead from passing carAn 18-year-old Youth, PatrickMcCullough, of Marsden Gardens,Belfast has been shot dead outsidea bank at the corner of Atlantic Av-enue and Antrim Road. He hadbeen standing along with his girlfriend and other friends when a cardrove slowly passed and a gunmanopened fire.

Saturday 24th June 1972Man shot in Markets areaThe RUC have established thatPatrick Heath, who is seriously illin hospital was shot by a car driverwho stopped him in the Marketsarea of Belfast and asked him streetdirections. The incident happenedin Cromac Street at around11.30pm.

Saturday 24th June 1972Soldier shot in Short StrandA soldier has been wounded whena gunman opened fire on troops inthe Albertbridge Road area. Thesoldier, who is a member of the 23rd

Engineers Regiment, was standingin Lisbon Street when he was hitby one of ten automatic shots firedfrom the vicinity of Madrid Street.He was not seriously hurt.

Saturday 24th June 1972Heavy shooting in BelfastThere was heavy shooting in sev-eral areas of Belfast overnight andin one attack on British soldiersover 10 shots were directed at a sen-try in the bus depot at the junctionof the Glen and Falls Road. Theshots came from positions in Ari-zona Street and the Falls Park.Sixty-three shots were fired by thesoldiers but no hits were recorded.

Saturday 24th June 1972Bomb damages church hallA small bomb has damaged the ex-terior of a Methodist church hall atSuffolk and slightly damaged thenearby church. There have alreadybeen two other attempts this weekto destroy the same building.

Saturday 24th June 1972Military police ambushedThree or four shots have been di-rected at a military policeman whowas examining a suspicious car atQueens Square. An RUC spokes-man said that the shots came froma nearby mill. Fire was returned butno hits were recorded. A search ofthe mill revealed nothing.

Saturday 24th June 1972Attack on M1An Army personnel carrier has beenfired near the junction of the M1and Donegal Road. No one was in-jured in the attack.


RIGHT - Bomb attack on the VictoriaWeaving Company at Ligoniel

Saturday 24th June 1972Chemical explosives foundSoldiers have discovered a largequantity of chemical explosives inthe New Lodge area of Belfast. The170lb haul was detected when sol-diers noticed a peculiar smell com-ing from a house in SpamountStreet.

Saturday 24th June 1972Falls ExplosionAn explosion has been heard in theFalls Road - Roden Street area butno damage was reported.

Saturday 24th June 1972Shots fired at carThree shots were fired at the driverof a vehicle in an effort to force himto stop near the junction of theSpringfield Road and DunboynePark. The bullets struck the vehi-cle but the driver was uninjured.

Saturday 24th June 1972Arson attack at Belfast pubThe RUC are investigating a firewhich has caused some damage anew part of the Errigal Inn publichouse on the Ormeau Road. Ayouth was seen running away fromthe premises and it is thought thatthe fire was started deliberately.

Saturday 24th June 1972Attacks in SuffolkThere has been heavy gunfire in theSuffolk area during the evening andit’s thought that on some occasionsthe security forces were not in-volved. Blast bombs were also

thrown at an Army post inLenadoon Avenue. The sniper issaid to have been operating from thevicinity of the Colin Glen baconfactory.

Saturday 24th June 1972Bomb carried from hotelTwo hotel guests have carried a100lb bomb from the Derg Valleyhotel after it had been left in thehallway by two masked men. Theytook it a short way and dumped itin a hedge. Soldiers later took thecrate to a safer area and it was dealtwith by an Army explosives expert.

Saturday 24th June 1972Bomb at Forkhill public houseAn Ulsterbus and two vans weredamaged when a bomb exploded atthe rear of the Welcome Inn publichouse in Forkhill. One person wastaken to hospital with lacerations.An electricity transformer at therear of the Slieve Gullion Inn hasbeen damaged by another explo-

sion. There were some power cutsin the area.

Saturday 24th June 1972Car bomb defused atNewtownhamiltonAn Army bomb disposal expert hasdefused a 150lb bomb which wasleft outside NewtownhamiltonRUC barracks. The building wasevacuated during the operation.

Saturday 24th June 1972UDR man attackedA UDR man had a narrow escapewhen a gunman opened fire on hiscar from another car which over-took him on a road at Tullygally.The windscreen of the vehicle wasshattered but the UDR man wasunhurt.

Saturday 24th June 1972Hi-jacking at KilkeelTwo youths, armed with revolver,have fired at a car at Dublin Bridge,Kilkeel but the bullets failed to


TOP & MIDDLE - IRA bomb attack onthe Woodvale Arms pub in the Shankillarea of West BelfastBOTTOM - Residents clearing up afterthe explosion

break the windscreen. The driverwas forced out of his car which wasdriven off by the youths in the di-rection of Warrenpoint.

Saturday 24th June 1972Customs office destroyedA caravan used as a customs officeat Newtownbutler has been dam-aged by an overnight bomb. No onewas hurt in the attack.

Saturday 24th June 1972Electricity transformer destroyedAn electricity transformer has beendamaged by another bomb. This isthe fourth time the transformer hasbeen attacked.

Saturday 24th June 1972Incendiary device discoveredAn incendiary bomb, which wasconcealed in a cigarette packet, hasbeen found in a furniture store atEnglish Street just before closingtime. The device burst into flamesbut no damage was caused.

Saturday 24th June 1972UDR man in Vanguard paradeA member of the UDR, who wasstated to have thrown a bottle in thedirection of the security forceswhile taking part in a Vanguard pa-rade in Cookstown on 19th May hasbeen fined £10. He is 18-year-oldDavid James Alcorn of Limavady.


