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Northern Ireland The Forgotten War

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it is merely showing incidents that the RGJ might have been caught up in during their tours.

Events of the

Ulster Volunteer Force

actions

1966 to 2013

Timeline of actions by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group formed in 1966. It includes actions carried out by the Red Hand Commando (RHC), a group integrated into the UVF shortly after their formation in the year 1972. It also includes attacks claimed by the Protestant Action Force (PAF), a covername used by the UVF. Most of these actions took place during the conflict known as “the Troubles” in Northern Ireland.

The UVF’s declared goal was to destroy Irish republican paramilitary groups. However, most of its victims were all Irish Catholic civilians, who were often chosen at random. Whenever it claimed responsibility for its attacks, the UVF usually claimed that those targeted were Provisional Irish Republican Army members or IRA sympathizers. At other times, attacks on Catholic civilians were claimed as “retaliation” for IRA actions, since the IRA drew most of its support from majority-Catholic areas. Such retaliation was seen as both collective punishment and an attempt to weaken the IRA’s support. Many retaliatory attacks on Catholics were claimed using the PAF covername.

Attacks resulting in at least three deaths are marked in bold.

1966
6th April 1966: UVF members petrol bombed a Catholic primary school—Holy Cross Girl’s School—in Belfast. The attack happened two days before Terence O’Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, was to address a Catholic-Protestant reconciliation meeting there.

7th May 1966: UVF members petrol bombed a Catholic-owned pub on Upper Charleville Street, in the Shankill district of Belfast. Fire also engulfed the house next door, badly burning the elderly Protestant widow who lived there. She died of her injuries on 27 June.

21st May 1966: The UVF issued a statement:
From this day, we declared war against the Irish Republican Army and its splinter groups. Known IRA men will be executed mercilessly and without hesitation. Less extreme measures will be taken against anyone sheltering or helping them, but if they persist in giving them aid, then more extreme methods will be adopted… we solemnly warn the authorities to make no more speeches of appeasement. We are heavily armed Protestants dedicated to this cause.

27th May 1966: Gusty Spence sent four UVF members to kill a man they believed to be an Irish Republican Army volunteer. When they arrived at his house on Baden Powell Street in Belfast, he was not at home. The men then drove around the Falls district in search of a Catholic. They shot John Scullion, a Catholic civilian, as he walked home. He died of his wounds on 11th June. Spence later wrote: “At the time, the attitude was that if you couldn’t get an IRA man you should shoot a Taig, he’s your last resort”.

26th June 1966: The UVF shot three Catholic civilians as they left a pub on Malvern Street, Belfast. One of them was killed.

28th June 1966: The UVF was declared illegal.

1969

March to April 1969, members of the UVF and Ulster Protestant Volunteers (UPV) bombed water and electricity installations in Northern Ireland. The loyalists hoped the attacks would be blamed on the dormant IRA and on elements of the civil rights movement, which was demanding an end to discrimination against Catholics. The loyalists intended to bring down Ulster Unionist Party Prime Minister Terence O’Neill, who had promised some concessions to the civil rights movement. At the time, the bombings were indeed blamed on the IRA, and British soldiers were deployed to guard installations.

On 30th March 1969, loyalists bombed an electricity substation just outside Belfast, causing blackouts across much of the city’s south and east.

On 4th April 1969, they bombed a water pipeline at Dunadry.

On 20th April 1969, they bombed Silent Valley Reservoir and an electricity pylon in Kilmore.

On 24th April 1969, they again bombed the water pipeline at Dunadry.

On 26th April 1969, they bombed a water pipeline at Annalong, cutting off the water supply to much of Belfast.

On 28th April 1969, Terence O’Neill resigned and was replaced by fellow Ulster Unionist James Chichester-Clark.

5th August 169: A bomb damaged the front of the RTÉ Television Centre in Donnybrook, Dublin. The UVF claimed responsibility. This was its first attack in the Republic of Ireland.

12th to 17th August 1969: Northern Ireland riots of 1969: fierce clashes erupted across Northern Ireland, between Irish nationalists and unionists, including the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). Eight people were killed, hundreds were wounded, and hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed (the majority owned by Catholics and nationalists). The British Army were deployed on the streets of Northern Ireland. The Irish Army also set up field hospitals near the Irish border.

12th October 1969: UVF members shot dead RUC officer Victor Arbuckle during street violence in the loyalist Shankill area of Belfast. Loyalists “had taken to the streets in protest at the Hunt Report, which recommended the disbandment of the B Specials and disarming of the RUC. A Catholic officer was standing next to Constable Arbuckle when he was shot”. Arbuckle was the first RUC officer to be killed during the Troubles.

19th October 1969: Thomas McDowell, a member of the UVF and UPV, was badly burnt while planting a bomb at a power station near Ballyshannon in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. The bomb had exploded prematurely and he died of his injuries the next day. This is when it was realized that the earlier bombings had also been carried out by loyalists, not republicans. The UVF issued a statement saying the attempted attack was a protest against the Irish Army units “still massed on the border in Co Donegal”. The statement added: “so long as the threats from Éire continue, so long will the volunteers of Ulster’s people’s army strike at targets in Southern Ireland”.

31st October 1969: The UVF claimed responsibility for bombing the memorial to Wolfe Tone (leader of the United Irishmen) in Bodenstown, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland.

26th December 1969: The UVF was believed to have been responsible for bombing the Daniel O’Connell monument on O’Connell Street, Dublin. Little damage was done to the statue but the blast smashed windows in a half-mile radius.

28th December 1969: A car bomb exploded outside the Garda Síochána central detective bureau in Dublin. Gardaí believed that the UVF was responsible and said that the nearby telephone exchange headquarters may have been the target.

1970

January 1970: The UVF began bombing Catholic-owned businesses in Protestant areas of Belfast. It issued a statement vowing to “remove republican elements from loyalist areas” and stop them “reaping financial benefit therefrom”. During 1970, 42 Catholic-owned licensed premises in Protestant areas were bombed, mainly by the UVF.

8th February 1970: It is believed that the UVF was responsible for exploding a bomb at the home of Sheelagh Murnaghan, a Catholic Ulster Liberal Party MP. This was the beginning of a campaign against critics of militant loyalism.

18th February 1970: The UVF bombed a TV relay station near Raphoe in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. The mast transmitted television and radio signals from RTÉ, (the Irish national broadcaster), which could be received in Northern Ireland.

7th March 1970: The UVF claimed responsibility for exploding a bomb at the home of Nationalist Party MP Austin Currie, a founder of the civil rights movement. It was also believed to have bombed St Aquinas Hall (a Catholic students’ hostel). On the 2nd July, shots were fired through the livingroom window of Currie’s house while he and his wife and children were inside.

26th March 1970: A bomb damaged an electricity substation in Tallaght, near Dublin. An anonymous letter claimed responsibility on behalf of the UVF.

28thg April 1970: It is believed that the UVF was responsible for exploding a bomb at the home of liberal Ulster Unionist MP Richard Ferguson.

2nd July 1970: A bomb damaged the main Dublin-Belfast railway line at Baldoyle in north Dublin. Gardaí believed it was the work of the UVF.

10th August 1970: It is believed that the UVF was responsible for exploding a bomb at the home of liberal Ulster Unionist politician Anne Dickson.

16th September 1970: A bomb exploded in a classroom of Trentaghmucklagh National School in St Johnston, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. The school was empty at the time. It is believed the UVF were responsible.

1971

15th January 1971: It is believed that the UVF was responsible for exploding a bomb at a Catholic church in the Whitehouse area of Newtownabbey.

26th January 1971: A bomb destroyed the Customs & Excise station at Lifford, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. No warning had been given. It is believed the UVF were responsible.

January to February 1971: The UVF bombed two monuments in Dublin: the Daniel O’Connell monument in Glasnevin Cemetery, and the Wolfe Tone statue in St Stephen’s Green.

18th March 1971: It is believed that the UVF was responsible for exploding a bomb at St Malachy’s College, a Catholic school in Belfast.

9th October 1971: The UVF exploded a bomb at the Catholic-owned Fiddler’s House Bar in Belfast. It killed a Protestant civilian.

16th September 1971: UVF member Samuel Nelson was found shot dead in a car on Downing Street, Belfast. He had been killed by other UVF members, who believed he was an informer.

4th December 1971: McGurk’s Bar bombing – without warning, the UVF exploded a time bomb at Tramore Bar (aka McGurk’s Bar) on North Queen Street, Belfast. The pub was frequented by members of the Catholic and Irish nationalist community. Fifteen Catholic civilians were killed and seventeen wounded. The UVF team had been ordered to bomb an IRA-run pub nearby, but decided that the Tramore Bar was an easier target. It was the highest death toll from a single incident in Belfast during the Troubles, and was the second-highest death toll caused by a UVF attack.

18th December 1971: Without warning, the UVF exploded a bomb at the Catholic-owned Murtagh’s Bar in Belfast. It killed a Catholic civilian.

1972

8th February 1972: The “Red Hand Commando” claimed responsibility for killing a member of the Catholic Ex-Servicemen’s Association in a drive-by shooting on Crumlin Road, Belfast.

