The Store Bar shooting
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| The Store Bar shootings | |
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| Part of the Troubles | |
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| Location | Lyle Hill Road, Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°10′22″N 6°36′53″W / 54.172836°N 6.614594°W |
| Date | 25 June 1976 |
Attack type | mass shooting |
| Weapons | assault rifle AR-15 |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Republican Action Force |
The Store Bar shooting was a mass shooting on 25 June 1976 by the Republican Action Force at The Store Bar (which was also known as Walkers Bar) on Lyle Hill Road in Templepatrick, County Antrim.
Attack
[edit]The Republican group sprayed the pub with an AR-15 assault rifle killing three people and injuring about a half a dozen. The victims were Ruby Kidd (28), Francis Walker (17) and Joseph McBride (56), all Protestant civilians.[1]
Aftermath
[edit]A week after the bar shooting the UVF carried out a gun attack on a Catholic-owned pub, the Ramble Inn, six people were killed in the attack five of them Protestants and just one Catholic which was considered a failure or "own goal" by the UVF. The shooting was carried out because the bar owners where Catholics.[1]
See also
[edit]- Chlorane Bar attack
- Bayardo Bar attack
- Mountainview Tavern attack
- Tullyvallen massacre
- Stag Inn attack
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Chronology of the Conflict: 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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- The Troubles in County Antrim
- 1976 in Northern Ireland
- Terrorist incidents in the United Kingdom in 1976
- 1970s murders in Northern Ireland
- 1976 murders in Ireland
- Mass murder in 1976
- Attacks on buildings and structures in 1976
- Deaths by firearm in Northern Ireland
- Provisional Irish Republican Army actions
- June 1976 events in the United Kingdom
- Attacks on bars in Northern Ireland
- Terrorist incidents in Ireland in the 1970s