The Troubles in Killeen

1971

• 27 November 1971 - Ian Hankin, Protestant and James O'Neill, Catholic, both civilian customs officials, were shot and killed by Provisional Irish Republican Army snipers firing at a British Army patrol which had just arrived after a bomb attack on Killeen Customs Post, near Newry.

  1975

• 3 June 1975 - David Thompson and John Presha, both Protestant civilians and Alfred Doyle, a Protestant off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, were found shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in David Thompson's car at Killeen.
• 6 December 1975 - James Lochrie and Sean Campbell, both Catholic members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, were killed when a land mine exploded prematurely at Kelly's Road, Killeen.

  1985

• 20 May 1985 - William Wilson, Stephen Rodgers, David Baird and Tracy Doak, all Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb, hidden in a parked trailer and detonated when their mobile patrol passed at Killeen.

  1987

• 25 April 1987 - Lord Justice Sir Maurice Gibson and Lady Cecily Gibson, his wife, both Protestant civilians, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote controlled bomb hidden in a parked car and detonated when they drove past at Killeen.

  1988

• 23 July 1988 - Robin Hanna, Maureen Hanna and David Hanna, all Protestant civilians, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their Shogun jeep at Killeen. It was mistaken for a vehicle carrying Judge Higgins.

  1990

• 24 October 1990. Ranger Cyril Smith, QGM, and five British soldiers were all killed when an explosives-laden van driven by Patrick Gillespie, a Catholic civilian employed by the British Army, exploded at the Killeen checkpoint. Gillespie had been forced to drive the van while the IRA held his wife and children hostage.