The Troubles in Newtownbutler

The Troubles in Newtownbutler recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Incidents in Newtownbutler during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1972

• 13 February 1972 - Thomas McCann (19), an off-duty member of the British Army, was found shot near Newtownbutler. The Provisional Irish Republican Army admitted the killing.
• 8 June 1972 - Samuel Donegan (60), an Inspector of the Garda Síochána, was killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb left by side of road, Legakelly, near Newtownbutler. Garda Donegan had strayed a few yards over the border into Northern Ireland.
• 7 August 1972 - William Creighton (27), an off-duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot outside his home, near Newtownbutler, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• 28 August 1972 - William Trotter (57), a Protestant civilian, was killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb in a field on his farm, near Newtownbutler.
• 22 October 1972 - John Bell (22), an off-duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot at his farm, Derrydoon, near Newtownbutler, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• 24 October 1972 - Michael Naan (31) and Andrew Murray (24), Catholic civilians, were found stabbed to death at the Naan farm at Aughinahinch, near Newtownbutler. They were murdered by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.^[1]

1973

• 12 October 1973 - Raymond McAdam (24), a Catholic civilian, was killed during a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attack on a shop, Annaghmore, near Newtownbutler.

1977

• 9 January 1977 - Martin Walsh (28), a member of the British Army, was killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb left in a shop, Gortinacarrow, near Newtownbutler.

1979

• 12 July 1979 - Michael Kearney (21), a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, was found shot near Newtownbutler. Alleged informer.

1980

• 3 January 1980 - Robert Crilly (60), an off-duty reservist member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, was shot at his workplace, Main Street, Newtownbutler, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• 17 April 1980 - Victor Morrow (61), an ex-Ulster Defence Regiment member, was shot near to his home, Newtownbutler, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
• 7 June 1980 - Richard Latimer (39), an off-duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot at his shop, Main Street, Newtownbutler, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

Notes

References

• NI Conflict Archive on the Internet