List of people killed during The Troubles (1969–1998)

At least 3,489 people were killed during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and continental Europe, between 1969 and 1998.^[1]

1969

Name	Date of death	Age	Religious affiliation	Status	Location of injury	Perpetrator	Notes^[2]
Francis McCloskey	14 July 1969	67	Catholic	Civilian	Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Died after being hit on the head by a baton during unrest the previous day.
Samuel DeVenney	17 July 1969	42	Catholic	Civilian	William Street, Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Died after being beaten in his home on April 19, 1969.
John Gallagher	14 August 1969	30	Catholic	Civilian	Cathedral Road, Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland	Ulster Special Constabulary	Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
Patrick Rooney	14 August 1969	9	Catholic	Civilian	Divis Flats, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Shot while in his home; The RUC responded to gunfire by firing into nearby flats where they believed shots were fired from during the 1969 Northern Ireland riots.^[3]
Herbert Roy	15 August 1969	26	Protestant	Civilian	Corner of Divis and Dover Streets, Lower Falls, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Unknown Republican Rioter	Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
Hugh McCabe	15 August 1969	20	Catholic	British Army (on leave)	Whitehall Block, Divis Flats, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Shot by police marksmen on roof, where rioters had gathered during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
Samuel McLarnon	15 August 1969	27	Catholic	Civilian	Herbert Street, Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
Michael Lynch	15 August 1969	28	Catholic	Civilian	Butler Street, Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
Gerald McAuley	15 August 1969	15	Catholic	Fianna Éireann	Bombay Street, Falls, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Unknown Loyalist Rioter	Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
David Linton	15 August 1969	48	Protestant	Civilian	Junction of Palmer Street and Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Unknown Republican Rioter	Shot during 1969 Northern Ireland riots.
John Todd	8 September 1969	29	Protestant	Civilian	Alloa Street, Lower Oldpark, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Unknown Republican Rioter	Shot during unrest.
George Dickie	11 October 1969	25	Protestant	Civilian	Shankill Road and Downing Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland	British Army	Shot during unrest.
Herbert Hawe	11 October 1969	32	Protestant	Civilian	Hopeton Street, Shankill, Belfast, Northern Ireland	British Army	Shot during unrest.
Victor Arbuckle	11 October 1969	29	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Shankill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Unknown Loyalist Rioter	Shot during unrest.
Thomas McDowell	21 October 1969	45	Protestant	Ulster Volunteer Force	Hydroelectric power station near Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland	Ulster Volunteer Force	Died 2 days after being injured by premature explosion at hydroelectric power station.
Patrick Corry	1 December 1969	61	Catholic	Civilian	Unity Flats, off Upper Library Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Died after being hit with a baton on 2 August 1969.

