Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Operation Conservation
Operation Conservation in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Eric Jones — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Operation Conservation 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
Operation Conservation was an attempt by the British Army to ambush a large Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Armagh. The action took place on 6 May 1990 but was thwarted by the South Armagh Brigade of the IRA.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 54.1321, -6.5825
Sources
- wikidata: Q7096921 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Operation Conservation (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Operation Conservation?
- Operation Conservation is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.1321°, -6.5825°.