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List of Irish Republican separatists organizations assassinations

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This is a List of Irish Republican separatists organizations assassinations. The list includes organizations as Official Irish Republican Army, Irish People's Liberation Organisation , Irish National Liberation Army, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Real irish Republican Army and the New Irish Republican Army.

List

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Name Title Place Location Date of death Killed by
William J. Twaddell[1] Ulster Unionist Party MP for Belfast West, and former member of the Ulster Imperial Guards Belfast  Northern Ireland 22 May 1922 Irish Republican Army.[1][2]
Henry Wilson[2] Ulster Unionist Party MP for North Down, and former British Army Field Marshall. London  England 22 June 1922
Robert Curtis[3] British Army soldier Belfast  Northern Ireland 6 February 1971 Provisional Irish Republican Army.[3][4][5]
John McCaig[4] British Army personnel 10 March 1971
Dougald McCaughey[4]
Joseph McCaig[4]
Michael Willetts[5] British Army soldier 25 May 1971
John Barnhill[6] Ulster Unionist Party Senator Strabane 12 December 1971 Official Irish Republican Army[6][7]
Gerard Weston[7] Roman Catholic priest Aldershot  England 22 February 1972
Sydney Agnew[8] Bus conductor Belfast  Northern Ireland 18 January 1972 Uncertain whether the Provisional Irish Republican Army or the Official Irish Republican Army.[8]
Samuel Donegan[9] Inspector of the Garda Síochána Newtownbutler , County Fermanagh 8 June 1972 Provisional Irish Republican Army.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
William J. Staunton[10] British magistrate Belfast 25 January 1973
Peter Wilson[11] Northern Irish resident 1 August 1973
Thomas Niedermayer[12] German industrialist 1973
Billy Fox[13] Fine Gael TD for Monaghan in Dáil Éireann and Senator in Seanad Éireann Tircooney, County Monaghan,  Ireland 12 March 1974
Martin McBirney[14] magistrate Belfast  Northern Ireland 16 September 1974
Rory Conaghan[14]
Stephen Tibble[15] Police officer of the Metropolitan Police Service London  England 26 February 1975
Billy McMillen[16] Member of Official Sinn Féin and the Official Irish Republican Army Belfast  Northern Ireland 28 April 1975 Irish National Liberation Army[16]
Roger Goad[17] Police officer of the Metropolitan Police Service London  England 29 August 1975 Provisional Irish Republican Army[17][18][19][20][21][22][23]
Gordon Hamilton Fairley[18] Professor of medical oncology at St Bartholomew's Hospital 23 October 1975
Sammy Smyth[19] Northern Irish loyalist founding member of the Ulster Defence Association Ardoyne  Northern Ireland 10 March 1976
Robert McConnell[20] Northern Irish loyalist and soldier in the Ulster Defence Regiment Newtownhamilton, County Armagh 5 April 1976
Christopher Ewart-Biggs[21] British Ambassador to Ireland Dublin  Ireland 21 July 1976
Michael Clerkin[22] Police officer of the Garda Síochána Portarlington, County Laois, 16 October 1976
Robert Nairac[23] British Army officer Ravensdale Woods, County Louth, 15 May 1977
Seamus Costello[24] Leader of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and former leader of the Irish National Liberation Army Dublin 5 October 1977 Official Irish Republican Army[24]
Ian Corden-Lloyd[25] British Army officer Jonesborough, County Armagh  Northern Ireland 17 February 1978 Provisional Irish Republican Army[25][26]
Richard Sykes[26] British Ambassador to the Netherland Hague  Netherlands 22 March 1979
Airey Neave[27] Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland London  England 30 March 1979 Irish National Liberation Army[27]
Eamon Ryan[28] Irish civil servant Tramore, County Waterford,  Ireland 7 August 1979 Provisional Irish Republican Army[28][29][30]
Louis Mountbatten[29][30] 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Mullaghmore, County Sligo 27 August 1979
Doreen Knatchbull[30] Baroness Brabourne Anglo-Irish aristocrat, socialite 28 August 1979
John Morley[31] Detective of the Garda Síochána Loughglynn  Northern Ireland 7 July 1980 Irish National Liberation Army[31]
Henry Byrne[31] Police officer of the Garda Síochána
Herbert Westmacott[32] British Army officer Belfast 2 May 1980 Provisional Irish Republican Army[32][33][34]
Seamus Quaid[33] Police officer of the Garda Síochána Ballyconnick, County Wexford,  Ireland 13 October 1980
James Stronge[34] Former Ulster Unionist Party MP for Mid-Armagh and MPA for Armagh Tynan, County Armagh  Northern Ireland 21 January 1981
William McCullough[35] Leading member of the Ulster Defence Association Belfast 16 October 1981 Irish National Liberation Army[35]
Kenneth Howorth[36] Police officer of the Metropolitan Police Service London 26 October 1981 Provisional Irish Republican Army.[36][37]
Robert Bradford[37] Both an Ulster Unionist Party and Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party MP for Belfast South and Methodist Minister. Belfast 14 November 1981
John McKeague[38] Ulster loyalist and founding member of the Red Hand Commando paramilitary 29 January 1982 Irish National Liberation Army[38]
Edgar Graham[39] Ulster Unionist Party MPA for Belfast South, barrister and academic 7 December 1983 Provisional Irish Republican Army[39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46]
Gary Sheehan[40] Police officer recruit of the Garda Síochána Derrada 16 December 1983
Kenneth Salvesen[41] American business consultant London  England 17 December 1983
Alistair Slater[42] British Army soldier Kesh,

