Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Ballygawley bus bombing
In or near Garvaghey.
Ballygawley bus bombing in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ballygawley bus bombing is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
On 20 August 1988, a roadside bomb attack was carried out by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on a bus carrying British soldiers in Northern Ireland. It occurred in the townland of Curr near Ballygawley, County Tyrone. The attack killed eight soldiers and wounded 28. In the wake of the bombing, the British Army began ferrying its troops in and out of County Tyrone by helicopter.
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Background
History
The Irish Times reported that "This stretch of road has been a favourite ambush spot for successive generations of IRA men since the 1920s". The Provisional IRA had been attacking British Army patrols and convoys with roadside bombs regularly since the beginning of the Troubles in the early 1970s. Most of these attacks took place in rural parts of Northern Ireland; especially eastern and southern County Tyrone (where the IRA's Tyrone Brigade was active) and southern County Armagh (heartland of the South Armagh Brigade). In August 1979, the IRA ambushed a British Army convoy with two large roadside bombs near Warrenpoint, killing eighteen soldiers. This was the deadliest attack on the…
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- Coordinates
- 54.5036, -7.1672
- District
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Postcode
- BT79 0RD
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Tyrone
Sources
- wikidata: Q4852130 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ballygawley bus bombing (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ballygawley bus bombing?
- Ballygawley bus bombing is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT79 0RD).
- What is Ballygawley bus bombing?
- Ballygawley bus bombing in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Ballygawley bus bombing?
- Drivers can use postcode BT79 0RD.
- Is Ballygawley bus bombing free to visit?
- Yes, Ballygawley bus bombing is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ballygawley bus bombing?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT79 0RD. It sits within the West Tyrone parliamentary constituency.