13th March 1972: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Ravenhill Avenue, Belfast.

15th April 1972: The UVF killed a Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting on Crumlin Road, Belfast.

13th to 14th May 1972: The UVF engaged the IRA in a series of gun battles in the interface area between Springmartin and Ballymurphy. A total of seven people were killed, five of whom were civilians.

28th May 1972: The UVF killed a Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting on Springfield Road, Belfast.

29th May 1972: The UVF killed a Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting at Millfield, Belfast.

4th June 1972: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his shop on Annesley Street, Belfast.

23th June 1972: The UVF carried out a drive-by shooting on a group of Catholics standing outside a bank at the corner of Antrim Road and Atlantic Avenue, Belfast. One Catholic civilian was killed and another wounded.

3rd July 1972: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian and dumped his body off Twickenham Street, Belfast.

5th July 1972: The UVF shot a Catholic civilian on Waterford Street, Belfast. He died on 8th of July 1972.

11th/12th July 1972: UVF and UDA members shot dead a 15-year-old Catholic civilian in his home on Southport Street, Belfast. They also sexually assaulted his mother.

22nd July 1972: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in a car on Liffey Street, Belfast.

16th August 1972: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian in the Long Bar, Belfast.

20th August 1972: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian and dumped his body on Glencairn Road, Belfast.

26th August 1972: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians in Belfast. One was found on Agnes Street and another was found on Benwell Street.

14th September 1972: The UVF exploded a car bomb outside the Imperial Hotel on Cliftonville Road, Belfast. It killed three civilians.

16th September 1972: The British Army shot dead a UVF member during a riot in Larne.

26th September 1972: The UVF exploded a car bomb outside a social club on Upper Library Street, Belfast. A Catholic civilian died of his injuries the following day.

28th September 1972: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at his home on Glenvarlock Street, Belfast.

29th September: The UVF shot dead a Protestant milkman while carrying out a robbery at a farmhouse in Ballynure, County Antrim.

30th September: The UVF exploded a car bomb at Conlon’s Bar, Belfast. It killed two Catholic civilians.

4th October: A Catholic civilian was killed when the UVF threw a grenade into his house in Portadown. His mother and brother were wounded. The grenade was of a type made in the United Kingdom “for use by the British Armed Forces” and the attack has been linked to the Glenanne gang.

7th October 1972: The UVF exploded a car bomb at the Long Bar on Leeson Street, Belfast. It killed a Catholic civilian.

29th October 1972: The UVF killed a Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting on Cliftonville Road, Belfast.

31th October 1972: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace on Lisburn Road, Belfast.

11th November 1972: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Catholic civilian at his shop on Crumlin Road, Belfast.

21st November 1972: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Sandhill Drive, Belfast.

27th November 1972: The UVF shot dead a 14-year-old Catholic civilian as he was travelling in a car on Ariel Street, Belfast.

1st December 1972: Two car bombs exploded in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. One exploded at 7:58 p.m on Eden Quay and one exploded at 8:16 p.m on Sackville Place. A man with an English accent sent a telephoned warning to a Belfast newspaper just a few minutes before the first explosion. Two civilians were killed and 127 wounded. Although no group initially claimed responsibility, the UVF has since done so. It is alleged that members of the British security forces were involved.

14th December 1972: The UVF exploded a car bomb at Dolan’s Bar in Killeter, County Tyrone. It killed a Catholic civilian.

20th December 1972: The UVF killed a Catholic civilian in a drive-by shooting at Clonmore, County Armagh.

21st December 1972: A Catholic civilian was killed in a drive-by shooting on Clandeboye Road, Bangor. He had been waiting for his regular lift to work. It is thought the “Red Hand Commando” was responsible.

28th December 1972: Loyalists associated with the UVF detonated three bombs in the Republic of Ireland within thirty minutes of each other. A car bomb exploded without warning outside the post office in Belturbet, County Cavan. Two civilians were killed and eight wounded. Another car bomb exploded without warning in Clones, County Monaghan, wounding a further two civilians. The other bomb exploded without warning outside a pub in Mulnagoad, near Pettigo, County Donegal. There were no injuries.

30th December 1972: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in his car near his workplace on Lichfield Avenue, Belfast.

1973

18th January 1973: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian after he left a pub in Portadown.

20th January 1973: After issuing an inadequate warning, the UVF exploded a car bomb on Sackville Place, Dublin. It killed one Scottish civilian and wounded 14 others.

4th February 1973: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace, a filling station on Ballysillan Road, Belfast.

7th February: The UVF (as part of the United Loyalist Council) held a one-day strike to “re-establish some sort of Protestant or loyalist control over the affairs of the province”. Loyalist paramilitaries forcibly stopped many people going to work and closed many businesses that had opened. There were eight bombings and thirty-five arsons. The British Army shot dead a UVF member during a riot on Albertbridge Road, Belfast.

18th February 1973: The UVF killed two Catholic civilians in a drive-by shooting on Divis Street, Belfast.

19th February 1973: A Protestant civilian was found shot dead at Wolfhill Quarry on the edge of Belfast. The UVF killed him as an alleged informer.

1st March 1973: The UVF shot dead a Catholic taxi driver in his car on Mansfield Street, Belfast.

2nd March 1973: The UVF shot dead a Catholic bus driver as he stopped at a bus stop on Woodvale Road, Belfast.

4th March 1973: A British Army soldier died four weeks after being shot by the UVF during a riot on Newtownards Road/Welland Street, Belfast.

15th March 1973: A Catholic civilian was killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at his house in Jordanstown.

14th April 1973: The UVF killed a Protestant Official IRA volunteer in a drive-by shooting on McClure Street, Belfast.

22nd April 1973: A UVF member was found dead in his cell at Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast. It is believed he was poisoned by fellow UVF prisoners as part of an internal dispute.

11th May 1973: The UVF shot a Catholic civilian on Raglan Street, Belfast. He died on 14th May 1973.

17th May 1973: The UVF carried out a gun and grenade attack on the Jubilee Arms pub on Lavinia Street, Belfast. A Catholic civilian was killed.

17th May 1973: An Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier shot a UVF member as he tried to steal a car on Shankill Road, Belfast. He died on 19th May 1973.

31st May 1973: The UVF were blamed for a gun and grenade attack on Muldoon’s Bar in Belfast. An English seaman was killed.

31st May 1973: The UVF were blamed for a bomb attack at McGlade’s Bar in Belfast. A Catholic civilian was killed.

3rd June 1973: The UVF shot dead two Protestant civilians in a house on Druse Street, Belfast.

6th July 1973: The UVF killed an Official IRA volunteer in a drive-by shooting on Falls Road, Belfast.

21st July 1973: The UVF shot a Protestant civilian during a robbery of Horseshoe Bar, Belfast. He died on 24th July 1973.

22nd July 1973: The UVF shot dead a German seaman and dumped his body in an alleyway of Klondyke Street, Belfast.

5th August 1973: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their farmhouse at Broughadoey near Moy. Their two-year-old son was also wounded by gunfire.[39] The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

9th August 1973: The UVF killed a Presbyterian civilian from County Donegal when it shot at his company van on the motorway near Templepatrick.

11th August 1973: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

15th August 1973: The UVF exploded a car bomb at Sportsman’s Inn, Belfast. It killed a Catholic civilian.

20th August 1973: A Catholic civilian was killed when the UVF threw a grenade into his house on Grampian Avenue, Belfast.

25th August 1973: The UVF exploded a bomb at a garage on Cliftonville Road, Belfast. It then shot dead the three Catholic civilians who worked there.

28th September 1973: A car bomb exploded outside a grocery shop and house in Pettigo, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. No warning was given and a number of people were injured. It is believed that loyalists associated with the UVF were to blame, and a Garda report suggested that British soldiers may have been involved. The bomb exploded yards across the border. The British Army had been scheduled to patrol the border in the area that night but did not arrive.

1st October 1973: UVF gunmen hijacked a taxi at Annadale Embankment in Belfast and shot dead the passenger, who was a Catholic civilian.

28th October 1973: A Catholic civilian was wounded by a booby trap bomb planted by the UVF on a farm at Carnteel. He died on 8th November 1973. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

29th October 1973: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Banbridge. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

1st November 1973: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian as he drove out of his workplace on Dayton Street, Belfast.

1st November 1973: The UVF exploded a bomb at Avenue Bar, Belfast. It killed a Catholic civilian.

9th November 1973: The UVF exploded a bomb at Sunflower Bar, Belfast. It killed a Protestant civilian.

17th–18th November 1973: A UVF member was killed when his bomb prematurely exploded at a farmhouse in Desertmartin. A 500 lb UVF bomb destroyed shops and flats in the Catholic Newington area of north Belfast.

18th November 1973: The UVF leadership declared a ceasefire to allow the political process to develop.

28th December: The British Army shot dead a UVF member during a fight outside Bayardo Bar, Belfast. Hours later, UVF and UDA snipers shot dead a Catholic RUC officer on Forthriver Road, Belfast. They had robbed a supermarket to lure his police patrol to the scene. The attack was thought to be a retaliation for the killing of the UVF member.

1974

10th January 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian near his workplace on Milltown Row, Belfast.