1970

Name	Date of death	Age	Religious affiliation	Status	Location of injury	Perpetrator	Notes^[4]
Richard Fallon	3 April 1970	42	Unknown	Garda Síochána	Bank of Ireland, Arran Quay, Dublin, Ireland	Saor Éire	Police officer killed during armed robbery by Republican group.
Thomas McCool	26 June 1970	40	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device.
Bernadette McCool	26 June 1970	9	Catholic	Civilian	Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device.
Carol Ann McCool	26 June 1970	4	Catholic	Civilian	Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device.
Joseph Coyle	26 June 1970	40	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device.
William Kincaid	27 June 1970	28	Protestant	Civilian	Disraeli Street, off Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Riot after Orange Order march turns into gun battle.
Daniel Loughins	27 June 1970	32	Protestant	Civilian	Palmer Street, off Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Riot after Orange Order march turns into gun battle.
William Kincaid	27 June 1970	18	Protestant	Civilian	Disraeli Street, off Crumlin Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Riot after Orange Order march turns into gun battle.
Robert Neill	27 June 1970	38	Protestant	Civilian	Junction of Central Street and Newtownards Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot during Battle of St Matthew's.
James McCurrie	27 June 1970	34	Protestant	Civilian	Beechfield Street, Short Strand, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot during Battle of St Matthew's.
Henry McIlhone	29 June 1970	33	Catholic	Civilian	Grounds of St Matthew's Church, Short Strand, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died 2 days after being shot during Battle of St Matthew's.
Thomas Reid	3 July 1970	46	Protestant	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	Unknown	Died 6 days after being hit on the head by missile thrown from a crowd during street disturbances.
Charles O'Neill	3 July 1970	36	Catholic	Civilian	Falls Road, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	Knocked down by Armoured Personnel Carrier during Falls Curfew.
William Burns	3 July 1970	54	Catholic	Civilian	Falls Road, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	Shot at front door of his home during Falls Curfew.
Zbigniew Uglik	4 July 1970	23	Unknown	Civilian	Albert Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	English visitor of Polish heritage shot at the rear of a house during Falls Curfew.
Thomas Carlin	8 July 1970	55	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Dunree Gardens, Creggan, Derry, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed during premature explosion of incendiary device on 26 June 1970.
Patrick Elliman	10 July 1970	62	Catholic	Civilian	Marchioness Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	Died a week after he walked to the end of the street in his night clothes for a "breath of fresh air" before being shot and taken away in an ambulance during Falls Curfew. It was searched and re-routed by the British Army, causing it to take thirty minutes to reach the Royal Victoria Hospital a few hundred yards away.^[5]
Daniel O'Hagan	31 July 1970	19	Catholic	Civilian	New Lodge Road, Belfast	British Army	Shot during unrest.
Donaldson Samuel	12 August 1970	23	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Lissaraw, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died one day after being injured by booby trap bomb attached to abandoned car. See: 1970 Crossmaglen bombing.
Robert Millar	12 August 1970	26	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Lissaraw, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died one day after being injured by booby trap bomb attached to abandoned car. See: 1970 Crossmaglen bombing.
Michael Kane	4 September 1970	35	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Electricity transformer, New Forge Lane, Malone, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed during premature explosion.
David Murray	30 September 1970	49	Protestant	Civilian	Wilton Street, Shankill, Belfast	Non-specific Loyalist group	Shot at his home.
Liam Walsh	13 October 1970	35	Unknown	Saor Éire	Rear of McKee Irish Army base, off Blackhorse Avenue, Dublin, Ireland	Saor Éire	Died in premature bomb explosion on railway embankment.
Arthur McKenna	16 November 1970	35	Catholic	Civilian	Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while repairing car. Alleged a criminal.
Alexander McVicker	16 November 1970	35	Catholic	Civilian	Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while repairing car. Allegedly a criminal.
Andrew Jardin	23 December 1970	65	Protestant	Civilian	White Gables, Hannahstown, Belfast	Unknown	Shot at his home