County Fermanagh

 Northern Ireland 2 December 1984
Mary Travers[43] Teacher Belfast  Ireland 8 April 1984
Frank Hand[44] Detective of the Garda Síochána County Meath  Northern Ireland 10 August 1984
Brian Stack[45] Chief prison officer at Portlaoise Prison Dublin  Ireland 29 September 1984
Anthony Berry[46] British Conservative MP Brighton, Sussex  England 12 October 1984
Patrick Joseph Morrissey[47] Police Sergeant of the Garda Síochána Tallanstown  Ireland 27 June 1985 Irish National Liberation Army[47]
John Bingham[48] Northern Irish loyalist and member of the Ulster Volunteer Force Belfast  Northern Ireland 14 September 1986 Provisional Irish Republican Army[48]
Thomas "Ta" Power[49] Member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and Irish National Liberation Army Drogheda, County Louth  Ireland 20 January 1987 Irish People's Liberation Organisation[49]
John O'Reilly[49] Member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and Irish National Liberation Army
Gerard Steenson[50] Leader of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation and former member of the Irish National Liberation Army Belfast  Northern Ireland 14 March 1987 Irish National Liberation Army[50]
Maurice Gibson[51] Lord Justice of Appeal Killean, County Armagh April 27, 1987 Provisional Irish Republican Army[51]
George Seawright[52] Democratic Unionist Party MPA for Belfast North, Belfast City Councillor and member of the Ulster Volunteer Force.[53] Belfast 3 December 1987 Irish People's Liberation Organisation[52]
David Howes[54] Corporals in the British Army 19 March 1988 Provisional Irish Republican Army[54][55][56][57][58][59][60]
Derek Wood[54]
Gillian Johnston[55] Chemist and shop worker Belleek County Fermanagh 18 March 1988

Ian Shinner[56]