14th January 1974: The body of a Protestant civilian was found in a field near Carrowdore. It is believed he was shot by the UVF.

17th January 1974: The UVF launched a gun attack on Boyle’s Bar in Cappagh. Two gunmen entered the pub and opened fire indiscriminately on the customers. A Catholic civilian was killed and three others wounded. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

30th January 1974: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at his home on Gosford Place, Belfast. It believed he was an informer.

4th February 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian outside his garage on Whiterock Gardens, Belfast.

19th February 1974: A Catholic and Protestant civilian were killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at Trainor’s Bar near Blackwatertown. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”. In 1981 a serving UDR soldier, a former UDR soldier and a former UVF member were convicted of the murders.

28th February 1974: The UVF exploded a bomb at Red Star Bar, Belfast. It killed a Protestant civilian.

11th March 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in an attack on Bunch Of Grapes Bar, Belfast.

5th March 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

24th March 1974: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian near his home on Spruce Street, Belfast.

29th March 1974: Two Catholic civilians were killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at Conway’s Bar, Belfast.

1st April 1974: The UVF shot dead one of its own members, Jim Hanna, on Mansfield Street in Belfast. It claimed that the victim, the organisation’s commander, was an informer.

6th April 1974: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian as she walked with her boyfriend on Shankill Road, Belfast.

16th April 1974: A UVF member died when his bomb prematurely exploded in a house on Union Street, Portadown.

21st April 1974: The UVF shot dead civilian Sinn Féin member James Murphy at his garage at Corravehy, near Derrylin.

2nd May 1974: Six Catholic civilians were killed and eighteen wounded when the UVF exploded a bomb at Rose & Crown Bar on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

7th May 1974: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians near their home at Congo Road, outside Dungannon. As they were driving home, a man in British Army uniform stopped their car and opened fire on them. Their daughter was also wounded. A UDR soldier was convicted for the killings and the attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

14th May 1974: The UVF, along with Sinn Féin, were declared legal following the passing of legislation at Westminster.

15th May 1974: The Ulster Workers’ Council strike began in protest at the Sunningdale Agreement. For the next fourteen days, loyalist paramilitaries forcibly tried to stop many people going to work and to close any businesses that had opened.

17th May 1974: Dublin and Monaghan bombings – 33 civilians were killed and 300 wounded when the UVF exploded three car bombs in Dublin and one in Monaghan (both in the Republic of Ireland). No warning had been given. This was the highest number of casualties in a single incident during “The Troubles”. It has been alleged that members of the British security forces were involved. The UVF did not claim responsibility until 15th of July 1993.

18th May 1974: A UDA member shot dead a UVF member during a fight in North Star Bar, Belfast.

24th May 1974: Two Catholic civilians were shot dead in their pub, the Wayside Halt, during a joint UVF/UFF operation to shut down Catholic-owned pubs in and around Ballymena.

28th May 1974: The Ulster Workers’ Council strike ended.

12th July 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in Bangor.

16th July 1974: A Catholic civilian was killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at Sunflower Bar, Belfast.

11th September 1974: There was an attempted car bomb attack in Blacklion, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. Three masked gunmen in British military uniform had hijacked the car, placed a time bomb inside and forced the owner to drive it into the village. They claimed to be from the UVF and threatened to attack his family if he did not comply. The driver parked the car in the middle of the village and alerted the Irish Army and Garda. The village was evacuated and the Army carried out a controlled explosion on the car. They estimated that the bomb would have destroyed most of the village.

16th September 1974: The UVF left a booby-trap bomb in a parcel outside a factory in Pomeroy which killed the owner, a Catholic civilian.

18th September 1974: The UVF killed a member of the Official IRA youth section in a drive-by shooting on Clifton Street, Belfast.

25th September 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Limestone Road, Belfast.

30th September 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace, a bakery on Orby Road, Belfast.

4th October 1974: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian near his workplace on Moonstone Street, Belfast. He was mistaken for his Catholic workmate.

10th October 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at a house in Newtownabbey.

11th October 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian as he walked to work along Brougham Street, Belfast.

13th October 1974: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian and dumped his body in a quarry on Hightown Road, Belfast.

18th October 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for exploding a bomb outside a Catholic school in Belfast, injuring twelve people (including children).

18th October 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting two Catholic street-sweepers in Belfast.

21st October 1974: The UVF killed two Catholic civilians in a drive-by shooting on Falls Road, Belfast. Billy Hutchinson was later convicted for his part in these killings. Hutchinson was to become a leading spokesman for the Progressive Unionist Party.

27th October 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing a Catholic civilian, whose body was found at the back of a farmhouse at Mullantine, near Portadown. He had been beaten, strangled and then shot by UVF members after taking a lift from Lurgan to Portadown, together with a friend who managed to escape. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

8th November 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing a Catholic civilian who was found shot dead in a derelict bakery on Byron Street, Belfast. This was claimed as retaliation for the Guildford pub bombings.

9th November 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead two Catholic civilians in Templepatrick.

12th November 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at St Mary Youth Centre on Carolan Road, Belfast.

15th November 1974: The UVF shot a Catholic civilian in Maguire’s Bar, Larne. He died on the 20th of November 1974.

20th November 1974: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for a gun attack at Falls Bar in Aughnamullen, near Clonoe. A Catholic civilian (the pub owner) was killed and a customer was wounded. This was claimed as retaliation for the killing of an RUC officer in Craigavon earlier that day. A British Army UDR soldier was later convicted for the attack, which has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

23rd November 1974: A Catholic civilian was found dead in a car on Hightown Road, near Belfast. He had been kidnapped and shot in the head by the UVF.

29th November 1974: The UVF bombed McArdle’s Bar in Crossmaglen. Six people were wounded and one, a Catholic civilian, died of his wounds almost a year later on 15th November in 1975. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

29th November 1974: The UVF bombed Hughes Bar in Newry. Many people were wounded and one, a Catholic civilian, died of his wounds on 15th of December 1974. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

1975

10th January 1975: The UVF claimed responsibility for shooting dead Provisional IRA volunteer John Francis Green at a farmhouse in Tullynageer, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. It has been alleged that British Army captain Robert Nairac was involved.

6th February 1975: A Catholic civilian was found shot dead in a field beside Killyglen Road, Larne. The court heard she had been “sentenced to death” by an organization for allegedly passing information to the IRA. She had four children and was once a member of the Women’s Royal Army Corps. Two men were convicted for her killing: one a UVF member and the other a UDR lance-corporal.

8th February: 1975 The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Lesley Street, Belfast. He was a former internee.

10th February 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian as he worked sweeping the street at Cooke Place, Belfast.

10th February 1975: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians in a gun attack on Hayden’s Bar in Gortavale, near Rock. Four others were wounded. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

14th February 1975: The UVF shot a Catholic civilian in Coleraine, County Londonderry. He died on 24th of February 1975.

20th February 1975: The UVF exploded a bomb at Railway Bar on Shore Road, Newtownabbey. A Catholic civilian was killed.

28th February 1975: The UVF killed a Catholic civilian and wounded another in a drive-by shooting on lower Antrim Road near Camberwell Terrace, Belfast.

In the March of 1975: A feud began between the UVF and Ulster Defence Association (UDA)/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF), the other main loyalist group.

8th March 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Clifton Drive, Belfast.

9th March 1975: Loyalists firebombed a fleet of fishing trawlers at Greencastle, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Fourteen boats were damaged. Both the UVF and UDA claimed responsibility, with the UDA making “the unlikely claim that the fleet had been used to ferry arms ashore for the IRA after a rendezvous with a Russian submarine”.

13th March 1975: The UVF carried out a gun and grenade attack on Conway’s Bar in Belfast. A Catholic civilian was killed and a UVF member wounded when the bomb he was planting exploded prematurely. He died on 28th of April 1975.

15th March 1975: The UVF shot dead two UDA members in Alexandra Bar, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

16th March 1975: A Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer was killed by a UVF bomb outside Ormeau Arms Bar in Bangor.

21st March 1975: A Protestant civilian died four months after being shot by the UVF during a bank robbery on Crumlin Road, Belfast.

1st April 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian and wounding her Protestant husband as they walked through a park near Garvaghy Road, Portadown. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

3dr April 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian near his home at Ballyoran Park, off the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

5th April 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian as he walked home at Etna Drive, Belfast.

5th April 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for bombing McLaughlin’s bar in Belfast. Two Catholic civilians were killed.

7th April 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at Carnmoney Road North in Newtownabbey as he walked to work.

7 thApril 1975: The UVF kidnapped and shot dead two UDA members. Their bodies were found buried in a field near Whitehead on the 1st of September 1975.

11th April 1975: The British Army shot dead a UVF member immediately after he had carried out a gun and bomb attack on a pub on Lavinia Street, Belfast.

12th April 1975: The “Red Hand Commando” claimed responsibility for a gun and bomb attack on the Strand Bar, Anderson Street, Belfast. Six Catholic civilians were killed.