RIGHT - Troops searching through therubble after a bomb attack on a pub onthe Springfield Road

Saturday 24th June 1972Whitelaw staff met IRA claimsVanguardA leading member of Vanguard,James Rodgers, has alleged at aProtestant rally in Ballymena thattwo members of Mr Whitelaw’sstaff attended a meeting with theIRA and SDLP MP’s in Dublin.

Monday 26th June 1972Nine arrested after robberiesNine gunmen have been detainedby the RUC in Belfast after a dra-matic swoop on a car and a bakeryas raiders fled from two hold ups inthe city. A girl hostage is still miss-ing after the raid at the NorthernBank on Malone Road and a manwho had been taken hostage by sixgunmen who raided BernardHughes Bakery on the SpringfieldRoad was rescued unharmed. Two.45 revolvers, two pistols, one Stengun and a double barrelled shotgunwas also seized.

Monday 26th June 1972Man shot near borderA man from County Antrim hasbeen wounded between Bundoranand the border. The man fromToombridge has been living in theSouth for some time. The man,aged 35, was shot twice above theright knee and was dumped from apassing car.

Monday 26th June 1972IRA ceasefireWith the IRA ceasefire to begin at

midnight the security forces willreciprocate by ceasing to make at-tests under the detention and intern-ment regulations of the SpecialPowers Act.

Monday 26th June 1972Man wounded in RobberyA 29-year-old Fermanagh postmas-ter has been shot in the leg in anarmed hold-up in Pettigo. The post-master was shot in the thigh as hiswife attempted to foil the robberyby raising the alarm. A bus driver,who was mistaken for an RUC man,was also shot.

Monday 26th June 1972Army burns stolen carA car which had been parked out-side Ballynacombs Orange Hall,Bellaghy has been set on fire by theArmy. It was one of three whichhad been stolen from outside adance marquee during the night.One of the others was used in theexplosion at the Hawthorne Hotelnear Portglenone.

Monday 26th June 1972Bomb scare on RailwayCross border trains have once morebeen disrupted when a suspectbooby trap bombs were placed at abridge over the Belfast-Dublin line.The line was closed while Armyexperts examined two lorries whichwere parked on a bridge atKilnasaggart.

Monday 26th June 1972Hotel bombedThe 15 bedroom Lambeg HouseHotel has been totally destroyedwhen a 150lb bomb was placed in-side it. There were no guests in thehotel at the time and the owner saidthat due to earlier threats that thehotel would be bombed it hadproved impossible to get night staff.No one was injured in the attack.

Monday 26th June 1972Cement works attackedExtensive damage has been causedto the £4 million cement worksowned by Associated Portland Ce-ment Manufacturers. Armed raid-


LEFT - IRA car bomb attack inGalgorm Street, Ballymena

ers fired shots to frighten securitystaff at the plant. The bomb, whichmade up of 250lbs of explosives,was planted by two men, who werearmed with an M1 Carbine and aThompson submachine gun. It wasdriven into the plant inside a lorry.It exploded 20 minutes later caus-ing damage to a number of loadingbays.

Monday 26th June 1972Bomb scare on RailwayHalf of the single storey Ulsterbusoffice at Edward Street has beenwrecked by a bomb which wasplanted by two armed men.

Monday 26th June 1972Seven killed in run up to truceIt has been estimated that at leastseven people have been killed in therun up to the IRA ceasefire and atleast ten IRA members are claimedby the Army to have been shot. Andapproximately 1,000 rounds of am-munition have been fired at troops.

Monday 26th June 1972Man shot dead on SpringfieldRoadA man has been shot dead by Brit-ish soldiers in the Springfield Road

area of Belfast. The man, namedas 19-year-old James Bonnar, ofIveagh Street in the SpringfieldRoad area of Belfast. He was shotdead by a soldier who claimed thatone shot was fired from a car nearthe junction of the Whiterock andGlenalina Road.

Monday 26th June 1972Man shot in Springmartin areaA 29-year-old Protestant, JohnBrown, of Blackmountain Park,Belfast, has been found shot deadnear Blackmountain Parade in theSpringfield Road area. The RUCsay he had been shot in the chestand that he had other injuries thatcould indicate that he was beatenup. Mr Brown, a native of Scot-land, was married with one child.

Monday 26th June 1972700 shots fired in the Suffolk-Andersonstown areaThe most constant shooting of theweekend occurred in the Suffolk-Andersonstown area, where morethan 700 shots were fired by up to20 gunmen at troops and Armyposts.

Monday 26th June 1972Petrol Bomber shotDuring attacks in the Unity Flatsarea, troops claimed to have shot apetrol bomber. He was taken awayby ambulance.

Monday 26th June 1972Gun and bomb attacksOne soldier has been slightlywounded when gunmen fired attroops in the area of GlenravelStreet Barracks. Troops also cameunder attack from petrol and blastbombs. In another attack an RUCreservist was shot in the abdomenin a gun attack at Baltic Avenue. Heis not seriously injured.

Monday 26th June 1972Man shot in Old Lodge Road areaA man has been brought to hospitalafter a shooting in Clonlig Street inthe Old Lodge Road area of Bel-fast. He is reported to have beenfound with gunshot wounds to hisarms and legs and with a hood overhis head. The RUC are investigat-ing the incident.

Monday 26th June 1972Short Strand shootingIn the Mountpottinger area, twoyouths opened fire on an Army postat Short Strand. Troops returnedfire but did not claim any hits.

