Harris Boyle | |
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| Born | 1953 Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 31 July 1975 (aged 21) Buskhill, County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Allegiance | Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) British Army (Ulster Defence Regiment) |
| Rank | Major (UVF) |
| Unit | Mid-Ulster Brigade (UVF) |
| Conflict | The Troubles |
Harris Boyle (1953 – 31 July 1975) was an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier and a high-ranking member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary organisation. Boyle was implicated in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings,[1] and took part in the attack at Buskhill, County Down when an armed UVF gang wearing British Army uniforms ambushed The Miami Showband at a bogus military checkpoint. The popular Irish cabaret band was driving home to Dublin after a performance in Banbridge. He was one of the two gunmen killed when the bomb they were loading onto the band's minibus exploded prematurely.[2] He is sometimes referred to as Horace Boyle.[3]
- ^ Jack Harper. The 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: the truth sold out for vested interests and dirty tricks, irelandsown.net; Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Peter Taylor (1999). Loyalists. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. pp. 124, 147-49; ISBN 0-7475-4519-7
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