12th April 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting a Catholic civilian at his home in Glencull near Aughnacloy. He died of his wounds on the 22nd April 1975. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

21st April 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing three Catholic civilians with a booby trap bomb in Killyliss, near Granville. The bomb had been planted in a house that was being renovated. One of those killed was 8 months pregnant. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

27th April 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a Catholic-frequented social club in Bleary. Gunmen burst into the club and opened fire indiscriminately, killing three Catholic civilians and wounding ten other people. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

14th May 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for an attempted bomb attack on the Catholic-owned Hill Tavern in Belfast. A 15 lb bomb was thrown into the pub but the security guard kicked it outside before it exploded. Seven were hurt by the blast.

18th May 1975: UVF members stabbed-to-death a Provisional IRA volunteer in Castlewellan.[60]
21 May: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for blowing-up the Christian Brothers Past Pupils Union building on Antrim Road, Belfast.

22nd May 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing a Catholic civilian on Hightown Road, Newtownabbey. He was killed by a booby-trap bomb hidden in a flask at the building site where he was working.

23rd May 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead two Catholic civilians in a flat in Mount Vernon, Belfast. The two brothers had been playing cards with Protestant friends. The gunmen told them to lie face-down and shot them in the back of the head.

24th May 1975: Masked gunmen exploded a bomb at the home of a Catholic family in Moy. Much of the house was destroyed and six children were injured. In 1981 a serving UDR soldier, a former UDR soldier and a former UVF member were convicted of the attack, which has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

25th May 1975: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian on Lettercor Road, near Gortin.

27th May 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian as he drove along the road at Scallen, near Irvinestown.

27th May 1975: A Catholic civilian died nearly three months after being wounded in a UVF gun and bomb attack on Bush Bar, Leeson Street, Belfast.

10th June 1975: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member in his shop on Crumlin Road, Belfast.

12th June 1975: Two UVF members were killed when their bomb prematurely exploded as they drove along Great Patrick Street, Belfast.

19th June 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing a Catholic civilian in north Belfast. He was killed by a bomb left in an oil can at a filling station on Great Patrick Street.

20th June 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Ballymena Street, Belfast.

22nd June 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing a Catholic civilian who was found shot dead on the road to the Knockagh Monument, near Greenisland.

22nd June 1975: The UVF tried to derail a train by planting a bomb on the railway line near Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. The train was carrying 300 members of the Official republican movement to a commemoration at Bodenstown. A civilian tried to stop the UVF members, and was stabbed-to-death. However, his actions delayed the explosion enough to let the train pass safely.

28th June 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian outside Throne Hospital, Belfast.

13th July 1975: The UVF shot dead a UDA member in Taughmonagh, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

27th July 1975: The UVF shot dead Mid-Ulster brigadier Billy Hanna outside his home in Lurgan. He was also a captain in the British Army’s Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR).

31st July 1975: Miami Showband killings – UVF members (some of whom were also UDR soldiers) shot dead three members of an Irish showband at Buskhill, near Loughbrickland. The gunmen staged a bogus British Army checkpoint, stopped the showband’s minibus and ordered the musicians out. Two UVF men then hid a time bomb in the bus, but it exploded and they were killed. The other gunmen then opened fire on the musicians and fled. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

1st August 1975: Two Catholic civilians were killed and several wounded when gunmen opened fire on a minibus near Gilford. The bus had been returning from a bingo session when it was stopped at a bogus UDR checkpoint. The UVF were believed to have been responsible and attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

13th August 1975: The Provisional IRA carried out a gun and bomb attack on the Bayardo Bar, Shankill Road, Belfast. A UVF member and four Protestant civilians were killed.

16th August 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian as he sat in his car on Glenbank Place, Belfast.

22nd August 1975: The UVF launched a gun and bomb attack on McGleenan’s Bar on Upper English Street, Armagh. One gunman opened fire while another planted the bomb. It exploded as they ran to a getaway car, causing the building to collapse. Three Catholic civilians were killed (one of whom died on the 28th August 1975) and many more were wounded. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

24th August 1975: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for kidnapping and shooting dead two Catholic civilians near Newtownhamilton. The two men were driving home from a Gaelic football match in Dublin when they were stopped at a fake military checkpoint by men in British Army uniform. They were found shot dead a short distance away. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

27th August 1975: A Protestant civilian was shot dead at his home at The Crescent off Erinvale Drive, Belfast. Although the Sutton Database blames republicans, Lost Lives states that the man, John Barry, was killed by the UVF.

29th August 1975: The UVF carried out a drive-by shooting on people standing outside the Rose & Crown pub on Ormeau Road, Belfast. A 15-year-old Catholic civilian was killed.

1st September 1975: The UVF shot dead civilian Social Democratic and Labour Party member Denis Mullen at his home in Collegeland. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

1st September 1975: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian in a scrapyard near Newtownabbey. The Catholic owners were the intended targets.

3rd September 1975: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their farmhouse on Hightown Road near Belfast.

4th September: The UVF launched a gun and bomb attack on McCann’s Bar in Ballyhegan. Eleven people were wounded and a Catholic civilian died from her wounds on the 22nd of  September 1975. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

7th September 1975: The UVF shot dead one of its own members on a farm near Templepatrick. It claimed he was an informer.

2nd October 1975: The UVF shot dead four Catholic civilians at their workplace, Casey’s Bottling Plant, in Belfast.

2nd October 1975: A Catholic civilian was killed by a UVF booby-trap bomb at his photography shop on Cranburn Street, Belfast.

2nd October 1975: A Catholic civilian was killed in a UVF gun and grenade attack on McKenna’s Bar near Aldergrove Airport.

2nd October 1975: A Protestant civilian was killed in a UVF bomb attack on Anchor Bar, Killyleagh.

2nd  October 1975: Four UVF members were killed when their bomb prematurely exploded as they drove along a road in Farrenlester, near Coleraine.

3rd October 1975: The UVF was again declared a ‘proscribed’ (illegal) organisation.

8th October 1975: A Catholic civilian died six weeks after being shot by the UVF on Shore Road, Belfast.

14th October 1975: The UVF shot dead one of its own members and dumped his body off Aberdeen Street, Belfast. Internal dispute.

17th October 1975: The UVF shot dead a Protestant taxi driver as he arrived to pick up a passenger on Cavehill Road, Belfast. They mistakenly assumed he was a Catholic.

23rd October 1975: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their home in Listamlet. A contemporary newspaper article reported that “(British) Army issue ammunition” had been used. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

29th October 1975: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Lurgan.

25th November 1975: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been beaten, his throat slit, and his body dumped on Bisley Street.

29th November 1975: The UVF shot dead one of its own members in a car on Downing Street, Belfast. Internal dispute.

30th November 1975: The UVF shot dead one of its own members in a car on Nixon Street, Belfast. Internal dispute.

19th December 1975: A car bomb exploded without warning at Kay’s Tavern in Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. Two civilians were killed and twenty wounded. A short time later, gunmen attacked Donnelly’s Bar and filling station in Silverbridge, less than ten miles away in County Armagh. They fired at people outside the building, then fired on the customers and threw a bomb inside. Three Catholic civilians were killed and six wounded. The “Red Hand Commando” claimed both attacks and it is believed they were co-ordinated. They have been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

26th December 1975: The UVF bombed the Catholic-owned Vallelly’s Bar at Ardress. A Catholic civilian died of his wounds on the 30th of December 1975. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

1976

4th January 1976: Reavey and O’Dowd killings – the UVF shot dead six Catholic civilians in County Armagh. UVF men broke into a Catholic-owned house in Whitecross and shot dead three brothers. About 20 minutes later, UVF men entered another Catholic-owned house in Ballydougan. There they shot dead another three men, all of whom were members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party. At least one officer of the Royal Ulster Constabulary’s Special Patrol Group was involved in the attacks, which have been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

10th January 1976: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Cliftonville Road, Belfast.

17th January 1976: The UVF launched a no-warning bomb attack on Sheridan’s Bar at New Lodge Road, Belfast. Two Catholic civilians were killed and 26 wounded.

22th January 1976: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian on Ballyutoag Road, Belfast. They believed he was a Catholic.

25th January 1976: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian on Union Street, Portadown.

7th February 1976: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been beaten, his throat slashed, and his body dumped on Forthriver Way.

9th February 1976: The “Shankill Butchers” shot dead two Protestant civilians on Cambrai Street, Belfast, believing they were Catholics.

14th February 1976: A bomb exploded without warning on the main street of Swanlinbar, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

19th February: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian on Manderson Street, Belfast. They believed he was a Catholic.

22nd February 1976: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been beaten, his throat slashed, and his body dumped on Mayo Street.

27th February 1976: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member outside Victor’s Bar, Belfast.

7th March 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning car bomb at Three Star Inn, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. One civilian was killed and several others wounded. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

9th March 1976: The UVF attacked a restaurant, Golden Pheasant Inn, between Annahilt and Baileysmill. Gunmen shot dead the two Catholic owners and then exploded bombs inside, destroying the building.

13th March 1976: The UDA beat-to-death a UVF member on Aberdeen Street, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

17th March 1976: Four Catholic civilians (including two children) were killed and twelve wounded when the UVF exploded a no-warning car bomb at the Hillcrest Bar on Donaghmore Road, Dungannon. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

9th April 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning bomb at Divis Castle Bar on Springfield Road, Belfast. A Catholic civilian was killed.