Monday 26th June 1972Railway bridge bombedA small railway bridge carrying themain Belfast-Larne railway line


over a river at Quay Road,Whitehouse, has been damaged bya 15lb bomb but trains are continu-ing to run normally.

Monday 26th June 1972Incendiary attack at factoryAnother fire has caused extensivedamage to the Victoria WeavingCompany’s premises at Ligoniel.

The RUC believe the blaze wasstarted by incendiary devices.

Monday 26th June 1972Gun attacks at barsProtestant and Catholic crowdshave attacked each other after shotswere fired from a passing car at theProtestant owned Princess Bar inBankmore Street, off Ormeau Road.

Windows in the Catholic ownedGondola Bar were smashed and anRUC man was injured when he washit with an iron bar. An RUC pa-trol car was also damaged.

Monday 26th June 1972Explosives discoveredAlmost 200lbs of explosives havebeen found during a search of a va-cant house in the Limestone Road.

Monday 26th June 1972Soldier dies in ArmaghTrooper Barry Dolan, of Hudders-field, who was serving with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards, has died fromgunshot wounds at an Army sand-bag post. Army Officers are inves-tigating the incident but it is be-lieved that he was killed by an ac-cidental discharge.

Monday 26th June 1972Creamery bombedTwo large stores at the Fane Valleycreamery at Newtownhamiltonhave been badly damaged by explo-sions after eight men, who weremostly armed, planted bombs on thepremises.

Monday 26th June 1972Customs caravan destroyedA caravan which is used by customsofficials on the Newry-Omeath roadhas been destroyed by fire. And ina separate attack the South DownRural Offices at Newcastle Road,Kilkeel, has been damaged by abomb.


LEFT - Military patrols in Belfast citycentre.FACING PAGE - Members of theProvisional IRA remove one of theirbarricades in the Bogside area of Derry

Monday 26th June 1972Creamery damaged in Bomb attackA creamery at Tassagh near Keadyhas been damaged by a 100lb bombwhich was planted by three maskedgunmen.

Monday 26th June 1972Lurgan bar bombedBlaney’s Bar, which adjoins the lo-cal RUC barracks at Church Place,has been wrecked by a bomb. Thebomb was planted by raiders whowere armed with automatic weap-ons

Monday 26th June 1972Earth moving equipmentbombedAn earth moving machine has beendamaged by a bomb at the site ofthe new M2 motorway nearRandalstown.

Monday 26th June 1972Agricultural college attackedExtensive damage has been causedto the administrative wing of the pigtesting station attached toGreenmount Agricultural Collegeby two explosions. Firemen from

Aldergrove fought a serious blazewhich broke out.

Monday 26th June 1972Bomb attack in PortglenoneExtensive damage has been causedto the Hawthorne Inn, Kilrea Road,by a bomb which exploded in a carafter an anonymous telephonewarning.

Monday 26th June 1972Shots fired in NewryThe RUC came under automaticfire from the Derrybeg estate and40 shots have been fired at troops.

Monday 26th June 1972Ministry of Agriculture offices attackedTwo explosions have rocked theministry of Agriculture offices, for-merly used as an RUC barracks.

Monday 26th June 1972Claymore mine injures UDR manTwo explosions have rocked theMinistry of Agriculture offices atDraperstown which was formerlyused as an RUC barracks. Nearbya UDR man was injured when aclaymore type mine exploded neara military vehicle. Shots were alsofired at the patrol and soldiers claimone hit.

Monday 26th June 1972Strabane bomb attacksIn Strabane a bomb has explodedin a car which was planted at Vic-


toria Bridge. Extensive damage wascaused by the device. An electric-ity transformer at Laurel Drive wasdamaged by the bomb and a me-chanical digger on the Ballycolmanestate.

Monday 26th June 1972Arson attack a DerrylinA six-bed-room cottage owned bythe Earl of Erne has been badlydamaged by a fire. The RUC arebelieved to be treating the fire asarson.

Monday 26th June 1972Shots fired at BelleekShots have been fired at the localRUC barracks in Belleek by fourgunmen but no one was injured.Fire was returned but they did notclaim any hits.

Monday 26th June 1972Explosives fund in EnniskillenAround 30lbs of gelignite has beenfound among the debris of the Sun-flower Hotel in Enniskillen whichwas wrecked by a bomb on Sunday.The explosives were detonated byan Army expert.

Monday 26th June 1972UDR man shot at LisnaskeaAt Lisnaskea, a pumping station hasbeen damaged by an explosion anda UDR man going off duty in theNewtownbutler area was woundedby a gunman.

Monday 26th June 1972Coalisland RUC barracksattackedThirty shots have been fired atCoalisland RUC barracks and Moy

Barracks has also come under fire.No one was injured in either attack.

Monday 26th June 1972Castlederg hotel destroyedPart of the Derg Valley Hotel hasbeen destroyed in a bomb attack. Itis only 24 hours since the last at-tack was foiled.

Monday 26th June 1972Cottage demolished by bombAn Army explosives expert hasdetonated a charge of explosives ata thatched cottage in Dungannon,after the RUC received an anony-mous telephone call saying it hadbeen booby trapped.The building was demolished.


Monday 26th June 1972Injured soldiers are improvingTwo soldiers who were seriously illafter an explosion wrecked theirLand Rover and killed three othersoldiers are said to have improvedslightly.

Monday 26th June 1972GAA man painted and featheredA 24-year-old GAA footballer hasbeen painted and feathered afterbeing seized at MacRory Park. Theman, who is from the Ardboe area,is a member of the ArdboeO’Donovan Rossa, in an interme-diate championship. He was forci-bly removed from the dressingroom by a number of men, takenaway, painted and feathered. Onreturning to the park the footballerwas paraded in front of the crowd.