1971

Name	Date of death	Age	Religious affiliation	Status	Location of injury	Perpetrator	Notes^[6]
John Kavanagh	27 January 1971	28	Catholic	Civilian	Blackstaff River, off Roden Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Found Shot
Bernard Watt	06 February 1971	28	Catholic	Civilian	Chatham Street, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
James Saunders	06 February 1971	22	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Louisa Street, off Oldpark Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	British Army	Shot during gun battle
Robert Curtis	06 February 1971	20	Unknown	British Army	New Lodge Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on foot patrol
Albert Bell	07 February 1971	25	Protestant	Civilian	Belfast to Crumlin Road, Ballyhill, near Belfast, Northern Ireland	Unknown	Found shot by side of road
John Eakins	09 February 1971	52	Protestant	Civilian	Brougher Mountain, near Trillick, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed while travelling in Landrover, which detonated landmine on track. British Army mobile patrol intended target
Harry Edgar	09 February 1971	26	Protestant	Civilian	Brougher Mountain, near Trillick, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed while travelling in Landrover, which detonated landmine on track. British Army mobile patrol intended target
David Henson	09 February 1971	24	Unknown	Civilian	Brougher Mountain, near Trillick, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed while travelling in Landrover, which detonated landmine on track. British Army mobile patrol intended target
George Beck	09 February 1971	43	Protestant	Civilian	Brougher Mountain, near Trillick, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed while travelling in Landrover, which detonated landmine on track. British Army mobile patrol intended target
John Laurie	15 February 1971	22	Unknown	British Army	Crumlin Road, Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died seven days after being shot by sniper while on mobile patrol
Cecil Patterson	26 February 1971	45	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Etna Drive, Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on Royal Ulster Constabulary mobile patrol
Robert Buckley	26 February 1971	30	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Etna Drive, Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on Royal Ulster Constabulary mobile patrol
William Jolliffe	28 February 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	Westland Street, Bogside, Derry	Unknown	Died from inhaling fumes from fire extinguisher, when British Army Armoured Personnel Carrier came under petrol bomb attack
William Halligan	06 March 1971	21	Catholic	Civilian	Balaclava Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
Charles Hughes	08 March 1971	26	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Leeson Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	Official Irish Republican Army	Shot while leaving house. Official Irish Republican Army/Irish Republican Army feud.
Dougald McCaughey	10 March 1971	23	Unknown	British Army	Squire's Hill, Ligoniel, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty, found shot. See 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
Joseph McCaig	10 March 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	Squire's Hill, Ligoniel, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty, found shot. See 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
John McCaig	10 March 1971	17	Unknown	British Army	Squire's Hill, Ligoniel, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty, found shot. See 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
Isabella McKeague	08 May 1971	67	Protestant	Civilian	Albertbridge Road, Belfast	Non-specific Loyalist group	Died in fire which followed incendiary bomb attack on shop below her flat
William Reid	15 May 1971	32	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Academy Street, Belfast	British Army	Shot during gun battle
Robert Bankier	22 May 1971	25	Unknown	British Army	Cromac Square, Markets, Belfast	Official Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper as he left British Army Armoured Personnel Carrier
Michael Willets	25 May 1971	27	Unknown	British Army	Springfield Road Royal Ulster Constabulary/British Army base, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed by time bomb
Martin O'Leary	06 July 1971	20	Unknown	Official Irish Republican Army	Mogul Mines, Silvermines, County Tipperary	Official Irish Republican Army	Died two days after being injured in premature bomb explosion
Seamus Cusack	08 July 1971	27	Catholic	Civilian	Abbey Park, Bogside, Derry	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
Desmond Beattie	08 July 1971	19	Catholic	Civilian	Lecky Road, Bogside, Derry	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
David Walker	12 July 1971	30	Unknown	British Army	Northumberland Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper, while leaving British Army (BA) observation post
Richard Barton	14 July 1971	24	Unknown	British Army	Shaw's Road, Andersonstown, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on mobile patrol
Harry Thornton	07 August 1971	30	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	British Army	Shot while driving past Royal Ulster Constabulary/British Army base
Malcolm Hatton	08 August 1971	21	Unknown	British Army	Brompton Park, Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on foot patrol
William Atwell	09 August 1971	40	Protestant	Civilian	Mackie's factory, Springfield Road, Belfast	Non-specific Republican group	Security man. Killed by nail bomb thrown into factory
Sarah Worthington	09 August 1971	50	Protestant	Civilian	Velsheda Park, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Shot in her home
Leo McGuigan	09 August 1971	16	Catholic	Civilian	Estoril Park, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Shot while walking
Patrick McAdorey	09 August 1971	24	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Alliance Avenue, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Shot during gun battle
John Beattie	09 August 1971	17	Protestant	Civilian	Ashmore Street, Shankill, Belfast	British Army	Shot, from British Army observation post in Clonard Monastery, while driving van
