List of Provisional IRA dead

The following is a list of a few of the 300 or so Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers killed either as a consequence of the Troubles or of other violence.

Volunteer	Date of death	Age	Cause of death	Responsible	Reference
Michael Gaughan	June 3, 1974	24	Either pneumonia or a punctured lung from a force-feeding tube	Potentially the British government	[1][2][3]
James McDade	November 14, 1974	28	Premature detonation of a bomb he planted at the Coventry telephone exchange		[4][5]
John Francis Green	January 10, 1975	29	Shot six times in head from close range during an IRA ceasefire	UVF	[6][7][8]
Kevin Coen	January 20, 1975	27	Shot reportedly during an attempted bus hijacking	British Army	[9]
Peter Cleary	April 16, 1976	25	Shot three times in the chest while in the custody of Special Air Service soldiers	SAS	[10]
Francis Hughes	May 12, 1981	25	Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 59 days		[11]
Raymond McCreesh	May 21, 1981	24	Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 61 days		[12][13]
Joe McDonnell	July 8, 1981	30	Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 61 days		[14]
Martin Hurson	July 13, 1981	24	Died of dehydration in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 46 days		[15]
Kieran Doherty	August 2, 1981	25	Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 73 days		[16]
Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde	December 2, 1984	27	Shot by the British military; conflicting reports on what branch	British military	[17][18]
Kieran Fleming	December 2, 1984	25	Drowned in the swollen River Brannagh trying to escape the SAS		[19]
Danny Doherty	December 6, 1984		Shot 24 times in an ambush	SAS and 14 Intelligence Company	[20][21]
William Fleming	December 6, 1984	≈19	Shot 60 times in an ambush	SAS and 14 Intelligence Company	[22]
Charles Breslin	February 23, 1985	20	Shot 13 times while returning arms to a dump	SAS	[23][24][25]
Larry Marley	April 2, 1987	41	Shot through his front door with a shotgun	UVF	[26]
Patrick Joseph Kelly	May 8, 1987	30	Shot in the head during the Loughgall Ambush	SAS	[27]
Jim Lynagh	May 8, 1987	31	Shot during the Loughgall Ambush	SAS
Pádraig McKearney	May 8, 1987	32	Shot during the Loughgall Ambush	SAS
Mairéad Farrell	March 6, 1988	31	Shot eight times	SAS	[28]
Daniel McCann	March 6, 1988	30	Shot five times	SAS	[28]
Gerard Casey	April 4, 1989	≈29	Shot at a close range with a pistol and shotgun as he slept	Ulster Defence Association
Dessie Grew	October 9, 1990	≈37	Shot 48 times during ambush by undercover British Army soldiers	British Army
Martin McCaughey	October 9, 1990	23	Shot 12 times during ambush by undercover British Army soldiers	British Army
Fergal Caraher	December 30, 1990	20	Shot at British Army checkpoint	Royal Marines
Patricia Black	November 15, 1991	18	Died when improvised explosive device she was carrying detonated prematurely
Joseph MacManus	February 5, 1992	21	Shot during unit ambush	4 UDR
Pearse Jordan	November 25, 1992	20	Shot three times from behind	RUC
Malachy Carey	December 12, 1992	36	Assassinated in Ballymoney	Loyalists	[29]
Thomas Begley	October 23, 1993	22	Died when a bomb he was planting exploded prematurely
Martin Doherty	May 21, 1994	20	Shot three times for blocking an attack on a pub	UVF
Diarmuid O'Neill	September 23, 1996	27	Shot six times by a British police officer	SO19
Eamon Collins	January 27, 1999	≈44	Stabbed and beaten, presumably in revenge	Presumably former colleagues
Denis Donaldson	April 4, 2006	≈56	Found shot dead in his cottage	Real IRA

References

1. "Waiting for the Explosion". Time. 17 June 1974. Retrieved 2 June 2007.
2. "The Granting of Special Category Status, 1972". Lark Spirit. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
3. Kate McCabe. "No less courage". Critical Moment. Retrieved 13 June 2007.
4. "1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19". BBC News. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
5. McDonald, Henry (8 October 2005). "Ex-soldier fights to clear his name". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
6. Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence, and Women's Rights, Interim Report on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, December 2003, retrieved on 22 October 2009
7. Dillon, Martin (1999). The Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political Conflicts. Hutchinson. p. 173. ISBN 978-0091743086.
8. "The Killing of John Francis Green". An Phoblacht. 17 January 2008.
9. Sutton, Malcolm. "Sutton Index of Deaths". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
10. MacDonald, Peter (1990). The SAS in Action. United Kingdom: Sidgewick and Jackson. p. 62. ISBN 978-0283060939.
11. "1981: Second IRA protester dies in jail". BBC News. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
12. "Haughey did not want political status for IRA". The Irish Times. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
13. McFadyean, Melanie (3 March 2006). "The legacy of the hunger strikes". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
14. "Joe McDonnell". An Phoblacht. 8 July 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
15. "What happened in the hunger strike?". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
16. Borders, William (3 August 1981). "8th Hunger Striker, an Irish M.P., Dies after a 73-Day Fast in Ulster". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
17. Tírghrá. National Commemoration Centre. 2002. p. 265. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2.
18. Collins, Frank (1998). Baptism of Fire: The Astonishing True Story of a Man of God. Corgi. ISBN 0-552-14582-3.
19. Oliver, Ted (19 September 2003). "IRA Maze escapers celebrate with supper and dance". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
20. Shane Mac Thomáis (4 December 2004). "Four Derry Volunteers killed in action - Remembering the Past". An Phoblacht. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
21. "SAS shooting challenge 'too late'". BBC News. 24 November 2004. Retrieved 21 March 2007.
22. Murray, Raymond (1993). The SAS in Ireland. The Mercier Press. pp. 321–343. ISBN 0-85342-991-X.
23. Williams, Maxine (1989). Murder on the Rock: How the British Government got away with murder. London: Larkin Publications. ISBN 0-905400-10-0.
24. "Thousands attend Breslin/Devine 20th Anniversary Commemoration". An Phoblacht. 24 February 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
25. up the pieces "Picking up the pieces" Check |url= value (help). Daily Ireland. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
26. Taylor, Peter (1999). Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. p. 197. ISBN 978-1575000473.
27. "IRA deaths: The four shootings". BBC News. 4 May 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
28. , paragraphs 108-110.
29. "Malachy Carey honoured in Loughgiel". An Phoblacht. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2013.

External links

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