9th April 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning bomb at Lenny’s Bar on Railway Street, Armagh. A Catholic civilian was killed and fourteen others were wounded.

24th April 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning car bomb outside Shamrock Bar in Hilltown. A Catholic civilian was killed and at least two others wounded.

24th April 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning bomb at Ulster Bar in Warrenpoint. A Catholic civilian died of his wounds on 27 April. The bomb was detonated electronically.

2nd May 1976: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Catholic civilian in Thistlecross, County Louth.

15th May 1976: The UVF carried out two attacks on pubs in Charlemont. A bomb attack on Clancy’s Bar left three Catholic civilians dead and others wounded. Shortly after, a gun attack on the nearby Eagle Bar led to the death of another Catholic civilian and the wounding of many others. Locals claimed that the UDR had been patrolling the village for a number of nights beforehand, but were absent the night of the attacks. A UDR soldier was later convicted for taking part in the attacks, which have been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

15th May 1976: Two more Catholic civilians were killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at Avenue Bar in Belfast.

27th May 1976: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Allworthy Avenue, Belfast.

2nd June 1976: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Protestant civilian in Comber. A Catholic civilian was the intended target.

5th June: Three Catholic and two Protestant civilians were killed in a UVF gun attack on the Chlorane Bar on Gresham Street, Belfast.

5th June 1976: The UVF launched a gun and bomb attack on the Rock Bar near Keady. Gunmen shot a Catholic civilian in the street outside, then fired at customers through the windows and threw a nail bomb inside, but it only partially exploded. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang” – three RUC officers were convicted of carrying out the attack and a fourth was convicted for withholding knowledge about it.

5th June 1976: A Catholic civilian was killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at International Bar in Portaferry.

18th June 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning bomb at Conway’s Bar in Newtownabbey. A Catholic civilian was killed.

26th June 1976: A Catholic civilian was found stabbed-to-death off Brookvale Street, Belfast. His father said the man had once been an Official IRA sympathizer but had never joined the organization. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

2nd July 1976: Six civilians were killed in a UVF gun attack on Ramble Inn on the Antrim–Ballymena Road near Antrim. The pub was targeted because it was owned by Catholics. Five of the dead were Protestant and one was Catholic.

25th July 1976: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Ardress. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

29th July 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning bomb at Whitefort Inn on Andersonstown Road, Belfast. Three Catholic civilians were killed (one of whom died on the 8th of September 1976) and 30 were wounded.

2nd August 1976: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been hacked-to-death with a hatchet and his body dumped on Manor Street.

16th August 1976: The UVF exploded a no-warning car bomb outside the Step Inn in Keady. Two Catholic civilians were killed and 22 were wounded. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

18th August 1976: The UFF shot dead a UVF member and left his body on Flush Road, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

11th October 1976: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his farm in Cornascriebe near Portadown.

9th October 1976: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death and on fire in Ballymena. He was left sixty yard from the shop where a Protestant civilian had died in a firebomb attack earlier that day. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

13th October 1976: The UVF shot dead a Scottish man and left his body on Hemsworth Street, Belfast.

17th October 1976: A Catholic civilian was found shot and beaten on Richmond Street, Belfast. He had been in a pub with links to loyalist paramilitaries. Detectives said his Fermanagh accent may have drawn attention and a witness said the murder was purely sectarian.

28th October 1976: The “Red Hand Commando” and “Ulster Freedom Fighters” claimed responsibility for killing former Sinn Féin vice-president Máire Drumm. She was shot dead by gunmen dressed as doctors in Mater Hospital, Belfast. She had retired a short time before her killing and had been in the hospital for an operation. A UVF member ( who was formerly a soldier), who worked as a security officer at the hospital, was among a number of men jailed.

30th October 1976: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been beaten, shot, and his body dumped on Forthriver Road.

30th October 1976: The UVF kidnapped and shot dead two Catholic civilians in Belfast. Their bodies were found on Glenbank Place.

5th November 1976: The UVF shot a 15-year-old Catholic civilian as she stood outside a friend’s home on Newington Street, Belfast. She died the following day. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

6th November 1976: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian outside his workplace, a pub in Whiteabbey.

6th December 1976: The UVF launched a gun attack on a Catholic-owned house at Mountainview Gardens, Belfast. Gunmen knocked at the door and, as a 14-year-old girl peered through the blinds, they opened fire. She died on the 8th of December 1976. The house was in a mixed area.

20th December 1976: The UVF killed a suspected UDA member on Forthriver Road, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

1977

31st January 1977: The UVF beat-to-death a UDA member on Adela Street, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

3rd February 1977: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been beaten, his throat slashed, and his body dumped on Forthriver Road.

25th February 1977: The UVF shot dead a Catholic RUC officer outside the RUC base in Cushendall. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang”.

27th February 1977: Two UVF members died when their bomb prematurely exploded on Exchange Street, Belfast.

7th March 1977: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Craigavon.

25th March 1977: A civilian from County Monaghan was killed by a UVF booby-trap bomb on his minibus in Greenisland.

30th March 1977: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He had been shot, his throat slashed, and his body dumped in Highfern Gardens.

10th April 1977: The “Shankill Butchers” exploded a bomb during a republican parade on Beechmount Avenue, Belfast. It killed a ten-year-old boy.

19th April 1977: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his shop in Ahoghill. The attack has been linked to the “Glenanne gang” and two RUC Special Patrol Group officers were later convicted for taking part.

20th April 1977: Two Catholic civilians were killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at the funeral of a Provisional IRA volunteer on Etna Drive, Belfast.

23rd April 1977: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian outside Legahory Inn, Craigavon.

3rd May 19077: The United Unionist Action Council (UUAC) strike began. Loyalist paramilitaries forcibly tried to stop many people going to work and to close any businesses that had opened.

10th May 1977: An off-duty British Army UDR soldier was killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at a petrol station on Crumlin Road, Belfast. It was attacked for staying open during the loyalist strike.

10th May 1977: The “Shankill Butchers” kidnapped and tortured a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He was found in an alleyway off the Shankill Road after the gang had beaten and stabbed him, and slashed his wrists.
13th May 1977: The UUAC strike ended. The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) reported that 3 people had been killed, 41 RUC officers injured, and 115 people charged with offences committed during the strike.

1978

11th February 1978: Two Catholic civilians were killed when the UVF exploded a bomb at their home on Oldpark Avenue, Belfast.

8th March 1978: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead an Irish National Liberation Army volunteer and a Catholic civilian in Portadown.

14th April 1978: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at his home in Rathcoole.

17th June 1978: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death on a rubbish tip off Glencairn Road, Belfast. A detective said the motive was sectarian. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

8th September 1978: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian in Lawnbrook Social Club, Belfast.

1979

17th February 1979: The UVF bombed two pubs frequented by Catholics in Glasgow, Scotland. Both pubs were wrecked and a number of people were wounded. It claimed the pubs were used for republican fundraising. In June, nine UVF members were convicted of the attacks.

20th February 1979: Eleven members of the UVF known as the “Shankill Butchers” were sentenced to life in prison for 19 murders. The infamous group was named for their practice of torturing and mutilating their victims with butcher’s knives.

20th June 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Bombay Street, Belfast.

28th July 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Obins Street, Portadown.

28th August 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Ashton Street, Belfast.

1st September 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in a shop on Antrim Road, Belfast.

12th September 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Springfield Road, Belfast.

3rd October 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at her home on Rodney Drive, Belfast.

5th October 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian near his home in Camlough.

6th October 1979: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at the junction of Laganbank Road and Albertbridge Road, Belfast.

1980

2nd February 1980: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Rugby Avenue, Belfast.

29th February 1980: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Clonard Street, Belfast.

2nd April 1980: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Leoville Avenue, Belfast.

30th December 1980: The “Loyalist Prisoners Action Force” (believed to be a UVF covername) claimed responsibility for shooting dead an off-duty Prison Officer in Knocknagoney Park, Belfast.

1981

23rd February 1981: The UVF shot dead a Provisional IRA volunteer at his home on Rodney Drive, Belfast.

19th September 1981: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

15th October 1981: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at her home on Stewart Street, Belfast.

14th November 1981: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Oldpark Avenue, Belfast.

15th November 1981: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Thompson Street, Belfast.

17th November 1981: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in Lurgan.

1982

5th May 1982: The UVF stabbed and shot dead a Protestant civilian during a robbery of her post office in Killinchy.

12th May 1982: A Catholic civilian was killed in a UVF gun attack on a Catholic-owned shop on Antrim Road, Belfast.

16th July 1982: Lenny Murphy (leader of the “Shankill Butchers”) was released from prison.

17th July 1982: Members of the “Shankill Butchers” beat-to-death a Protestant civilian with a learning disability at a Loyalist club. They dumped his body on waste ground near Alliance Road, Belfast.

5th September 1982: The UVF shot dead one of its own members on Crimea Street, Belfast. Internal dispute.