Francis Quinn	09 August 1971	20	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Park, Ballymurphy, Belfast	British Army	Shot during gun battle by snipers from the nearby New Barnsley British Army base while going to the aid of a wounded man. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
Hugh Mullan	09 August 1971	38	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Park, Ballymurphy, Belfast	British Army	Catholic Priest. Shot during gun battle by snipers from the nearby New Barnsley British Army base, while going to the aid of a wounded man. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
Francis McGuinness	09 August 1971	17	Catholic	Civilian	Finaghy Road North, Belfast	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
Desmond Healey	09 August 1971	14	Catholic	Civilian	Lenadoon Avenue, Belfast	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
Joan Connolly	09 August 1971	50	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	British Army	Shot as she stood opposite New Barnsley British Army base. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
Daniel Teggart	09 August 1971	44	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	British Army	Shot as he stood opposite New Barnsley British Army base. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
Noel Phillips	09 August 1971	20	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	British Army	Shot as he stood opposite New Barnsley British Army base. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
Joseph Murphy	09 August 1971	41	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	British Army	Shot as he stood opposite New Barnsley British Army base. He died on 22 August 1971. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
Winston Donnell	09 August 1971	22	Protestant	Ulster Defence Regiment	Clady near Strabane, County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while at British Army Vehicle Check Point
Norman Watson	10 August 1971	53	Protestant	Civilian	Irish Street, Armagh	British Army	Shot while driving
Paul Challoner	10 August 1971	23	Unknown	British Army	Bligh's Lane, Creggan, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on foot patrol
Edward Doherty	10 August 1971	28	Catholic	Civilian	Whiterock Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast	British Army	Shot while walking. See Ballymurphy massacre and Operation Demetrius
John Laverty	11 August 1971	20	Catholic	Civilian	By St Aidan's Primary School, Ballymurphy, Belfast	British Army	Shot while walking along a path
William Stronge	11 August 1971	46	Protestant	Civilian	Ballyclare Street, Belfast	Unknown	Shot while moving furniture from sister's home
Seamus Simpson	11 August 1971	21	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Rossnareen Avenue, Andersonstown, Belfast	British Army	Shot while throwing bomb at British Army foot patrol
William McKavanagh	11 August 1971	21	Catholic	Civilian	McAuley Street, Markets, Belfast	British Army
William Ferris	12 August 1971	38	Protestant	Civilian	Crumlin Road, Belfast	British Army	Died two days after being shot while travelling in car
Hugh Herron	13 August 1971	31	Catholic	Civilian	Long Tower Street, Derry	British Army	Shot during gun battle
John Robinson	14 August 1971	21	Unknown	British Army	Butler Street, Ardoyne, Belfast	Official Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on mobile patrol
Eamon Lafferty	18 August 1971	20	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Kildrum Gardens, Creggan, Derry	British Army	Shot during gun battle
Eamon McDevitt	18 August 1971	24	Catholic	Civilian	Fountain Street, Strabane, County Tyrone	British Army	Deaf and dumb man, shot during street disturbances
John McKerr	20 August 1971	49	Catholic	Civilian	Ballymurphy, Belfast	British Army	Died nine days after being shot by sniper, while standing outside Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church
George Crozier	23 August 1971	23	Unknown	British Army	Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper, outside Flax Street Army base
Henry Beggs	25 August 1971	23	Protestant	Civilian	Malone Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on Northern Ireland Electricity office. Inadequate warning given.
Joseph Corr	27 August 1971	43	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Springfield Road and Divismore Crescent, Ballymurphy, Belfast	British Army	Died 16 days after being shot
Ian Armstrong	29 August 1971	33	Unknown	British Army	Crossmaglen, County Armagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on mobile patrol
Clifford Loring	31 August 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	Stockman's Lane, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died one day after being shot at British Army Vehicle Check Point
Francis Veitch	03 September 1971	23	Protestant	Ulster Defence Regiment	Kinawley Royal Ulster Constabulary/British Army base, County Fermanagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on guard duty
Angela Gallagher	03 September 1971	1	Catholic	Civilian	Iveagh Crescent, Falls, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while in pram, during sniper attack on nearby British Army patrol
John Warnock	04 September 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	Derrybeg Park, Newry, County Down	Official Irish Republican Army	Killed in land mine attack on British Army mobile patrol
Annette McGavigan	06 September 1971	14	Catholic	Civilian	Corner of Blucher Street and Westland Street, Derry	British Army	Shot during street disturbances
David Stewardson	09 September 1971	29	Unknown	British Army	Castlerobin Orange Hall, Drumankelly, near Lisburn, County Antrim	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed attempting to defuse bomb
Martin Carroll	14 September 1971	23	Unknown	British Army	British Army base, Eastway Gardens, Creggan, Derry	Official Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper
John Rudman	14 September 1971	21	Unknown	British Army	Edendork, near Coalisland, County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on mobile patrol
