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On the 25 June 1976 around evening time a group of armed [[Irish Republican]]s walked into the Store Bar on Lyle Hill Road in [[Templepatrick]], [[County Antrinm]] the Republican group said some words before spraying the pub with a [[AR-15]] assault rifle killing thee people & injuring about a half a dozen.<ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch76.htm#25676</ref> |
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The three dead civilians were all Protestant civilians just like other in attacks calimed by the [[South Armagh Republican Action Force]] & [[Republican Action Force]], |
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The three dead civilians Ruby Kidd (28), Francis Walker (17) (who was the son of owner) and Joseph McBride (56), were all Protestant civilians just like in other attacks claimed by the [[South Armagh Republican Action Force]] & [[Republican Action Force]], like the [[Kingsmill massacre]] in January 1976 when 10 Protestant workers were gunned down,<ref>Out Of The Ashes: An Oral History Of The Provisional Irish Republican Movement pp.139</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-13857495</ref> and the [[Tullyvallen massacre]] in which 5 civilians died & 7 badly wounded.<ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=1&month=09&year=1975</ref><ref> [[Peter Taylor (journalist)|Peter Taylor]] : Behind The Mask: The Provisional IRA & SInn Fein</ref> |
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==Background== |
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It has been claimed that the Republican Action Force attack was in retaliation for the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]]'s (UVF) [[Chlorane Bar attack|attack on the Chlorane Bar]] less than three weeks earlier, which killed five people all civilians, three Catholics & two Protestants.<ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch76.htm#5676</ref> |
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==Aftermath== |
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The tir-for-tat sectarian attacks lasted most of the year between [[Ulster Loyalism|Loyalists]] & [[Irish Republicanism|Republican]] paramilitaries. |
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A week after the bar shooting the UVF carried out a [[Ramble Inn attack|gun attack on a Catholic owned pub the Ramble Inn]], six people were killed in the attack five of them Protestants & just one Catholic which was considered a failure or "own goal" by the UVF gunmen as their targets were Catholics & wanted to avoid killing or injuring Protestants, this left the UVF in a bad standing with the Loyalist community over the deaths of so many Protestants killed by other Protestants. |
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On the 29 July an un-nammed Loyalist group shot dead dead three Catholic civilians in a pub called the Whitefort Inn in [[Andersonstown]] Road, Belfast.<ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch76.htm#29776</ref> Then just one day later the RAF killed four Protestant civilians who were shot dead in the Stag Inn pub in Belvoir, [[Belfast]]<ref>http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/cgi-bin/dyndeaths.pl?querytype=date&day=30&month=07&year=1976</ref> |
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==See Also== |
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* [[Charlemont pub attacks]] |
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* [[Ramble Inn attack]] |
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* [[Teebane bombing]] |
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* [[Bayardo Bar attack]] |
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* [[Central Bar bombing 1975]] |
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==References== |
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{{The Troubles|state=collapsed}} |
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{{PIRA}} |
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[[Category:Sectarian violence]] |
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[[Category:The Troubles in County Antrim]] |
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[[Category:1976 in Northern Ireland]] |
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[[Category:20th century in County Antrim]] |
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[[Category:Terrorist incidents in 1976]] |
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[[Category:Mass murder in 1976]] |
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[[Category:Terrorism in Northern Ireland]] |
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[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Northern Ireland]] |
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[[Category:Provisional Irish Republican Army actions]] |
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[[Category:Spree shootings in Northern Ireland]] |
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[[Category:June 1976 events]] |
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| The Store bar shootings | |
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| Location | Lyle Hill Road, Templepatrick, County Antrim, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°10′22″N 6°36′53″W / 54.172836°N 6.614594°W |
| Date | 25 June 1976 19:00 GMT |
Attack type | mass shooting |
| Weapons | assault rifle AR-15 |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Republican Action Force named themselves as the shooters |
On the 25 June 1976 around evening time a group of armed Irish Republicans walked into the Store Bar on Lyle Hill Road in Templepatrick, County Antrinm the Republican group said some words before spraying the pub with a AR-15 assault rifle killing thee people & injuring about a half a dozen.[1] The three dead civilians were all Protestant civilians just like other in attacks calimed by the South Armagh Republican Action Force & Republican Action Force,