Tuesday 27th June 1972IRA CeasefireOn the first day of the IRA cease-fire, the Secretary of State has con-ferred with his advisers at Stormontbut he is not expected to issue astatement

Tuesday 27th June 1972Senior IRA men back in BelfastIt is widely believed that the Provi-sional IRA’s “Top Brass” are backin the city after the IRA declaredits ceasefire. It would appear thatthe IRA has successfully argued thatif the “truce” is to work then theirsenior commanders must have thefreedom in their own areas to keephotheads in line.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Lorry driver shot deadThe body of 38-year-old MrBernard Norney, a lorry driver, ofNew Barnsley Crescent has beentaken to the Royal Victoria Hospi-tal. He had been shot in the backand was dead on arrival. A breadserver has said that he was orderedto leave his van and to drive thedying man to the hospital by car.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Soldier dies in East BelfastThe last man to die before midnightwas Staff Sergeant Malcolm Banks,of the 23rd Field Regiment, RoyalArtillery, who was killed by a sin-gle sniper’s bullet when a militaryLand Rover was ambushed near thejunction with Seaford Street andComber Street in East Belfast.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Belfast youth diesA Belfast youth has died in hospi-tal almost eight hours after he andsix other people were shot when a

gunman opened fire on a Protestantcrowd from the Catholic side ofDuncairn Gardens during a con-frontation in the city. He has beennamed as 18-year-old William Gal-loway, of Hogarth Street, off theDuncairn Gardens.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Army detonates bombThe Army have detonated a bombthat they could not defuse at thepremises of Star Taxis at CrumlinRoad. Many people, including pris-oners in one wing of Belfast Jailwere moved to safety as the expertsfired a bazooka rocket at the bomb.It exploded causing extensive dam-age to the taxi firm’s premises andsurrounding buildings.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Car bomb explodes in BelfastThousands of pounds worth ofDamage has been caused topremises and shops in Lower NorthStreet after a massive car bomb ex-ploded causing a fierce fire.


FACING PAGE - Bomb attack on thePig Progeny Testing Station nearAntrim.BELOW -The remains of a militaryLand-Rover in which three soldiers diedafter a landmine attack near Dungiven

Tuesday 27th June 1972Mortar and mortar shells seizedAn Army patrol which followed acar into Elizabeth Street has seizeda two inch mortar and six mortarshells. The RUC say the men in thecar escaped and that there had beenan attempt to fire the shells at somestage.

Tuesday 27th June 1972University building bombedA Wooden building used by QueensUniversity at Malone Avenue hasbeen badly damaged by a bomb. Noone was hurt but several otherbuildings were damaged in theattack.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Gunman shot in North BelfastDuring the various shooting inci-dents in the Bone and Ardoyne ar-eas, troops have claimed to haveshot one gunman.

The shooting did not, however, endat midnight. Shots were fired atsoldiers in Manor Street, Mel-bourne Street, Etna Drive, HookerStreet, Albert Street and in QueenStreet near the city centre. No sol-diers were injured in these attacks.Soldiers also came under fire in theMarkets area and from the groundsof the Holy Cross Chapel.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Troops given Beer and cigarettesin Clonard areaIn the Clonard area of Belfast sol-diers were given beer and cigarettesby local residents. An Armyspokesman said that it appeared thebeer come from a lorry which hadbeen hi-jacked.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Barricades ablazeBarricades at Short Strand and theRavenhill Road have been set alightbut there was no trouble.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Soldier killed in DerryThe IRA has admitted responsibil-ity for the shooting dead in Derryof a 20-year-old soldier. The sol-dier, Rifleman James Meredith, ofNotts, was serving with the RoyalGreenjackets. He was shot in thestomach and shoulder with aThompson submachine gun atAbercorn Road.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Bomb at reservoirArmy experts have defused a 200lbbomb left on the roadway near thesite of a reservoir being built atCroppy Hill on the outskirts ofDerry. Armed men made about adozen workmen wait in a hut while,they said, they were planting thebomb in the basin of the reservoir.But Army experts found the bombat the side of a road and accordingto an Army source it appeared to bean ambush attempt.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Fishing boats bombedFour commercial fishing boats be-longing to Foyle Fisheries Commis-sion which were anchored atNewbuildings have been damagedin explosions.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Customs post bombedA temporary building used by cus-toms at Molenan, four miles fromDerry, has been wrecked by a bomb.No one was injured.


TOP- The church hall of the SuffolkMethodist Church, Stewartstown Road,after a bomb attackLEFT - Bomb attack on the offices ofNorthern Ireland Carriers, GrosvenorRoad

Tuesday 27th June 1972Army patrol attackedThe Army in Derry only reportedone incident in the city after mid-night. At 1.20am a member of afoot patrol fired a shot at a gunmanin Carlisle Road but did not claim ahit.