William McGreanery	15 September 1971	43	Catholic	Civilian	unction of Laburnum Terrace and Westland Street, Derry	British Army	Died shortly after being shot by sniper from Bligh's Lane Army base
Paul Carter	15 September 1971	21	Unknown	British Army	Royal Victoria Hospital, Falls Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died one day after being shot outside hospital.
Samuel Nelson	16 September 1971	46	Protestant	Civilian	Downing Street, Shankill, Belfast	Non-specific Loyalist group	Found shot in abandoned car
Peter Herrington	17 September 1971	28	Unknown	British Army	Brompton Park, Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper, while on foot patrol
Robert Leslie	18 September 1971	20	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Abercorn Square, Strabane County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on foot patrol
James Finlay	21 September 1971	31	Protestant	non-specific Loyalist group	Bann Street, Lower Oldpark, Belfast	non-specific Loyalist group	Died eight days after being injured in premature bomb explosion at house, Explosion occurred on 13 September 1971.
Rose Curry	23 September 1971	18	Catholic	Official Irish Republican Army	Merrion Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	Official Irish Republican Army	Killed in premature bomb explosion at house
Gerard O'Hare	23 September 1971	17	Catholic	Official Irish Republican Army	Merrion Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	Official Irish Republican Army	Killed in premature bomb explosion at house
Alexander Andrews	29 September 1971	60	Protestant	Civilian	Four Step Inn, Shankill Road, Belfast	Unknown	Killed in bomb attack
Ernest Bates	29 September 1971	38	Protestant	Civilian	Four Step Inn, Shankill Road, Belfast	Unknown	Killed in bomb attack
Peter Sharpe	01 October 1971	22	Unknown	British Army	Kerrera Street, Ardoyne, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on foot patrol
Terence McDermott	02 October 1971	19	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Lisburn Rural Council office, Harmony Hill, Lambeg, near Lisburn, County Antrim	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died in premature bomb explosion
Patrick Daly	03 October 1971	57	Catholic	Civilian	Corner of Linden Street and Falls Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot during gun battle between Provisional Irish Republican Army and British Army
Brian Hall	04 October 1971	22	Unknown	British Army	Cupar Street, Belfast	Official Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on British Army observation post
Winifred Maxwell	09 October 1971	45	Protestant	Civilian	Fiddler's House Bar, Durham Street, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack
Roger Wilkins	11 October 1971	32	Unknown	British Army	Letterkenny Road, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died two weeks after being shot while on foot patrol
John Thompson	12 October 1971	21	Protestant	Non-specific Loyalist group	Bann Street, Lower Oldpark, Belfast	Non-specific Loyalist group	Died one month after being injured in premature bomb explosion at house. Incident occurred on 13 September 1971.
Cecil Cunningham	15 October 1971	46	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Junction of Woodvale Road and Twaddell Avenue, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot from passing car while sitting in stationary Royal Ulster Constabulary car
John Haslett	15 October 1971	21	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Junction of Woodvale Road and Twaddell Avenue, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot from passing car while sitting in stationary Royal Ulster Constabulary car
Joseph Hill	16 October 1971	24	Unknown	British Army	Columcille Court, Bogside, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper during street disturbances
Graham Cox	17 October 1971	35	Unknown	British Army	Oldpark Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died two days after being shot by sniper while travelling in British Army Armoured Personnel Carrier
George Hamilton	17 October 1971	21	Unknown	British Army	Glenalina Park, Ballymurphy, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on foot patrol
David Thompson	17 October 1971	38	Catholic	Civilian	Corner of Seaforde Street and Sheriff Street, Short Strand, Belfast	British Army	Found shot in street
Maura Meehan	23 October 1971	30	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Cape Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	Shot while travelling in car warning local residents of British Army house raids
Dorothy Maguire	23 October 1971	19	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Cape Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	British Army	Shot while travelling in car warning local residents of British Army house raids
Sean Ruddy	23 October 1971	19	Catholic	Civilian	Hill Street, Newry, County Down	British Army	Shot by undercover British Army members, from nearby roof top, during attempted robbery of man outside bank. Assumed to be an Provisional Irish Republican Army member. See 1971 Newry killings
Thomas McLoughlin	23 October 1971	27	Catholic	Civilian	Hill Street, Newry, County Down	British Army	Shot by undercover British Army members, from nearby roof top, during attempted robbery of man outside bank. Assumed to be an Provisional Irish Republican Army member. See 1971 Newry killings
Robert Anderson	23 October 1971	25	Catholic	Civilian	Hill Street, Newry, County Down	British Army	Shot by undercover British Army members, from nearby roof top, during attempted robbery of man outside bank. Assumed to be an Provisional Irish Republican Army member. See 1971 Newry killings
Martin Forsythe	24 October 1971	19	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Donegall Place, Belfast	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Shot by undercover RUC during bomb attack on Celebrity Club
Robert Lindsay	25 October 1971	47	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Springfield Road and Falls Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died two days after being shot during sniper attack on British Army mobile patrol
Robert McFarland	26 October 1971	26	Protestant	Civilian	Altcar Street, Short Strand, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Found shot in street
