1992 Coalisland riots

1992 Coalisland riots
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Confrontation between a British paratrooper and a civilian in Coalisland
(May 1992)
Date12 and 17 May 1992
Location
54°32′23.92″N 6°42′01.82″W / 54.5399778°N 6.7005056°W / 54.5399778; -6.7005056
Caused byProvisional IRA attack on British army patrol near the village of Cappagh, County Tyrone
Resulted in
  • Parachute Regiment patrols in Northern Ireland cancelled before official tour's end
  • Commanding officer of Northern Ireland's Third Brigade removed
Parties
Coalisland residents
Casualties and losses
3 hospitalised
At least 4 others injured
2 soldiers hospitalised
7 others wounded[1]
1992 Coalisland riots is located in Northern Ireland
1992 Coalisland riots
Another soldier lost his legs during the previous IRA bomb attack at Cappagh

The 1992 Coalisland riots were a series of clashes on 12 and 17 May 1992 between local Irish nationalist civilians and British Army soldiers (of the Third Battalion of the Parachute Regiment[2] and the King's Own Scottish Borderers) in the town of Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The Third Battalion 1992 tour's codename was "Operation Gypsy".[3]

  1. ^ "Focal point for trouble". Belfast Newsletter. 19 May 1992. p. 6.
  2. ^ The Economist, Volume 323, Issues 7761-4
  3. ^ British Army 1945 on locations and dates