Tuesday 27th June 1972UDR patrol attackedA UDR patrol escaped injury whenshots were fired at the entrance tothe UDR Camp. One shot hit theirLand Rover. An explosion alsodamaged a building used by the

Craigavon Development Commis-sion and the Windsor Laundry wasalso badly damaged by a bomb. Noone was injured.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Bomb explodes in CamloughSeven people were treated for cutsand shock after a bomb explodedat the Lough Inn public house. Thebomb was planted by three armedand masked men.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Armagh bomb attacksThe Shaw Tyre and Battery Com-pany’s premises at Loughgall Roadhave been partly demolished by abomb. A man cycling past at thetime of the blast was blown on tothe road but escaped injury.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Customs caravan bombedA caravan which was being used asa temporary customs post atKinawley has been wrecked by a10lb bomb and a shop and fillingstation owned by a member ofNewry No. 2 Rural Council wasattacked by armed men and set onfire.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Strabane explosionsIn the hour leading up to midnightthere was four explosions in the


Anything for a bit of chocolateon the New Lodge Road


LEFT - Car bomb explosion in NorthStreet

Strabane area and just after mid-night a bomb damaged an electric-ity transformer at Ashgrove Park.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Mystery explosionAt 11.00pm there was a mysteryexplosion in the Clady area. It hasnot yet been traced.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Gun and Bomb attacksA sewage works was bombed inSion Mills at 11.40pm and at11.55pm two masked gunmen or-dered members from the StrabaneGolf Club, before planting a bombwhich destroyed the temporarypremises. At 11.30pm 10 shots

were fired at Strabane RUC Bar-racks. There were no casualties andfire was not returned.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Loyalist women meet WhitelawThe Secretary of State, MrWhitelaw is said to have “lost histemper, spluttered and thumped hischair” when he met representativesof the Loyalist Women’s Associa-tion at Stormont. An unofficialsource has claimed that the deputa-tion made some points reasonablyand then started to shout and firepoints a Mr Whitelaw, giving himno time to answer. Finally he losthis temper and the women left.

Tuesday 27th June 1972Bogus nuns rob bankThree women have walked into abank dressed as nuns, producedguns and got away with an undis-closed sum of money. The robberytook place just before closing timeat the Allied Irish Bank in CastleStreet.

Tuesday 27th June 1972UDA guard Ballymena pubsArmed with pickaxe handles mem-bers of the UDA stood guard out-side Ballymena’s remaining pubs.The vigil was in case the IRAshould have a “final fling” in a townwhich suffered its first IRA activ-ity only a week ago with a bomb atRainey’s Bar.


Tuesday 27th June 1972RUC man’s widow dischargedThe 19-year-old widow of an RUCman shot dead on Monday has beendischarged from hospital afterspending the night under observa-tion. Constable David Houston,was shot three times as he struggledwith one of three armed men inWater Street.

Wednesday 28th June 1972IRA patrols streetsProvisional IRA men, some of themcarrying guns, have been patrollingthe streets in the Ballymurphy areaof Belfast in an attempt by the IRAto police the district. The IRA hassaid it will assume responsibility forlaw and order. In Derry it was de-cided that the RUC and Army areunacceptable in the areas and thatthe Provisionals should continue topolice the Bogside and Creggan.

Wednesday 28th June 1972UDA funeralMore than 500 uniformed membersof the Ulster Defence Associationmarched through Belfast City Cen-tre in the organisations first militarystyle funeral. Two platoons of menand boys, all dressed in khaki bat-tle jackets and hats, with manywearing sunglasses walked in for-


TOP - Bomb attack at Star Taxis on theCrumlin RoadBOTTOM - IRA bomb attack on theLambeg House Hotel.FACING PAGE - An army engineermakes the ruins of the Lambeg HouseHotel safe

mation behind the coffin of JohnLunden Brown, a native of Scotlandwho was a member of the UDA. Hewas buried in Rose Lawn Cemetery.

Wednesday 28th June 1972Hi-jacking in DerryThree armed men, at least one ofthem armed have hi-jacked a car inSackville Street, Derry. On beingasked if they were responsible anIRA spokesman said that he did notknow yet of who had carried it outas he had just heard of it. But headded that the Officials had hi-jacked three cars in Free Derry andthat the Provisionals returned them

to their owners. The spokesmansaid that the IRA was determinedto stamp out hijacking in the area.

Wednesday 28th June 1972Bomb in TV storeArmy bomb disposal experts havedismantled an explosive device ina TV store in Lurgan. It contained15lbs of gelignite. The area aroundthe William Street store was clearedas the box with wires leading fromit was examined. An Army marks-man attempted to fire shots into thebox but couldn’t get a clear line offire.

Wednesday 28th June 1972Explosives findArmy bomb disposal experts havefound five pounds of synthetic ex-plosives some blast bombs and alength of cortex fuse in theSpringfield Road. It was firstthought that an Army explosivesexpert was going to detonate it onthe spot but he took it away and ren-dered it harmless.

Wednesday 28th June 1972IRA ceasefireThe Provisional IRA’s ceasefire wasstill being obeyed by its supporters,although two small car bombs ex-ploded and there were several otherminor incidents. The car bombsexploded within ten minutes of eachother in two East Belfast streets butlittle damage was done to property.The first vehicle had been stolenfrom Elm Street, off Donegal Passand exploded in Kilmood Street,near Bryson Street.

The second car blew up in nearbyPerry Street. The RUC believe thatthe whole charge did not detonateand the Army later defused the 50lbbomb which was made up ofhomemade explosives. The car hadbeen stolen in Conduit Street, alsooff Donegal Pass. Both wings ofthe IRA have denied they were re-sponsible for the blasts.


Wednesday 28th June 1972Bomb Victims Relief FundThe bomb relief fund now totals£22,000. Around half of this moneyhas already been paid out to victimsor their relatives.

Wednesday 28th June 1972RUC men attackedEight shots have been fired at twoRUC Reservists in Alexandra Av-enue. Neither of the RUC men wereinjured in the attack.

