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During the mid-1970s, the most violent decade of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the monitoring of the border between south County Armagh and the Republic of Ireland by the British Army was carried out from several static observation posts (OPs). The main goal of these OPs was to prevent attacks launched from beyond the border. These part-time manned positions were highly vulnerable to attack, as proved by a 1974 bomb attack which claimed the lives of two Royal Marines at the outpost of Drummuckavall.

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rdfs:label
  • Drummuckavall Ambush
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  • During the mid-1970s, the most violent decade of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the monitoring of the border between south County Armagh and the Republic of Ireland by the British Army was carried out from several static observation posts (OPs). The main goal of these OPs was to prevent attacks launched from beyond the border. These part-time manned positions were highly vulnerable to attack, as proved by a 1974 bomb attack which claimed the lives of two Royal Marines at the outpost of Drummuckavall.
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Strength
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • Up to 12 IRA members
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dbkwik:military/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
Partof
Date
  • 1975-11-22(xsd:date)
Commander
  • Unknown
  • Lance Corporal Paul Johnson
map size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Casualties
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • 3(xsd:integer)
  • None
Result
  • IRA success
  • SAS deployed to Northern Ireland
combatant
Latitude
  • 54(xsd:double)
map marksize
  • 5(xsd:integer)
map type
  • Northern Ireland
Place
  • Drummuckavall, County Armagh
Longitude
  • -6(xsd:double)
map relief
  • yes
Conflict
  • Drummuckavall Ambush
abstract
  • During the mid-1970s, the most violent decade of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the monitoring of the border between south County Armagh and the Republic of Ireland by the British Army was carried out from several static observation posts (OPs). The main goal of these OPs was to prevent attacks launched from beyond the border. These part-time manned positions were highly vulnerable to attack, as proved by a 1974 bomb attack which claimed the lives of two Royal Marines at the outpost of Drummuckavall. It was not until 1986, when the first surveillance watchtowers were erected in operations Condor and Magistrate that the British Army tried to regain the initiative in the region from the IRA. The intelligence and control over the area relied until then, and for a lapse of ten years, mostly on mobile posts comprising small uncovered infantry sections.
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