Wrecks and historic events in County Armagh
The Discover Alone map has 25 wrecks and historic events in County Armagh, Ireland. Below are the 25 with the most written about them, pictures first. Every one has its own page with directions and places nearby.
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Tullyvallen Orange Hall massacremassacreTullyvallen Orange Hall massacre is a massacre in County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps the hall stood empty that night, its…
Operation Conservationmilitary operationOn 6 May 1990, a British Army section walked into an IRA ambush near Cullyhanna, County Armagh, losing one soldier…
1978 British Army Gazelle downingaviation accidentOn 17 February 1978, a British Army Gazelle fell near Jonesborough after Provisional IRA fire, killing Lt.Col Ian…
Mullacreevie ambushambushOn 1 March 1991, a Provisional IRA unit ambushed a British Army patrol at Mullacreevie in County Armagh, killing two…
Loughgall Ambushterrorist attackEight IRA volunteers died in Loughgall on 8 May 1987 after crashing a bombed digger through an RUC base, only to drive…
Battle of the Yellow FordMajor battlefieldYellow Ford remains a scarred landscape where Irish warriors broke a confident English column in 1598. Hugh O'Neill…
Battle of Newry RoadbattleOn 23 September 1993, five Provisional IRA trucks opened fire on three British helicopters lifting off from…
Battle of ClontibretMajor battlefieldClontibret in County Monaghan became a deadly trap in May 1595 when Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, ambushed Henry…- Recorded wreck SWR323ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR323 is a shipwreck in County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps the unknown date hides a violent storm or a…
- Recorded wreck SWR321ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR321 lies upright off County Armagh, its decking collapsed but its frame still standing against the…
- Recorded wreck SWR324ShipwreckRecorded wreck SWR324 is a shipwreck in County Armagh, Ireland. Perhaps water closed over its timbers while people…
- Reavey and O'Dowd killingsshootingOn 4 January 1976, Ulster Volunteer Force and Special Patrol Group members shot six unarmed civilians dead in…
- Portadown MassacremassacreNearly one hundred people drowned or bled out in the River Bann during November 1641 after armed Irishmen stripped them…
- 1970 RUC booby-trap bombingbomb attackAt midnight on 11 August 1970, a hidden bomb under a car killed two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers near…
- 1994 British Army Lynx shootdownaviation accidentAt 20:27 on 20 March 1994, a Mark 15 mortar severed the tail boom of Lynx ZD275 while it hovered above the Crossmaglen…
- 1989 Jonesborough ambushambushOn a Monday afternoon in March 1989, two senior police officers returned from a quiet cross-border meeting when six…
- Kingsmill massacremass shootingTen men died at Kingsmill on 5 January 1976 because gunmen believed they were Protestant. The group called itself the…
- Glenanne barracks bombingbomb attackOn the night of 31 May 1991, a driverless Mercedes loaded with two and a half thousand pounds of explosive rolled down…
- Darkley killingsmass shootingThree gunmen broke into a small wooden church in Darkley on 20 November 1983, killing three elders and wounding seven…
- Battle of the Diamond 1795BattlefieldBattle of the Diamond 1795 stands in County Armagh as a battlefield where hidden weapons and desperate men met before…
- Battle of the DiamondBattlefieldSix Defenders bled into the Visean limestone while hundreds of Peep o' Day boys watched from the northern hill, turning…
- Battle of the DiamondbattleOn 21 September 1795, rival militias clashed at a minor Armagh crossroads after days of open preparation, turning a…
- Battle of Moyry PassbattleMoyry Pass is a narrow gap in County Armagh where English troops bled for two weeks in 1600 because Hugh O'Neill had…
- Battle of Moiry PassbattleMoiry Pass in County Armagh became the site of a Scottish victory in 1315 when Edward Bruce forced Mac Duilechain of…
- Attack on Cloghoge checkpointbomb attackOn 1 May 1992, two active service units struck the British checkpoint north of Cloghoge, destroying the complex and…