Wednesday 28th June 1972Newry bomb attackAn unexploded bomb has beenfound under a Ministry of Agricul-ture digger at Tullagh, near Newry.The fuse of the 70lb bomb hadburned out. The bomb was defusedby an Army expert

Wednesday 28th June 1972Sniper attack in StrabaneOne shot has been fired at soldiers

guarding a television transmitter inStrabane. The soldier was not in-jured and fire was not returned.

Wednesday 28th June 1972Shot man dies in hospitalA Belfastman has died in hospitalfrom a gunshot wound he receivedon the 21st May. The man, JohnBlack, aged 32, of Beechpark Streetdied in the Royal Victoria Hospi-tal.Wednesday 28th June 1972Hunger strike at CurraghSeven Republicans in the CurraghCamp in County Kildare havestarted a hunger strike in support ofa demand for treatment as “politi-cal prisoners.” A spokesman forKevin Street Sinn Fein said that ifthe demand was not accepted thenmore prisoners would join the strikeeach week.

Wednesday 28th June 1972Army deny UDR walkoutA report that 50 men of ‘C’ Com-pany, Ballymena DR walked offduty at midnight on Monday hasbeen denied by the Army. A claimthat the men had resigned over thecurtailment of their powers of ar-rest has been described by a UDRspokesman as being malicious anduntrue.

Thursday 29th June 1972UDA out in forceMore than 500 members of the Ul-ster Defence Association marcheddown the Newtownards Road be-hind the coffin of one of their mem-bers. This is the second time in twodays that the UDA have turned out


LEFT - IRA bomb attack in LowerNorth Street

in force for a military style funeral.He man being buried was JohnBlack, aged 32, of BeechparkStreet. He is described as being avolunteer in ‘D’ Company UDA.

Thursday 29th June 1972IRA men die in car crashIt has been revealed that the twoBelfastmen, Anthony Jordan ofCarrigart Avenue, Andersonstownand John Finucane of DungloeCrescent, who died when their carstruck a lamp standard on the FallsRoad early on Wednesday were of-ficers in the IRA. Death notices inthe Irish News describe Jordan asbeing a Lieutenant and Finucane asection leader in ‘F’ Company, 1st

Battalion, of the Belfast Brigade.

Thursday 29th June 1972UDA barricadesThe UDA are to erect barricades indifferent parts of the North thisweekend and the ‘Inner Council’has said that they will stay up untilthe No-go areas of the Bogside andCreggan have ended.

Thursday 29th June 1972IRA suspects awarded compensa-tionThe first batch of about 30 IRA sus-pects arrested in the internmentswoop of August 1971 are to beawarded about £120,000 in com-pensation. Their compensation isnot for being interned rather be-cause they were not informed ofwhich regulation they were beingdetained under, which meant that all


those initially detained by soldierswere wrongfully arrested

Thursday 29th June 1972IRA stop motorists for speeding Several local motorists have beenstopped for alleged speeding of-fences in the Ballymurphy area ofBelfast by local IRA patrols. Driv-ers are being warned that if theycontinue to speed then action willbe taken against them or their firms.Thursday 29th June 1972Vanguard Parade to be policed byIRA Members of Vanguard will be tak-ing to the streets of Armagh for thefirst time today. However, the Of-ficial IRA has said that the Catho-lic areas of the City will be policedby their units when the Ulster Van-guard members parade through thecity. Until the Armagh Commandof the Official IRA issued theirstatement there was no plans by thesecurity forces to change the routeof the march. A spokesman for Van-guard has said that the re-routingwill be accepted by them but underprotest

Friday 30th June 1972IRA removes three barricadesThe Provisional IRA in Derry haveremoved three of the main barricadein the Bogside and at the same timethe Army have announced its with-drawal from its post in the vicinityof the no-go area. The barricadeswhich are being dismantled arethose at Fahan Street, the Little Dia-mond and Rossville Street flats.The IRA, who have agreed to theirremoval say the barricades are com-ing down partly because they are rat


TOP - UDA funeral of John BrownBOTTOM - UDA funeral of John Black

infested and a health hazard andthey insist that the Bogside remainsa no-go area

Friday 30th June 1972Vehicles hi-jacked on ShankillFour vans, a lorry and a mechani-cal digger were hi-jacked as theUDA deadline approached. RUCheadquarters the vehicles weretaken at around midday – two laun-dry vans on the Shankill Road anda lorry from the Corporation yardat Sydenham. An hour later a me-chanical digger was hi-jacked atAinsworth Avenue, a van at North

Street and a van at Ballysillan Park.An RUC spokesman said that as yetthe vehicles have not been locatedand he was assuming that they werebeing stored somewhere untilevening.

Friday 30th June 1972Army finds three minesThree claymore type mines thoughtto have been planted before the IRAceasefire have been found on a bor-der road near Garrison, Fermanagh.They were discovered by troops of16/5th Lancers and later blown upon the spot by Army experts.

Friday 30th June 1972Armed robbery in StrabaneThree armed men have gotten awaywith about £6,000 from the Mun-ster and Leinster Bank in Strabane.Two of the raiders were armed withpistols and the third with a sub-machine gun. It is understood thatno shots were fired during the raidnr was anyone in injured.

Friday 30th June 1972Tyrone demonstrations bannedThe Government has banned twoparades in Coalisland, CountyTyrone. One is to be held on Satur-day by the Ulster Protestant Volun-teers and the second is a meetingbeing organised in the town by thecivil resistance committee.

Friday 30th June 1972RUC men and Marines sent fortrialTwo Royal Marines and two RUCmen have been sent for trail on acharge of jointly assaulting andcausing actual bodily harm to a 24-year-old Tyrone man while he wasbeing taken to the prison ship,Maidstone.