30th September: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in a petrol station on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

22nd October: Lenny Murphy (leader of the “Shankill Butchers”) and another UVF man kidnapped, tortured and killed a Catholic civilian in Belfast. His mutilated body was found behind a house on Brookmount Street nearly three days later.

24th October 1982: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for killing a Catholic civilian in Belfast. He was kidnapped and beaten-to-death in an alley off Brookmount Street.

25th October 1982: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead civilian Sinn Féin member Peter Corrigan in Armagh.

16th November 1982: The Provisional IRA shot dead Lenny Murphy (leader of the “Shankill Butchers”) on Forthriver Park, Belfast.

20th November 1982: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian in Dundonald. This was claimed as retaliation for the killing of Lenny Murphy, one of the “Shankill Butchers”. It vowed to kill another three Catholics to avenge his death.

1983

16th March 1983: A UVF member was shot dead by the RUC while driving a stolen car on Elmwood Avenue, Belfast.

11th April 1983: In a ‘supergrass’ trial in Belfast, 14 UVF members were jailed for a total of 200 years. Their convictions were quashed on the 24th of December 1984.

23rd April 1983: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for exploding bomb in the Hole-in-the-Wall pub in Belfast, which was frequented by Catholics. There were no injuries.

30th April 1983: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian in a robbery of a school on Pirrie Park, Belfast.

26th May 1983: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian while he delivered milk on Elimgrove Street, Belfast.

29th October 1983: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead civilian Workers’ Party member David Nocher on Mill Road, Belfast.

8th November 1983: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian in Armagh. In 1986, four members of the British Army’s Ulster Defence Regiment – the “UDR Four” – were convicted of the murder.

24th November 1983: A Protestant civilian was found shot dead at a building site in Broughshane. He had been kidnapped by the UVF in September 1982.

25th November 1983: A Catholic civilian was beaten-to-death on Old Portadown Road in Lurgan after leaving an Irish National Foresters hall. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

5th December 1983: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) volunteer in Newtownabbey.

1984

27th January 1984: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in Lurgan.

12th April 1984: The UVF planted a time bomb on the windowsill of a Catholic-owned house on University Street, Belfast. A Catholic civilian was killed along with an RUC officer who had come to investigate.

17th May 1984: The UVF shot and wounded Jim Campbell, then Northern editor of the Sunday World newspaper, at his home in north Belfast.

9th July 1984: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in the Millfield area of Belfast.

31st October 1984: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Mountainview Drive, Belfast.

23rd November 1984: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead civilian Sinn Féin member William McLaughlin in Newtownabbey.

1985

18th February 1985: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian and left his body in a rubbish dump on Ballygomartin Road, Belfast.

1st June: The UVF shot dead one of its own members at Annadale Flats, Belfast. Internal dispute.

1986

14th January 1986: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at a Working Men’s Club in Ligoniel, Belfast.

31st January 1986: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Bawnmore Park, Belfast.

15th March 1986: The UVF beat-to-death a Catholic civilian behind a school on Ballysillan Road, Belfast.

7th May 1986: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at her home on Kilcoole Gardens, Belfast. Her Catholic husband was the intended target.

10th July 1986: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian on Snugville Street, Belfast.

14th July 1986: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian in Ligoniel, Belfast.

19th July 1986: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian on Antrim Road, Belfast.

28th August 1986: A Protestant civilian was found shot dead on waste ground behind Boys’ Model School, off Ballysillan Road, Belfast. He was killed by the UVF, allegedly because it believed he was an informer.

14th September 1986: The Provisional IRA shot dead UVF member John Bingham at his home on Ballysillan Crescent, Belfast.

16th September 1986: A number of Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians attended the funeral of leading UVF member John Bingham.

16th September 1986: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian in the grounds of Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church on Crumlin Road, Belfast. his was claimed as retaliation for the killing of UVF member John Bingham two days before.

17th September 1986: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian in Smithfield, Belfast.

1987

11th February 1987: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian in Ballybogy.

2th April 1987: The UVF shot dead a Provisional IRA volunteer at his home in Ardoyne, Belfast.

3rd April 1987: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian in a robbery on York Road, Belfast.

28th April 1987: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member as he stood outside the Progressive Unionist Party office on Shankill Road, Belfast.

7th May 1987: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

25th June 1987: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Springfield Road, Belfast.

30th June 1987: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Wheatfield Drive, Belfast. He was living with a Protestant woman and her children.

1988

15th January 1988: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Upper Meadow Street, Belfast.

15th May 1988: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for a gun attack on Avenue Bar, Union Street, Belfast. Three Catholic civilians were killed.

12th June 1988: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian outside his friend’s home on Cavehill Road, Belfast. He worked for the Department of Environment and had been following his usual Sunday routine.

15th June 1988: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member at his shop on Woodstock Road, Belfast.

25th July 1988: The UVF shot dead a Provisional IRA volunteer at his home on Friendly Way, Belfast.

8th August 1988: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead two Catholic civilians in Belfast.

10th August 1988: The UVF shot dead one of its own members and left his body in a field near Coleraine. Internal dispute.

17th August 1988: The INLA shot dead an ex-UVF member at his shop on Shankill Road, Belfast.

18th August 1988: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Cliftonville Road, Belfast.

24th November 1988: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in Coagh. He was at the home of his brother, who was a Sinn Féin member.

1989

18th January 1989: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace in Smithfield, Belfast.

9th February 1989: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in Smithfield, Belfast.

14th February 1989: The UVF shot dead civilian Sinn Féin member John Davey at his home in Gulladuff.

10th March 1989: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian security guard outside Orient Bar on Springfield Road, Belfast.

16th March 1989: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member at his home on Skegoneill Avenue, Belfast.

17th March 1989: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Glengormley.

19th March 1989: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Alliance Avenue, Belfast.

4th April 1989: The UVF shot dead Provisional IRA volunteer Gerard Casey at his home in Rosnashane near Rasharkin. It is alleged by the Provisional IRA and Father Raymond Murray that the security forces were involved in the killing.

19th April 1989: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at Victoria Park/Park Avenue in Belfast. He was a nephew of loyalist supergrass Joe Bennett.

15th May 1989: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in Rathcoole.

23rd July 1989: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Fallswater Street, Belfast. It claimed he was a well-known republican activist.

2nd September 1989: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian on Crumlin Road, Belfast. Immediately afterward, one of the UVF men was shot dead by the British Army.

29th November 1989: A Provisional IRA volunteer and a Catholic civilian were killed in a UVF gun attack on Battery Bar in Moortown.

1990

7th January 1990: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian taxi driver. He was found dead in his car at Aghacommon, near Lurgan.

7th March 1990: The UVF shot dead a former Provisional IRA volunteer in Lurgan.

4th April 1990: The UVF shot dead a former Provisional IRA volunteer in Rathcoole.

25th April 1990: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at Limehill Grove, Belfast. They believed he was a Catholic.

4th June 1990: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Annaghmore.

6th October 1990: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at Oxford Island, County Armagh.

23rd October 1990: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member outside Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.

24th October 1990: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian taxi driver near Moy, County Tyrone. This was claimed as retaliation for the killing of Protestant taxi driver in Belfast.

26th October 1990: The UVF shot dead Sinn Féin member Thomas Casey at his home in Kildress.

7th November 1990: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Spamount Street, Belfast.

8th November 1990: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace in Stewartstown.

29th November 1990: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace on Duncairn Gardens, Belfast.

1991
5th January 1991: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Magheralin.

24th February 1991: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Bawnmore Park, Belfast.

3rd March 1991: The UVF shot dead three Provisional IRA volunteers and a Catholic civilian outside Boyle’s Bar in Cappagh. The volunteers arrived in a car as a UVF gang waited in ambush. The UVF fired at the car (killing the volunteers) then fired through the window of the pub (killing the civilian).

4th March 1991: The UVF shot dead a Catholic taxi driver in his car on Heather Street, Belfast.

18th March 1991: A Catholic civilian was found stabbed-to-death behind a leisure centre at Warren Park, Lisburn. He had been stabbed 62 times. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

28th March 1991: The “Protestant Action Force” claimed responsibility for shooting dead three Catholic civilians in an attack on a mobile shop in Craigavon. This was claimed as retaliation for the alleged shooting and wounding of a Protestant woman.

29th April 1991 The Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) (acting on behalf of all loyalist paramilitaries) announced a ceasefire lasting until 4 July. This was to coincide with political talks between the four main parties (the Brooke-Mayhew talks).

19th July 1991: The UVF shot dead a Catholic taxi driver in his car on Divis Street, Belfast.

10th August 1991: The “Loyalist Retaliation and Defence Group” (believed to be a UVF or RHC covername) claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his shop on Donegall Road, Belfast. It was targeted for selling republican newsletter An Phoblacht.

16th August 1991: The UVF shot dead an Irish People’s Liberation Organisation (IPLO) member at his home on Ardmoulin Terrace, Belfast.

24th August 1991: The UVF beat-to-death a Catholic civilian and left his body in the River Lagan by Queen’s Road, Lisburn.

10th September 1991: The Provisional IRA shot dead a UVF member at his home on Donegall Road, Belfast.