British Senior Aircraftsman in the Royal Air Force based in West Germany Roermond  Netherlands May 2, 1988
John Miller Reid[56] British Senior Aircraftsman in the Royal Air Force based in West Germany Nieuw-Bergen
John Baxter[56] British Senior Aircraftsman in the Royal Air Force based in West Germany
Robert Seymour[57] Northern Irish loyalist and leading member of the Ulster Volunteer Force. Belfast  Northern Ireland 15 June 1988
Joseph Fenton[58] Northern Irish estate agent and suspected Special Branch informer 26 February 1989
John McAnulty[59] grain importer Culloville, County Armagh 17 July 1989
Heidi Hazell[60] German citizen Unna  West Germany 7 September 1989
Nick Spanos[61] Australian tourists Roermond  Netherlands 27 May 1990 Provisional Irish Republican Army[61][62][63][64][65][66]
Stephen Melrose[61]
Catherine Dunne[62] Irish Catholic nun Armagh  Northern Ireland 24 July 1990
Ian Gow[63] British Conservative MP for Eastbourne Hankham, East Sussex  England 30 July 1990
Donald Kaberry[64] British Conservative

politician, Baron Kaberry of Adel

London 13 March 1991
Margaret Perry[65] Civil servant, Mullaghmore, County Sligo  Ireland 21 June 1991
Thomas Oliver[66] Irish farmer Belleeks, County Armagh.  Northern Ireland 18 July 1991
Jimmy Brown[67] Leading member in the Irish People's Liberation Organisation's Belfast Brigade Belfast 18 August 1992 Irish People's Liberation Organisation[67]
Sammy Ward[68][69] Leader of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation 31 October 1992 Provisional Irish Republican Army[68][69][70]
Glenn Goodman[70] Special Constable of North Yorkshire Police Burton Salmon  England 7 June 1992
Trevor King[71] Ulster loyalist and leading member of the Ulster Volunteer Force Belfast  Northern Ireland 9 July 1994 Irish National Liberation Army[71]
Ray Smallwoods[72] Northern Irish loyalist and leader of the Ulster Democratic Party . Lisburn 11 July 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army[72][73][74]
Raymond Elder[73] Northern Irish loyalist and leading member of the Ulster Defence Association's South Belfast Brigade Belfast 31 July 1994
Joe Bratty[73] Northern Irish loyalist and leading member of the Ulster Defence Association's South Belfast Brigade 31 July 1994
Martin Cahill[74] Irish crime boss Dublin  Ireland 18 August 1994
Hugh Torney[75] Member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party and leader of the GHQ faction of the Irish National Liberation Army Lurgan, County Armagh  Northern Ireland 3 September 1996 Irish National Liberation Army[75][76]
Billy Wright[76] Ulster loyalist, leader of the Loyalist Volunteer Force and former member of the Ulster Volunteer Force. Maze Prison 27 December 1997
Andrew Kearney[77] Northern Irish resident Belfast 19 July 1998 Provisional Irish Republican Army[77][78][79]
Eamon Collins[78] Former member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Doran's Hill, Newry 27 January 1999
Charles Bennett[79] Irish murder victim. Belfast 30 July 1999
Matthew Burns[80] Irish murder victim, alleged drug dealer.[81] Castlewellan, County Down. 21 February 2002 Real Irish Republican Army[80]
Gareth O'Connor[82] member of the Real IRA and suspected Special Branch agent.[83] Newry Canal, County Down. 11 May 2003 Provisional Irish Republican Army[82][84]
James Curran[84] Dublin resident Dublin  Ireland 3 April 2005
Denis Donaldson[85] Former member of Sinn Féin and the Provisional Irish Republican Army, also an informer for MI5 and Special Branch. Glenties, County Donegal 4 April 2006 Real Irish Republican Army[85]
Paul Quinn[86] Northern Ireland resident Oram, County Monaghan 20 October 2007 Provisional Irish Republican Army [86]
Andrew Burns[87] Northern Irish resident and member of the Real IRA Castlefin, County Donegal. 12 February 2008 Óglaigh na hÉireann[87]
David Black[88] Prison officer at Maghaberry Prison Craigavon  Northern Ireland 1 November 2012 New Irish Republican Army[88]
Eamon Kelly[89] Irish crime boss Dublin  Ireland 4 December 2012 New Irish Republican Army[89]
Adrian Ismay[90] Prison officer at Maghaberry Prison Belfast  Northern Ireland 4 March 2016 New Irish Republican Army[90]

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