David Tilbury	27 October 1971	29	Unknown	British Army	Rosemount Royal Ulster Constabulary/British Army base, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on British Army observation post at the rear of base
Angus Stevens	27 October 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	Rosemount Royal Ulster Constabulary/British Army base, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on British Army observation post at the rear of base
Peter Graham	27 October 1971	26	Unknown	Saor Eire	St. Stephen's Green, Dublin	Saor Eire	Found shot at his flat. Internal Saor Eire dispute
Ronald Dodd	27 October 1971	34	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Gallagh, near Toome, County Antrim	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper when RUC mobile patrol arrived at scene of a house fire
David Powell	27 October 1971	22	Unknown	British Army	Kinawley, County Fermanagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in land mine attack on Armoured Personnel Carrier
Michael McLarnon	29 October 1971	22	Catholic	Civilian	Etna Drive, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Died shortly after being shot, while standing at the front door of his home
Alfred Devlin	29 October 1971	42	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Antrim Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on Chichester Road Royal Ulster Constabulary base
Norman Booth	30 October 1971	22	Unknown	British Army	Junction of Springfield Road and Cupar Street, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on British Army observation post
John Copeland	31 October 1971	23	Catholic	Civilian	Strathroy Park, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Died two days after being shot near his home
Ian Doherty	31 October 1971	27	Unknown	British Army	Stockman's Lane, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died three days after being shot while on mobile patrol
Thomas Kells	31 October 1971	19	Protestant	Civilian	Flowbog Road, Dundrod, near Belfast, County Antrim	Unknown	Found shot by the side of road
Stanley Corry	01 November 1971	28	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Avoca Shopping Centre, Andersonstown, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while investigating burglary
William Russell	01 November 1971	31	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Avoca Shopping Centre, Andersonstown, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while investigating burglary
John Cochrane	02 November 1971	67	Protestant	Civilian	Ormeau Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attacks on drapery shop and Red Lion Bar, either side of Royal Ulster Constabulary base. Inadequate warning given. See Red Lion Pub bombing
Mary Gemmell	02 November 1971	55	Protestant	Civilian	Ormeau Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attacks on drapery shop and Red Lion Bar, either side of Royal Ulster Constabulary base. Inadequate warning given. See Red Lion Pub bombing
William Jordan	02 November 1971	31	Protestant	Civilian	Ormeau Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Injured in bomb attacks on drapery shop and Red Lion Bar, either side of Royal Ulster Constabulary base. Inadequate warning given. He died on 4 November 1971. See Red Lion Pub bombing
Stephen McGuire	04 November 1971	20	Unknown	British Army	Ballymurphy, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died seven weeks after being shot by sniper at Henry Taggart British Army base
Christopher Quinn	04 November 1971	39	Catholic	Civilian	Upper Library Street, Belfast	British Army	Shot while walking along entry by Unity Flats
Kathleen Thompson	06 November 1971	47	Catholic	Civilian	Kildrum Gardens, Creggan, Derry	British Army	Shot in the back garden of her home
Paul Genge	07 November 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	Tandragee Road, Lurgan, County Armagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty. Shot from passing car while walking along road
Ian Curtis	09 November 1971	23	Unknown	British Army	Foyle Road, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on foot patrol
Dermot Hurley	11 November 1971	50	Catholic	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Oldpark Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while in shop at rear of Oldpark Royal Ulster Constabulary base
Walter Moore	11 November 1971	37	Protestant	Royal Ulster Constabulary	Oldpark Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while in shop at rear of Oldpark Royal Ulster Constabulary base
Rene Heemskerk	12 November 1971	18	Unknown	Civilian	Grosvenor Road, Belfast	Non-specific Republican group	Dutch seaman. Shot in dentist's waiting room
Edwin Charnley	18 November 1971	22	Unknown	British Army	Anderson Street, Short Strand, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on guard duty at bus depot
Michael Crossey	22 November 1971	21	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Church Place, Lurgan, County Armagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died in premature bomb explosion at Cellar Lounge Bar
Bridget Carr	23 November 1971	24	Unknown	Civilian	Lifford Road, Strabane, County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	From County Donegal. Died four days after being shot during sniper attack on nearby British Army patrol, while walking along road.
Colin Davies	24 November 1971	38	Unknown	British Army	William Street, Lurgan, County Armagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed attempting to defuse bomb left in car showroom
Ian Hankin	27 November 1971	27	Protestant	Civilian	Near Newry, County Armagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Customs official. Shot by snipers firing at British Army patrol which had just arrived after bomb attack on Killeen Customs Post
James O'Neill	27 November 1971	39	Catholic	Civilian	Near Newry, County Armagh	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Customs official. Shot by snipers firing at British Army patrol which had just arrived after bomb attack on Killeen Customs Post
Paul Nicholls	27 November 1971	18	Unknown	British Army	St James Crescent, Falls, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper while on foot patrol
