Central Bar bombing

Central Bar bombing
Part of the Troubles
Central Bar bombing is located in Northern Ireland
Central Bar bombing
LocationGilford, County Down, Northern Ireland
Coordinates55°02′28″N 7°00′36″W / 55.041°N 7.010°W / 55.041; -7.010
Date31 December 1975 (GMT)
Attack type
Bombing
WeaponsTime bomb
Deaths3
Injured30
Perpetratorclaimed by "Armagh People's Republican Army" a covername for the Irish National Liberation Army
All Saints Church, Gilford, close to the bomb site

The Central Bar bombing was a bomb attack on a pub in the town of Gilford near Portadown in County Down in Northern Ireland on 31 December 1975. The attack was carried out by members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) using the covername "People's Republican Army" although contemporary reports also said the "Armagh unit" of the "People's Republican Army" (the name under which the INLA operated throughout 1975) had claimed responsibility.[1] Three Protestant civilians were killed in the bombing.[2]

  1. ^ Belfast News Letter, 2 January 1976
  2. ^ Sutton, Malcolm. "CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". cain.ulst.ac.uk.