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GARDAI KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SINCE 1922
Garda O’Halloran - 28th January 1924 - shot by bank raiders
Detective Garda Arthur Nolan - 29th February 1924 - shooting
Garda John Morrin - 29th October 1924 - shot by IRA gunman
Garda Thomas Dowling - 28th December 1925 - shot by IRA
Garda Sergeant Fitzsimons - 14th November 1926 - shot by IRA
Garda Hugh Ward - 14th November 1926 - shot by IRA
Detective Garda T O’Sullivan - 11th June 1929 - IRA bombing
Garda Superintendent Curtin - 21st March 1931 - shot by IRA
Garda Sergeant McKeown - 17th August 1940 - shot by IRA
Detective Garda Hyland - 17th August 1940 - shot by IRA
Garda Sergeant Denis O’Brien - 9th September 1942 - shot by IRA
Detective Garda George Mordant - 19th October 1942 - Shot by IRA
Garda Richard Fallon - 3rd April 1970 - Shot by Saor Eire
Garda Inspector Samuel Donegan - 8th June 1970 - Provisional IRA bombing
Garda Michael Reynolds - 11th September 1975 - Shot by bank raiders
Garda Michael Clerkin - 15th October 1976 - Provisional IRA bombing
Detective Garda John Morley - 7th July 1980 - shot by bank raiders
Garda Henry Byrne - 7th July 1980 - shot by bank raiders
Detective Garda James Quaid - 13th October 1980 - shot by Provisional IRA
Garda Patrick Reynolds - 20th February 1982 - shot by INLA
Garda Sergeant Patrick McLaughlin - 9th April 1983 - murdered by local criminal
Garda Recruit Gary Sheehan - 16th December 1983 - shot by Provisional IRA
Detective Garda Frank Hand - 10th August 1984 - shot by Provisional IRA
Garda Sergeant Patrick Morrissey - 27th June 1985 - shot by INLA
Detective Garda Jerry McCabe - 7th June 1996 - shot by Provisional IRA
Garda Sergeant Andrew Callanan - 20th July 1999
1982 - the INLA attacked and blew up the radar domes on Mount Gabriel in Cork, part of the national ATC network.
The INLA claimed that they were a legitimate military target or some balls.
That's the jobber!
TVM
Well I know that to be untrue. Our section once went south. Troop leader forgot to check his map and when I asked him, "How far to the border now then Staff?"
He looked at the map and told the section, "Turn around. We've gone 100m too far." And we bimbled back into the north.
The buggers from the South kept moving it. Certainly couldn't have been my map reading. I was serving with an 'elite'.
That was Clooney Base, later 1977ish, taken over by RMP.
A USN site about Clooney navcommsta-londonderry...ml[/quote]
There were two locations, the aerial field just opposite Altnegelvin hospital and the other on the Clooney road.
Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:56 pm
rickshaw-major:
PIRA and INLA may have had their supporters in the South but nowhere near the levels some people think. Both organisations were more that capable of killing Garda and did..
GARDAI KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SINCE 1922
Garda O’Halloran - 28th January 1924 - shot by bank raiders
Detective Garda Arthur Nolan - 29th February 1924 - shooting
Garda John Morrin - 29th October 1924 - shot by IRA gunman
Garda Thomas Dowling - 28th December 1925 - shot by IRA
Garda Sergeant Fitzsimons - 14th November 1926 - shot by IRA
Garda Hugh Ward - 14th November 1926 - shot by IRA
Detective Garda T O’Sullivan - 11th June 1929 - IRA bombing
Garda Superintendent Curtin - 21st March 1931 - shot by IRA
Garda Sergeant McKeown - 17th August 1940 - shot by IRA
Detective Garda Hyland - 17th August 1940 - shot by IRA
Garda Sergeant Denis O’Brien - 9th September 1942 - shot by IRA
Detective Garda George Mordant - 19th October 1942 - Shot by IRA
Garda Richard Fallon - 3rd April 1970 - Shot by Saor Eire
Garda Inspector Samuel Donegan - 8th June 1970 - Provisional IRA bombing
Garda Michael Reynolds - 11th September 1975 - Shot by bank raiders
Garda Michael Clerkin - 15th October 1976 - Provisional IRA bombing
Detective Garda John Morley - 7th July 1980 - shot by bank raiders
Garda Henry Byrne - 7th July 1980 - shot by bank raiders
Detective Garda James Quaid - 13th October 1980 - shot by Provisional IRA
Garda Patrick Reynolds - 20th February 1982 - shot by INLA
Garda Sergeant Patrick McLaughlin - 9th April 1983 - murdered by local criminal
Garda Recruit Gary Sheehan - 16th December 1983 - shot by Provisional IRA
Detective Garda Frank Hand - 10th August 1984 - shot by Provisional IRA
Garda Sergeant Patrick Morrissey - 27th June 1985 - shot by INLA
Detective Garda Jerry McCabe - 7th June 1996 - shot by Provisional IRA
Garda Sergeant Andrew Callanan - 20th July 1999

HarryPalmer
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:01 pm
HarryPalmer:
rickshaw-major:
I cannot find a link but I also recall in the late -70's (IIRC) INLA attacked a Radar Station in Eire (reputed to be US operated) and booby trapped the place.
1982 - the INLA attacked and blew up the radar domes on Mount Gabriel in Cork, part of the national ATC network.
The INLA claimed that they were a legitimate military target or some balls.
That's the jobber!
TVM

rickshaw-major
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:50 am
old_fat_and_hairy:
... deciding to go south. We knew it would never happen
Well I know that to be untrue. Our section once went south. Troop leader forgot to check his map and when I asked him, "How far to the border now then Staff?"
He looked at the map and told the section, "Turn around. We've gone 100m too far." And we bimbled back into the north.

AlienFTM
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:52 am
We've all done the border misplacement bit havent we?

ugly
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:29 am
ugly:
We've all done the border misplacement bit havent we?

rickshaw-major
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:38 am
rickshaw-major:
ugly:
We've all done the border misplacement bit havent we?
The buggers from the South kept moving it. Certainly couldn't have been my map reading. I was serving with an 'elite'.

old_fat_and_hairy
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:31 am
western:
tropper66:
In 1969/70 the United States Navy had a base in Waterside in Londonderry
That was Clooney Base, later 1977ish, taken over by RMP.
A USN site about Clooney navcommsta-londonderry...ml[/quote]
There were two locations, the aerial field just opposite Altnegelvin hospital and the other on the Clooney road.

Alec_Lomas
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Re: A "what if...?" Going 'Sri Lankan' in Ulster
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:29 pm
Quote
"Vonshot:
This is becoming tedious, hearsay for god’s sake, do you believe every rumour you hear? There were a few recently about Sadam, WMD and Al Quieda for example....turned out to be bullsh1t but never let that get in teh way of a good yarn at the bar"
Hi Vonshot - I was there through most of it except for a few specialised courses in other places ( including through Motorman and Bloody Sunday - and all the other bloody days we were subjected to ) - and I have also read many books on the subject. There are others who may know as much if not more than you on this subject.
"Vonshot:
This is becoming tedious, hearsay for god’s sake, do you believe every rumour you hear? There were a few recently about Sadam, WMD and Al Quieda for example....turned out to be bullsh1t but never let that get in teh way of a good yarn at the bar"
Hi Vonshot - I was there through most of it except for a few specialised courses in other places ( including through Motorman and Bloody Sunday - and all the other bloody days we were subjected to ) - and I have also read many books on the subject. There are others who may know as much if not more than you on this subject.

Punch
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