| Forkhill beer keg bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Troubles | |
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| Location | Tullydonnell, near Forkhill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Date | 17 July 1975 |
| Weapons | Improvised explosive device |
| Deaths | 4 British soldiers |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrator | Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade |
On 17 July 1975 the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated an improvised bomb inside a beer keg when it was being investigated by British Army soldiers. Four soldiers were killed and another seriously injured. This was the first major breach in the truce negotiated by the IRA and British government in February 1975. The attack took place in Forkhill, County Armagh.[1] It was one of many such attacks by the IRA in the 1970s.