Friday 30th June 1972IRA to patrol cemeteryThe Derry command of the Provi-sional IRA has appealed to parentsto prevent their children from us-ing Derry City cemetery as a play-ground. A spokesman said theywere abhorred to find the cemetery,which is in the “Free Derry” area


RIGHT - Members of the UDA march-ing in Belfast’s North Street.BELOW - Some of the IRA’s favouriteweapons.Top - M1 Carbine and Schmeisser sub-machinegun.Middle - Browning 9mm automatic,Thompson sub-machinegun and Lugerautomatic.Bottom - Armalite AR180 and M3 sub-machinegun

as a playground. They asked par-ents to remind their children that thecemetery is a place they shouldshow respect. He went on to saythat we realise there are very fewplaying facilities in the area but itis hoped in the future to increasethem.

Friday 30th June 1972Difficult to make IRA illegal inBritain says MaudlingLegislation making it an offence tobelong to the IRA while in Britainwould involve considerable diffi-culties in definition and enforce-ment said the Home Secretary in theCommons. He also stated that sucha move could not be justified inpresent circumstanced.


THOSE WHO DIEDVICTOR HUSBANDAGED 232nd June 1972Mr Husband was a sol-dier in the Royal Artil-lery who was killedalongside GunnerBrian Robertson in anIRA land mine explo-sion near Rosslea. Hecame fromMiddlesborough.

BRIAN ROBERTSONAGED 232nd June 1972Mr Robertson, asoldier in the RoyalArtillery, was killedalongside VictorHusband. He camefrom Sunderland.

GERALD MURRAYAGED 264th June 1972Mr Murray was shotdead by UVF gunmenat the front door of arecord shop in whichhe worked in AnnesleyStreet on the AntrimRoad. He came fromLisburn.

GEORGE LEEAGED 226th June 1972A soldier in the Dukeof Wellington Regi-ment, Private Lee wasshot dead by an IRAsniper while on foot

patrol in theBallymurphy districtin West Belfast.He came from Leeds.

CHARLES COLEMANAGED 297th June 1972A soldier in the RoyalArtillery, he was shotdead by an IRA sniperin the Andersonstownarea while on mobilepatrol. When troopsmoved in for a follow-up operation theycame under sustainedgunfire. Mr Colemancame from Byfleet inSurrey.

SAM DONEGANAGED 618th June 1972A Garda inspector, hewas fatally injuredwhile investigating re-ports that a bomb hadbeen left at the Cavan-Fermanagh border atLeggakilly. An IrishArmy lieutenant wasalso injured in theblast.

NORMAN CAMPBELLAGED 198th June 1972He was shot dead byloyalist gunmen whileworking on the con-struction of flats in theShankill Road area.

Although a Catholicfrom the Turf Lodgearea he was engaged toa Protestant and wasdue to be married infive weeks time.

EDWARD MEGAHEYAGED 459th June 1972A member of theUDR, Mr Megaheywas injured in an IRAsniper attack. A con-voy of armoured vehi-cles in which he wastravelling came underfire in the BuncranaRoad area of Derry.

ROY STAUNTONAGED 279th June 1972A member of theUDR, he was shotdead by the IRA as heleft work in theFinaghy Road Northarea. A youth accom-panied by a girl ran outin front of his car andopened fire, killing MrStaunton and injuringtwo women passen-gers.

JEAN SMITHAGED 249th June 1972She was shot on theGlen Road close to herhome at Tardree Parkin the Andersonstownarea of West Belfast. Itis unknown who shot

Mrs Smith but at thetime there was specu-lation that it was eitherthe Military ReactionForce or the Provi-sional IRA who mis-took her car for an un-dercover militaryvehicle.

MARION BROWNAGED 1710th June 1972She was shot dead bythe UDA momentsafter kissing her boy-friend goodnight in theGrosvenor Road area.He was hit in the faceand a number of oth-

Jean Smith

Marion Brown


ers were injured in thedrive-by shooting.She came fromStanhope Street in theUnity Flats district.

HUGH MADDENAGED 4311th June 1972He was shot dead bythe UDA as hesweeped the footpathin front of his shop onthe Oldpark Road.Immediately after hiskilling a fierce gun bat-tle broke out and con-tinued for sometime.Due to this an ambu-lance was preventedfrom getting to MrMadden’s body.

JOSEPH CAMPBELLAGED 1711th June 1972A member of the IRA’syouth wing, JosephCampbell was shotdead by troops in theArdoyne area of NorthBelfast during a heavygun battle.

NORMAN McGRATHAGED 1811th June 1972Norman was shot deadby troops returning fireafter coming under at-tack by Loyalist gun-men. He was foundsitting upright in hiscar by an ambulancecrew in Alloa Street inthe Manor Street areaof North Belfast. Theteenager, who camefrom Coningsby Streetoff the Crumlin Roadlost his leg a year ear-lier when gunmen shothim from a passing caron the Oldpark Road.

W I L L I A MRAISTRICKAGED 1811th June 1972A soldier in the RoyalArtillery, GunnerRaistrick was shotdead in an IRA gun at-

tack on a sentry post inthe Rosemount area ofDerry.

ALAN GILESAGED 1812th June 1972Alan was a soldier inthe Royal Regiment ofWales shot and injuredin an IRA gun attack inthe Ardoyne area ofNorth Belfast the pre-vious day. He died inthe Royal VictoriaHospital.

C H A R L E SCONNORAGED 3216th June 1972Charles was abductedby members of theUDA in CastlereaghStreet and found ashort time later shot inthe head near Shaw’sBridge. He had a his-tory of mental illnessand was badly beatenbefore being killed.