Robert Benner	29 November 1971	25	Unknown	British Army	Teer, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh	Non-specific Republican group	Originally from Dundalk, County Louth. Off duty. Found shot
Vivien Gibney	01 December 1971	17	Protestant	Civilian	Cliftonville Circus, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died four days after being shot during sniper attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary foot patrol
Philomena McGurk	04 December 1971	46	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Maria McGurk	04 December 1971	14	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
James Cromie	04 December 1971	13	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
John Colton	04 December 1971	49	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Thomas McLaughlin	04 December 1971	55	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
David Milligan	04 December 1971	53	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
James Smyth	04 December 1971	58	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Francis Bradley	04 December 1971	62	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Thomas Kane	04 December 1971	48	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Kathleen Irvine	04 December 1971	53	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Garry Philip	04 December 1971	73	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Edward Kane	04 December 1971	29	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Edward Keenan	04 December 1971	69	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Sarah Keenan	04 December 1971	58	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Robert Spotswood	04 December 1971	38	Catholic	Civilian	Junction of Gt. George's Street and North Queen Street, New Lodge, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Killed in bomb attack on McGurk's bar. See McGurk's Bar bombing
Mary Thompson	06 December 1971	61	Protestant	Civilian	Dublin Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed by wall collapsing onto her, shortly after bomb attack on building next door, Salvation Army Citadel
Denis Wilson	07 December 1971	31	Protestant	Ulster Defence Regiment	Curlagh, near Caledon, County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty. Shot at his home
Sean Russell	08 December 1971	30	Catholic	Ulster Defence Regiment	New Barnsley Crescent, Ballymurphy, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty. Shot at his home
Jeremy Snow	08 December 1971	35	Unknown	British Army	New Lodge, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died four days after being shot by sniper while on foot patrol
Kenneth Smyth	10 December 1971	28	Protestant	Ulster Defence Regiment	Clady, near Strabane, County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Off duty. Shot while travelling to work in car
Daniel McCormick	10 December 1971	29	Catholic	ex-Ulster Defence Regiment	Clady, near Strabane, County Tyrone	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while travelling to work in car
Joseph Parker	10 December 1971	25	Catholic	Civilian	Toby Hall, Butler Street, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Shot during altercation with British Army patrol
Harold King	11 December 1971	29	Catholic	Civilian	Shankill Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on Balmoral Furnishing Company
Hugh Bruce	11 December 1971	70	Protestant	Civilian	Shankill Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on Balmoral Furnishing Company
Tracey Munn	11 December 1971	2	Catholic	Civilian	Shankill Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on Balmoral Furnishing Company
Colin Nicholl	11 December 1971	0	Catholic	Civilian	Shankill Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Killed in bomb attack on Balmoral Furnishing Company
John Barnhill	12 December 1971	65	Protestant	Civilian Political Activist	Brickfield House, near Strabane, County Tyrone	Official Irish Republican Army	Ulster Unionist Stormont Senator. Shot during bomb attack on his home
Martin McShane	14 December 1971	16	Catholic	Civilian	Macrory Park, Coalisland, County Tyrone	British Army	Shot outside youth centre
Anthony Aspinwall	16 December 1971	22	Unknown	British Army (BA)	Alma Street, Lower Falls, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on foot patrol
James Sheridan	18 December 1971	20	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	King Street, Magherafelt, County Londonderry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died in premature bomb explosion while travelling in car
John Bateson	18 December 1971	19	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	King Street, Magherafelt, County Londonderry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died in premature bomb explosion while travelling in car
Martin Lee	18 December 1971	19	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	King Street, Magherafelt, County Londonderry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Died in premature bomb explosion while travelling in car
James McCallum	18 December 1971	16	Catholic	Civilian	Springfield Road, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Barman, killed in bomb attack on Murtagh's Bar
Margaret McCorry	20 December 1971	20	Catholic	Civilian	Crumlin Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot by sniper during gun attack on British Army mobile patrol
John Lavery	21 December 1971	60	Catholic	Civilian	Lisburn Road, Belfast	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Publican. Killed by bomb which exploded as he attempted to carry it out of his bar
Gerald McDade	21 December 1971	23	Catholic	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Kerrera Street, Ardoyne, Belfast	British Army	Shot shortly after being detained by British Army patrol
Richard Ham	29 December 1971	20	Unknown	British Army	Foyle Road, Brandywell, Derry	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Shot while on foot patrol
Jack McCabe	30 December 1971	55	Unknown	Provisional Irish Republican Army	Swords Road, Santry, Dublin	Provisional Irish Republican Army	From County Cavan. Killed in premature bomb explosion in garage

