Bandit Country: The IRA and South Armagh

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Paul Muldoon (1951– ), born in County Armagh, poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the T. Initially, it was hoped that the British Army might be more readily accepted as a neutral peacekeeping force. Colin Turkington (1982), born in Portadown, County Armagh, professional racing driver and 2009 British Touring Car champion.

In July 1982, 11 soldiers from the Blues and Royals and the Royal Green Jackets were killed in two bomb attacks in London's Hyde Park and Regent's Park. From an early age, he was told if a bomb exploded to “get down low” in the closest place he could find. The disadvantage was that the build-up of experience and local knowledge could be curtailed and the benefits of continuity lost. The Bandit (Bloom) gets an unexpected visit from his Uncle Cyrus ( Donald O'Connor) who later dies of a heart attack, leaving his carnival to his widow Angel ( Traci Lords). County Armagh is presently one of four counties of Northern Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Catholic background, according to the 2011 census.A bomb went off one day, my sister walked into the house and she was stung from head to toe by hedge nettles. County Armagh is traversed by the Ulster Canal and the Newry Canal which are not fully open to navigation.

In 1996, as talks over decommissioning continued, the PIRA resumed its campaign with a major bomb attack at Canary Wharf in London. You go through your life and think, ‘ah that’s not really having any effect on me’ and then I had my own issues obviously,” McConville says. The policing is a wee bit more normal than it was but let’s face it, it’s not normal,” McConville adds. Mains was stationed at Forkhill but regularly went to Crossmaglen where he and his colleagues were flanked by 15 soldiers when they went out on foot patrol. Loyalist paramilitary groups, including the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), intent on keeping the region part of the United Kingdom, also stepped up their campaign of sectarian violence.On Sunday 30 January 1972, a civil rights march in Derry became the focus of international attention when British troops killed 14 people and wounded another 13. Bandit is a 1994 American made-for-television spin-off film series based on the Smokey and the Bandit franchise. It is an emotional, visceral story of brothers: the Luvaglios, who dreamed of an empire founded among the hard industrial skylines and bridges of Newcastle, built on good times and bright lights - dreams that, for a moment, were lived in technicolour; and the Kray twins, who looked up to this new kingdom from London and saw a slice of action they wanted for themselves. People have this image of what goes on in Cross and obviously certain aspects have fed into that over the years with criminality. The Irish Times’ photographer, who covered the area during the Troubles, nods in agreement while snapping away.

Although classified as non-lethal weapons, their use against rioters resulted in the deaths of several civilians. And that’s why, when I look at my kids, even though they probably feel hard done by because the amenities aren’t what they would be in a bigger town or city, I realise they know nothing about the other stuff. Samuel Knox (1756–1832), born in County Armagh, Presbyterian clergyman, school principal, and author.

I can’t say I wasn’t scared but the idea of being killed by the sniper was kinda all right with me – because I would never hear the bang. The war against Iraq in 1990-91 saw the largest single deployment of British troops since the Second World War.