13th September 1991: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Ligoniel Road, Belfast.

28th September 1991: The “Loyalist Retaliation and Defence Group” (believed to be a UVF or RHC covername) claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his shop on St James Road, Belfast. It was targeted for selling republican newsletter An Phoblacht.

13th October 1991: The UVF shot dead a former Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) volunteer on Ormeau Road, Belfast.

25th October 1991: The UVF shot dead a former Provisional IRA volunteer at his home in Pomeroy.

14th November 1991: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians and a Protestant civilian at the Carbet Road-Carn Road junction near Craigavon. The men were shot in their car after being stopped at an illegal UVF checkpoint. The UVF later apologised for killing the Protestant man.

24th November 1991: A UVF prisoner was killed when the Provisional IRA exploded a bomb in a dining hall of Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast.

1992

3rd January 1992: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their shop in Moy.

24th February 1992: The UVF stabbed-to-death a Catholic civilian and left her body on Ballarat Street, Belfast.

4th March 1992: A UVF sniper shot dead a Catholic civilian while driving his lorry in Cornascriebe, near Portadown.

29th March 1992: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Bann Street, Portadown.

1st April 1992: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian at his home in Lurgan. It claimed he was an informer.

29th April 1992: The UVF shot dead an Irish People’s Liberation Organisation (IPLO) member at his workplace on Conneywarren Lane, Belfast.

13th May 1992: The UVF shot a Catholic workman in north Belfast. It may have been a case of mistaken identity.

5th July 1992: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death on North Howard Street, Belfast. The court heard that two rival groups of men had been taunting each other in the area. It is believed UVF members were responsible.

5th September 1992: The UVF shot dead a Protestant civilian on Solway Street, Belfast. It claimed he was a criminal.

7th September 1992: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their home near Moy.

9th October 1992: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Protestant civilian on Mersey Street, Belfast. It claimed he was an informer.

16th October 1992: The UVF shot dead civilian Sinn Féin member Sheena Campbell in York Hotel, Belfast.

19th November 1992: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian in a gun attack on Thierafurth Inn, Kilcoo.

20th November 1992: A Catholic workman was hurt by a UVF bomb at a building site in Coleraine.

13th December 1992: The UVF fired a rocket at Crumlin Road Prison in Belfast. It was aimed at the canteen used by republican prisoners, but missed its target.[160]

20th December 1992: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Upper Crumlin Road, Belfast.

1993

1st January 1993: The “Red Hand Commando” claimed responsibility for shooting two Catholic civilians on Manor Street, Belfast. The two men were cleaning a car when they were shot at from a passing vehicle. The RHC claimed it was retaliation for the killing of a British soldier in the area two days before.

3rd January 1993: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their shop in Lisnagleer near Dungannon. Patrick Shields, killed with his son Diarmuid, was said by the writer Ed Moloney to have been a member of the IRA in the 1970s, but had long since left.[165] A month later, Diarmuid Shields’ girlfriend committed suicide because she was unable to come to terms with his death.

17th January 1993: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at a house on Shore Road, Belfast.

28th January 1993: A Catholic civilian was killed by a UVF booby-trap bomb in a house he was renovating at Kildress. The owner of the house was the intended target.

2nd February 1993: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Ballyronan.

11th February 1993: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his home on Derrymagown Road near Loughgall.

30th March 1993: The UVF planted a bomb under a car in the Rathenraw estate near Antrim. A British Army officer lost his hand while trying to defuse it.

30th May 1993: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Catholic civilian in Dundonald.

26th June 1993: Loyalists rioted when the RUC prevented an Orange Order march near a peace line in the Springfield area of Belfast. On Ainsworth Avenue, a UVF member was wounded when the grenade he was holding exploded prematurely. Eighteen people were wounded. He died three days later.

2nd July 1993: The UVF claimed responsibility for shooting a Sinn Féin election worker at Hollywell Hospital, Antrim. There was serious rioting in Belfast, Bangor and Lurgan after the funeral of UVF member Brian McCallum.

15th July 1993: The UVF issued a statement admitting sole responsibility for the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17th May 1974.

11th August 1993: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death on wasteground off Sherbrook Way, Belfast. He had suffered brain damage in a sectarian attack six years before. He was killed 700 yards from Mater Hospital with a brick and a plank with nails in it. It is believed the UVF was responsible.

25th August 1993: The “Red Hand Commando” announced that it would attack bars or hotels where Irish folk music is played.

1st September 1993: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace on Chadolly Street, Belfast.

1st September 1993: The UVF shot dead a prison officer at his home on Joanmount Park, Belfast. It threatened to kill more prison officers unless there were improvements in conditions for loyalist prisoners.

13th September 1993: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Catholic civilian in Carrowdore.

6th October 1993: The UVF planted a car bomb outside the Sinn Féin press center in west Belfast. It failed to explode.

12th October 1993: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian as he drove his van to work on Sydenham Road, Belfast. Four of his co-workers were hurt.

25th October 1993: The UVF claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his home in Newtownabbey. It stated that its members had spent over an hour interrogating him beforehand.

28th October 1993: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians at their home in Bleary.

24th November 1993: Weapons being shipped to the UVF were intercepted by British police at Teesport, England. It included 300 assault rifles, thousands of bullets, 4,400 pounds of explosives, and detonators, and had originated in Poland.

1994

25th January 1994: The UVF claimed responsibility for exploding a video cassette bomb at the home of a Catholic family in Lurgan. Two family members were hurt.

27th January 1994: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian and wounded his wife at their home in Ballymena.

1st February 1994: The UVF exploded a bomb at the home of a Catholic family in Portadown. An RUC officer was wounded.

3rd February 1994: The UVF fired shots at a minibus used by relatives of Republican prisoners in Belfast. The driver and a passerby were both wounded.

17thFebruary 1994: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead a Catholic civilian in a house on Skegoneill Avenue, Belfast.

11th March 1994: A Catholic civilian was killed when a UVF booby-trap bomb exploded under his lorry in Portadown.

7th April 1994: A Protestant woman was beaten and then shot dead by a group of men at a house on Donegal Avenue, Belfast. The men, who were members of the “Red Hand Commando”, assumed the woman was a Catholic.

12th April 1994: The UVF shot dead one of its own members, claiming he was involved in the killing of 7th April.

12th April 1994: The UVF and UDA issued a joint statement that they won’t stop their attacks until nationalists accept Northern Ireland’s position within the UK.

28th April 1994: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian, James Brown, in his shop on Garmoyle Street, Belfast. Former IRA member Gerry Bradley subsequently claimed in a book that in the 1970s Brown had been the second-in-command of the IRA in Belfast. His family have denied the allegation.

8th May 1994: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian at a house on Cullenramer Road, near Dungannon. It has been alleged her nephew was the target. Her nephew had served a jail sentence for possession of explosives. On the 27th of July 1994 a neighbour discovered in a nearby field two security force surveillance cameras pointing at the house. There were subsequent claims of collusion between the security forces and UVF, and an inquest was ordered in 2009.

16th May 1994: The UVF shot a Catholic deliveryman in the Woodvale area of north Belfast.

17th May 1994: The UVF shot dead two Catholic civilians on a building site on North Queen Street, Belfast.

18th May 1994: The UVF opened fire on a crowded taxi depot on Lower English Street, Armagh. Two Catholic civilians were killed.

21st May 1994: A UVF team shot dead Provisional IRA volunteer Martin Doherty as he attempted to prevent them from leaving The Widow Scallans Bar, Pearse Street, Dublin after they had planted a bomb which subsequently failed to detonate properly. A Sinn Féin meeting was taking place at the time. Another man was wounded in the attack.

23rd May 1994: The UVF exploded a bomb at the Sinn Féin office in Belfast City Hall. Two workmen were wounded.

9th June 1994: The UVF claimed responsibility for shooting dead a Catholic civilian at his workplace, Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast.

10th June 1994: The UVF claimed responsibility for bombing the home of a Catholic civilian in Armagh. She was the mother of a Sinn Féin councillor.

16th June 1994: Three UVF members were shot dead by the INLA on Shankill Road, Belfast.

17th June 1994: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian taxi driver in Carrickfergus.

17th June 1994: The UVF shot dead two Protestant civilians at a building site in Newtownabbey. They were believed to be Catholics.

18th June 1994: Loughinisland massacre – the UVF opened fire on a crowd gathered in the Heights bar in Loughinisland. Six Catholic civilians were killed and five were wounded. There have been allegations of security force collusion.

2nd August 1994: A meeting was held by representatives of the UVF and UFF. At that meeting it was decided that loyalist paramilitaries would continue attacking Catholic civilians regardless of any future Provisional IRA ceasefire.

5th August 1994: A Protestant civilian was found shot dead on Ballyhill Lane near Crumlin. The UVF were believed to be responsible.

7th August 1994: The UVF shot dead a Catholic civilian, who was pregnant, at her home in Greencastle, County Tyrone.

31st August 1994: The UVF kidnapped and shot dead a Catholic civilian in County Antrim. His body was found in a car off Old Ballynoe Road, near Antrim.

31st August 1994: The Provisional IRA announced a ceasefire.

