The Troubles in Poyntzpass

The Troubles in Poyntzpass recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Poyntzpass, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Incidents in Poyntzpass during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:

1998

  • 3 March 1998 - Damian Trainor (26), Catholic and Philip Allen (34), Protestant, both civilians, were shot dead during a Loyalist Volunteer Force gun attack on the Railway Bar, Poyntzpass (According to news sources, Trainor had just asked Allen to be Best Man at his wedding).

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