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{{Infobox civilian attack |
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|title= Tullyvallen Orange Hall Massacre |
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|image= File:Tullyvallen Orange Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1442874.jpg |
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| caption = The front of Tullyvallen Orange Hall before the massacre |
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|location= Tullyvallen, ], ] |
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| coordinates = {{coord|54.604008|N|5.948119|W|type:event|display=it|format=dms}} |
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|date = 1 September 1975 |
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|time =18:00 ] |
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|type =shooting, bombing |
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|weapons = ]<br>] |
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|fatalities = 5 civilians killed |
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|injuries = 7 civilians injured |
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|perp = claimbed by ] |
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|susperp = Police believe ] actually responsible |
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|}}{{Campaignbox Northern Ireland Troubles}} |
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On the 1 September 1975 ] from the ] using the covername ] carried out a gun attack on an ] building (known as a Orange Hall) in Tullyvallen, ], ] close to the ] border. |
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Five people were killed in the attack and seven were injured. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=1&month=09&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref><ref>http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/tullyvallen-massacre-40-years-on-the-memories-never-really-go-away-1-6930557</ref> |
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==The Republican Action Force== |
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The South Armagh Republican Action Force (SARAF) or just simply the Republican Action Force (RAF). Was a loose alliance of Republican paramilitaries who were against the 1975 IRA truce with the British government. They were sort of a response to the ] (PAF) who were a covername for the UVF when carrying out sectarian attacks on Catholics. <ref>UVF - The End Game by Henry McDonald & Jim Cusack</ref> <ref>https://books.google.ie/books?id=P6mPDAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> |
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Most the members of this rouge grop were IRA volunteers especially the ones in border counties like South Armagh & the Tyrone & Fermanagh borders. There was also members of ] (INLA) who were involvedin the group. |
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==Previous Attacks== |
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The attack preceeded a string of tit-for-tat sectarian killings carried out by Republican and ] paramilitaries as far back as February 1975 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm#Feb|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1975|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> on the same day as truce between the IRA and the ] was suppose to start. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=10&month=02&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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In August the month before the Tullyvallen attack Loyalists & Republicans carried out a string of sectarian attacks, leading to over 20 deaths and 100+ plus injuries. |
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* On the 1 August two Catholic civilians were shot dead in their minibus by the ] (UVF) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=1&month=08&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* On the 10 August a gun battle broke out between the British Army & the IRA. two children were killed in the crossfire. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=10&month=08&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* Three days later the IRA carried out a gun & bomb attack on a pub on the ] killing five people and injuring 40 others. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=13&month=08&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* On the 22 August three Catholics were killed in a bomb attack on a bar in Armagh. Another Catholic died of injuries caused by Loyalists a few days earlier. <ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=22&month=08&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* Two days later two Catholic civilians were abducted and murdered by the UVF in Armagh. <ref name="auto"/> |
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* On the 27 August the IRA exploded a bomb at the Caterham Arms pub in ], ] injuring over 30 people. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm#27875|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1975|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* One day later an IRA bomb exploded in ], ]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm#28875|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1975|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* On the 29 August a British Army bomb-disposal officer was killed tryying to defuse an IRA bomb in Kensington Church Street, London. On the same day a volunteer of the IRA's youth wing was shot dead by Loyalists in ] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=29&month=08&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* On the 30 August the ] (UDA) bombed a pub in Belfast killing two Catholic civlians. On the same day the IRA shot dead an off-duty member of the security forces. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=30&month=08&year=1975|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|first=Malcolm|last=Sutton|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> |
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* Also on the 30 August, Stephen Geddis (10) died two days after being shot in the head by a plastic bullet by the British Army. <ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=30&month=08&year=1975</ref> Dozens of other Catholic children from woking-class areas were targeted and killed by British security forces during the troubles lke the killings of Julie Living Stone. <ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=name&surname=Livingstone&forename=Julie</ref> <ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=22&month=05&year=1981</ref> |
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==Orange Hall Attack== |
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On 1 September 1975, a few days after two Catholic civilians were had been abducted & then shot dead by the UVF a short distance way in , the ] claimed responsibility for a gun attack on Tullyvallen ] near ], County Armagh. The attack happened at about 10pm, when a group of Orangemen were holding a meeting inside.<ref name="lostlives">McKittrick, David. ''Lost Lives''. Mainstream Publishing, 1999. p.572</ref> A number of the Orangemen were members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and British Army and were armed. Two gunmen entered the hall and sprayed it with bullets while another stood outside and shot through a window.<ref name="lostlives"/> One of the Orangemen was an off-duty ] (RUC) officer. He returned fire with a pistol and believed he hit one of the attackers.<ref name="lostlives"/><ref>McKay, Susan. ''Northern Protestants: An unsettled people''. Blackstaff Press, 2005. p.190</ref> Five of the Orangemen, all civilians, were killed while seven others were wounded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch75.htm|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1975|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk|accessdate=25 May 2017}}</ref> The attackers planted a {{convert|2|lb|kg}} bomb outside the hall but it failed to detonate.<ref name="lostlives"/> A caller to the BBC claimed responsibility for the attack and said it was in retaliation for "the assassinations of fellow Catholics in Belfast".<ref>English, Richard. ''Armed Struggle: The history of the IRA''. Pan McMillen, 2004. p. 171<!-- ISBN needed --></ref> Shortly after, the Orange Order called for the creation of a legal ] (or "Home Guard") to deal with republican paramilitaries.<ref name="lostlives"/> |
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