Clonoe ambush

Clonoe ambush
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dernagh, near Clonoe, where the ambush took place
Date16 February 1992
Location54°32′51.5″N 6°40′5″W / 54.547639°N 6.66806°W / 54.547639; -6.66806
Result Most of IRA unit killed
RUC base damaged by machine-gun fire
Belligerents
Provisional IRA United Kingdom British Army (SAS)
Strength
1 improvised tactical vehicle
6 IRA men[1]
At least another 4 involved[2]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed 1 wounded
Clonoe ambush is located in Northern Ireland
Clonoe ambush
Location within Northern Ireland

The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, and was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds of a church in the village of Clonoe whilst attempting to make its escape, resulting in several IRA fatalities.

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