The Troubles in Rosslea

The Troubles in Rosslea recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

Notable incidents in Rosslea during the Troubles, or ones resulting in two or more fatalities:

1972

1980

  • 11 February 1980 - Joseph Rose (21) and Winston Howe (35), both members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed in an IRA land mine attack on their mobile patrol on Lisnaskea Road, near Rosslea.

1986

1989

  • 13 December 1989 - Michael Paterson (21) and James Houston (23), both members of the British Army, were killed in an IRA gun, grenade and bomb attack on the permanent British Army vehicle checkpoint at Derryard, near Rosslea.

References

  1. Urban, Mark (1993). Big Boys' Rules: SAS and the Secret Struggle Against the IRA. Faber and Faber. pp. 218–219. ISBN 0-571-16809-4.
  2. Tírghrá. National Commemoration Centre. 2002. p. 278. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2.


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