1990 Lough Neagh ambush

1990 Lough Neagh ambush
Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner
Scene of the shooting, 11 November 1990
1990 Lough Neagh ambush is located in Northern Ireland
1990 Lough Neagh ambush
LocationCastor Bay near Morrows Point, Lough Neagh,
County Armagh,
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°30′19.3″N 6°20′28.64″W / 54.505361°N 6.3412889°W / 54.505361; -6.3412889
Date10 November 1990
7:30-8:00AM (GMT)
TargetOff-duty RUC officers
Attack type
Shooting
Deaths2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers
1 former UDR soldier
1 civilian
Injured0
PerpetratorProvisional IRA

The 1990 Lough Neagh ambush was a gun attack carried out by the Provisional IRA on 10 November 1990 at Castor Bay, near Morrows Point, Lough Neagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland targeting members of the security forces involved in a waterfowl hunting trip with other two men at the time. An active service unit of the IRA's North Armagh Brigade shot dead a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Inspector, an RUC Reservist, a former Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier and one civilian.[1] Some members of the wildfowling party struggled with their attackers, and one of the constables returned fire before being killed.

  1. ^ Sunday Life. 11 November 1990.