Cushendall, United Kingdom

History

During The Troubles in Northern Ireland from 1970 to 1998, a shooting occurred in Cushendall. Several lorries of Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) personnel, accompanied by British Army soldiers, drove into Cushendall on the night of 23 June 1922 to enforce the nightly curfew. The USC proceeded to open fire on a crowd of onlookers, killing three Catholic men: James McAllister, John Gore and John Hill. After the incident, the USC claimed they were ambushed by the Irish Republican Army and returned fire, but a British government inquiry, which was declassified almost a century later, concluded that the constabulary's version of events was false.

There were further violent incidents during the Troubles of the late 20th century:

Sergeant Joseph Campbell, a Catholic Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer, was shot dead on 25 February 1977 as he locked up the local police station. An RUC officer, Charles McCormick, was later acquitted of Campbell's murder and other charges including possession of explosives, firearms and armed robbery.

RUC officer Alexander Bell died as a result of his injuries on 25 July 1989 from a previous Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) land mine attack on his patrol car.

From the History section of Cushendall on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.