4th September 1994: The UVF exploded a car bomb near a Sinn Féin office on Falls Road, Belfast.

12th September 1994: The UVF planted a 1.5 kg bomb on the Belfast–Dublin train. It partially exploded as the train neared Dublin Connolly railway station, wounding two people.

23rd September 1994: The UVF was blamed for trying to kill a republican in the Lower Falls area of Belfast.

13th October 1994: The Combined Loyalist Military Command (CLMC) issued a statement which announced a ceasefire on behalf of all loyalist paramilitaries. The statement noted that “The permanence of our cease-fire will be completely dependent upon the continued cessation of all nationalist/republican violence”.

1995

14th March 1995: Prison officers at Maze Prison carried out searches for “illicit material” which sparked rioting by 150 UVF prisoners.

28th September 1995: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead one of its own members in Bangor. Internal dispute.

1996

21st March 1996: The UVF shot dead one of its own members in Towers Tavern, Ballymena. Internal dispute.

7th July 1996: Members of a Portadown-based UVF unit shot dead a Catholic taxi driver and then burnt his car in Aghagallon. It was thought to be a response to the Drumcree parade dispute.

On 2nd August 1996, the UVF stood-down the “breakaway unit” that had killed the taxi driver. This unit, led by Billy Wright, would become the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF).

29th October 1996: The UVF shot dead one of its own members on Benview Avenue, Belfast. Internal dispute.

1997
3rd March 1997: A bomb was found outside a Sinn Féin office in Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. The bomb was defused by the Irish Army. It is thought UVF members were to blame.

18th May 1997: A Catholic civilian was found beaten-to-death on Mount Vernon Walk, Belfast. It is thought UVF members were to blame.

8th July 1997: Amid the Drumcree parade dispute, the UVF and UDA staged a joint “show of strength” which was recorded and broadcast by Ulster Television. They claimed that the display was intended to “reassure and calm Protestants”.

13th September 1997: Loyalists held a parade on Belfast’s Shankill Road with 70 bands taking part. Four UVF members appeared during the parade and posed with weapons before slipping away into the crowd.

26th September 1997: A UDA member was found beaten to death at Kiltonga Nature Reserve near Newtownards in County Down. He had been missing since the 19th of August 1997. It is thought he was killed by UVF members as part of a loyalist feud.

25th October 1997: A Protestant civilian was killed by a booby-trap bomb on his car as he drove through Bangor. It is thought to have been part of a loyalist feud.

9th November 1997: A Protestant civilian was found beaten-to-death in a quarry near Newtownabbey. It is thought he was killed by UVF members as part of a loyalist feud.

27th November 1997: Jackie Mahood, an ex-PUP politician, was shot and wounded at his taxi depot in north Belfast. It is thought he was killed by UVF members as part of a loyalist feud.

1998

3rd July 1998: The UVF shot dead one of its former members at his home in Bangor. Internal dispute.

12th July 1998: Jason (aged 8), Mark (aged 9) and Richard Quinn (aged 10) were burnt-to-death when loyalists firebombed their home in Ballymoney. The attack was likely a response to the Drumcree parade dispute. The boys’ mother was a Catholic and the house was in a mainly Protestant area. It is thought UVF members were to blame.

1999

17th March 1999: The UVF shot dead a member of the “Red Hand Commando”. Internal dispute.

2000

10th January 2000: The LVF shot dead a UVF member on Derrylettiff road near Portadown. He was also a member of the Orange Order. This was a loyalist feud.

19th February 2000: Two Protestant civilians were found stabbed to death on Druminure Road near Tandragee. It was revealed that the UVF were to blame and that the killings were part of a loyalist feud, although the victims had not been part of any paramilitary group.

26tgh May 2000: The LVF shot dead a UVF member at Silverstream Park, Belfast. Loyalist feud.

12th July 2000: The UDA shot dead a UVF member attending “Eleventh night” celebrations in Larne. This was a loyalist feud.

21st August 2000: The UVF shot dead two men one a UDA member and the other a UVF member sitting in a jeep on Crumlin Road, Belfast. This was a loyalist feud.

23rd August 2000: The UFF shot dead a UVF member on Summer Street, Belfast. This was a loyalist feud.

28th October 2000: The UVF shot dead a UDA member on Mountcollyer Street, Belfast. This was a loyalist feud.

31st October 2000: The UDA shot dead a Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) member on Canning Street, Belfast. This was a loyalist feud.

31st October 2000: The UVF shot dead a Tommy English, a UDA member, in Newtownabbey. This was a loyalist feud.

1st November 2000: The UDA shot dead a UVF member in Newtownabbey. This was a loyalist feud.

15th December 2000: The UVF and UDA issued a statement to announce an “open-ended and all-encompassing cessation of hostilities”. This marked the end of the loyalist feud which had begun in the July.

2001
14th March 2001: The UVF shot dead an LVF member in Conlig. This was a loyalist feud.

11th April 2001: The LVF shot dead a UVF member in Tandragee. He was also a member of the Orange Order.  This was a loyalist feud.

2002

13th September 2002: The “Red Hand Commando” shot dead an LVF member in Newtownards. This was a loyalist feud.

2003

8th May 2003: A member of the “Red Hand Commando” was shot dead in Crawfordsburn. This was a loyalist feud.

8th November 2003: A Protestant man died a few hours after being shot in a UVF “punishment attack” in Ballyclare.

2004

18th May 2004: The UVF shot dead an LVF member on Alanbrooke Road, Belfast. This was a loyalist feud.

2005

1st July 2005: The UVF shot dead a Protestant man in his lorry on Lower Newtownards Road, Belfast. Also believed to be part of a loyalist feud.

11th July 2005: The UVF shot dead a Protestant man at Dhu Varren Park, Belfast. Also believed to be part of a loyalist feud.

31st July 2005: The UVF shot dead a Protestant man on Wheatfield Crescent, Belfast. Also believed to be part of a loyalist feud.

15th August 2005: The UVF shot dead a Protestant man on Sandy Row, Belfast. Also believed to be part of a loyalist feud.

2007

3rd May 2007: The UVF and Red Hand Commando issued a statement declaring an end to its armed campaign. The statement noted that they would retain their weapons but put them “beyond reach”.

2009

27th June 2009: The UVF and Red Hand Commando state that all of their weapons and explosives have been decommissioned and put “totally and irreversibly beyond use”.

2010

28th May 2010: Bobby Moffet, who had links with the UVF and RHC, was shot dead by two gunmen on the Shankill Road in Belfast on a busy Friday afternoon. The Independent Monitoring Commission (IMC) claimed that the UVF were responsible for the killing. It is thought that Moffet was in a personal feud with a leading UVF member in west Belfast. The IMC concluded that the murder did not violate the UVF ceasefire but put their 2009 claims of weapons decommissioning under scrutiny.

2011

20th–22nd June: 2011 Northern Ireland riots: The East Belfast UVF were blamed by the PSNI for orchestrating attacks on Catholic homes in the nationalist Short Strand enclave in East Belfast. Alleged UVF members fired five gunshots at suspected republicans in Short Strand, who fired back.

2012

6th January 2012: UVF members were blamed for assaulting and seriously injuring a Catholic teenager involved in the making of a film in South Belfast.

18th February 2012: Suspected UDA members were blamed for attempting to shoot dead the East Belfast UVF leader Stephen ‘Mackers’ Matthews in a row over his involvement in the drugs trade.

9th March: 2012 East Belfast UVF members were blamed for exploding two bombs on the property of a man they had given death threats to in East Belfast. No one was injured. The leader of the East Belfast UVF was arrested in connection with the incident.

2nd–4th September: 2012 North Belfast riots: The PSNI claimed that UVF members took part in the nights of violence between loyalists and nationalists which left over 60 PSNI officers injured.

10th October 2012: Prosecutors revealed that 26 incidents—including death threats, criminal damage, assaults, and discharge of firerarms—in the Ballycraigy estate were linked to a new loyalist feud between UVF and LVF members.

3rd December-: 2012-2013 Northern Ireland protests – In the aftermath of a vote to fly the Union flag only on designated days at Belfast City Hall. The UVF were blamed for playing a large role in the weeks of violence following the decision in Belfast and across Northern Ireland, targeting PSNI officers, Catholic homes in East Belfast (East Belfast UVF blamed) and Alliance Party offices. Leaving over 150 PSNI officers injured in riots across Northern Ireland, and the riots continued into the January of 2013.

2013

20th May 2013: The National Union of Journalists revealed that the UVF issued death threats to two journalists from Northern Ireland, and a third from the Republic of Ireland after they had written an article about a UVF controlled drinking den in South Belfast where a young Catholic woman and her Protestant friends were beaten up. The death threats were condemned by the PUP.

3rd October 2013: The policing board announced that the UVF was still heavily involved in gangsterism despite its ceasefire. Assistant chief constable Drew Harris in a statement said “The UVF are subject to an organized crime investigation as an organized crime group. The UVF very clearly have involvement in drug dealing, all forms of gangsterism, serious assaults, intimidation of the community.”  The announcement came one month after the UVF were blamed for seriously wounding a 24 year old care worker in East Belfast after shooting her five times.

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