JOHN JOHNSTONAGED 5916th June 1972From MarlboroughStreet in Derry, MrJohnston was the firstperson to be shot onBloody Sunday whenthe army opened fireon a civil rights pro-test. He had been hit inthe arms, legs andhand. He recovered

but soon after becameill and a brain tumourwas diagnosed which,it is believed, resultedfrom a heavy fall hereceived on BloodySunday.

ARTHUR McMILLANAGED 3718th June 1972A soldier in theGordon Highlandershe was one of threesoldiers killed in anIRA bomb attack nearLurgan. They werepart of a patrol search-ing a house when the

Arthur McMillan

Colin Leslie

Norman McGrath

Joseph Campbell

booby trap device wentoff.

COLIN LESLIEAGED 2618th June 1972A lance corporal in theGordon Highlanders, hewas killed alongsideArthur McMillan in anIRA bomb attack nearLurgan.

IAN MUTCHAGED 3118th June 1972A sergeant in theGordon Highlanders, hewas killed alongsideArthur McMillan in anIRA bomb attack nearLurgan.

BRYAN SODENAGED 2119th June 1972A soldier in the RoyalRegiment of Wales, hewas on patrol in an ar-moured vehicle in theArdoyne area of NorthBelfast when it cameunder attack from anIRA sniper. Using anarmour piercing bullet,the sniper fired throughthe vehicle.

DESMOND MACKINAGED 3719th June 1972Mr Mackin was shotand wounded by mem-bers of the ProvisionalIRA in a West Belfastclub which was fre-quented by members ofthe rival Official IRA.He had been shot in theleg but the bullet hadstruck a main artery andMr Mackin died. It wassaid that members of theProvisional’s had pre-vented emergency helpgetting to him.

KERRY McCARTHYAGED 1921st June 1972A soldier in the RoyalWelsh Fusiliers, he wasshot by an IRA sniperwhile on guard duty atthe Strand Road RUCBarrack in Derry.

PATRICK McCULLOUGHAGED 1723rd June 1972Patrick was standingwith some friends at the

junction of the AntrimRoad and Atlantic Av-enue when members ofthe UVF drove pastthem and opened fire. A14 year old girl waswounded in the neck.

DAVID MOONAGED 2424th June 1972A soldier in the 664Aviation Squad, he wasone of three troopskilled in an IRA landmine attack nearDungiven. The soldiersLand Rover was escort-ing a three ton lorry car-rying a damaged Siouxhelicopter that hadmade a forced landingnear Ballykelly whenthe bombs went off.

C H R I S T O P H E RSTEVENSONAGED 2424th June 1972A private in the Para-chute Regiment he waskilled alongside DavidMoon in an IRA landmine attack nearDungiven.

STUART REIDAGED 2824th June 1972A sergeant in the Royaland Mechanical Engi-neers, he was killedalongside David Moonin an IRA land mine at-tack near Dungiven.

JAMES BONNERAGED 1925th June 1972He was shot dead bysoldiers when a stolencar he was in allegedlyfailed to stop at an armycheckpoint on theWhiterock Road. Hisfather, William Bonner,was killed by gunmen afew months later.

JOHN BROWNAGED 2925th June 1972A member of the UDA,Mr Brown’s body wasdiscovered at BlackMountain Parade inWest Belfast. At first itwas claimed that MrBrown had been killedby the IRA but it lateremerged that he hadbeen killed by other loy-alists during a drunkenbrawl.

JOHN BLACKAGED 3226th June 1972A member of the UDA,he had been shot by thearmy five weeks previ-ously when they wereremoving UDA barri-cades in East Belfast. Ariot broke out and thearmy began firing rub-ber bullets when theywere attacked by gun-men. They returned fireand among those hitwas Mr Black.

Bryan Soden

Patrick McCullough

DAVID HOUSTONAGED 2226th June 1972A member of the RUC,Mr Houston was shotdead by the IRA inNewry’s Water Street asthey were planting a carbomb. He had grappledwith the driver of the carand was then shot threetimes in the chest.

David Houston

JAMES MEREDITHAGED 1926th June 1972A soldier in the RoyalGreen Jackets, he wasshot by the IRA inDerry’s Abercorn Roadwhile standing at acheckpoint. He was the100th soldier killed inthe Troubles.

MALCOLM BANKSAGED 2926th June 1972A soldier in the Royal En-gineers, he was shot deadin an IRA gun attack at the junction ofSeaforde Street andComber Street in the ShortStrand area of East Belfast.

WILLIAM GALLOWAYAGED 1827th June 1972William was shot andinjured two days previ-ously during a confron-tation between rivalcrowds at DuncairnGardens in North Bel-fast. One side of thisstreet is Catholic andthe other Protestant andMr Galloway was shoton the Tiger Bay endwhen a gunman cameout of the New Lodgearea and opened fire.Ten others were injuredin the shooting and in-cluded Mr Galloway’s20 year old brother.

BERNARD NORNEYAGED 3827th June 1972Mr Norney was shotdead at an IRA check-point in the NewBarnsley district ofWest Belfast.

At first there seemed tohave been a mysteryover the killing but itlater emerged that hehad been shot becausehe had not stopped atthe road block.

John FinucaneTony Jordan

TONY JORDANAGED 1928th June 1972Mr Jordan was one oftwo IRA men killedwhen their hijacked carcrashed into a wall atOur Lady’s Hospital inthe Beechmount area ofWest Belfast.

JOHN FINUCANEAGED 2128th June 1972Mr Finucane was killedin a hijacked car along-side Tony Jordan.

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