1974

Name	Date of death	Age	Religious affiliation	Status	Location of injury	Perpetrator	Notes
Jimmy Hasty	11 October 1974	38	Catholic	Civilian	Brougham Street, Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	Former Dundalk F.C. footballer. Killing claimed by 'Ulster Protestant Action Group'^[7]

1979

Name	Date of death	Age	Religious affiliation	Status	Location of injury	Perpetrator	Notes
William James Carson	25 April 1979	32	Catholic	Belfast Brigade (IRA)	North Belfast	Ulster Volunteer Force	^[8]

References

^ "Sutton Index of Deaths: Year of the death". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
^ "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1969". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
^ All of the Patrick Rooney incident from; McKittrick, David. Lost Lives. Mainstream, 1999. pp. 34–36
^ "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1970". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
^ Ó Fearghail, Seán Óg (September 1970). "Law (?) and Orders: The Belfast 'Curfew' of 3–5 July 1970". Central Citizens’ Defence Committee. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
^ "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1971". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Retrieved 21 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "The forgotten story of … Jimmy Hasty, Irish football's one-armed wonder". The Guardian. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
^ McKittrick, David (1999). Lost lives : the stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 783. ISBN 978-1-84018-227-9.

[1] "Sutton Index of Deaths: Year of the death". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

[sutton-year-1969-2] "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1969". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

[3] All of the Patrick Rooney incident from; McKittrick, David. Lost Lives. Mainstream, 1999. pp. 34–36

[sutton-year-1970-4] "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1970". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

[5] Ó Fearghail, Seán Óg (September 1970). "Law (?) and Orders: The Belfast 'Curfew' of 3–5 July 1970". Central Citizens’ Defence Committee. Retrieved 17 March 2025.

[sutton-year-1971-6] "Sutton Index of Deaths: 1971". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Ulster University. Retrieved 21 May 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "The forgotten story of … Jimmy Hasty, Irish football's one-armed wonder". The Guardian. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2024.

[8] McKittrick, David (1999). Lost lives : the stories of the men, women and children who died as a result of the Northern Ireland troubles. Edinburgh: Mainstream. p. 783. ISBN 978-1-84018-227-9.

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