Flagstaff Hill incident

Flagstaff Hill incident
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
Flagstaff road along Cornamucklagh, where the SAS team was stopped by the Gardaí and the Irish Army
Date 5–6 May 1976 Location Cornamucklagh, County Louth Republic of Ireland 54°6′15.02″N 6°17′29.93″W / 54.1041722°N 6.2916472°W / 54.1041722; -6.2916472 Result SAS operation thwarted
Belligerents
Ireland  Irish Army Garda Siochána	United Kingdom Special Air Service
Commanders and leaders
Pat McLoughlin	Malcolm Rees
Strength
1 Garda unit 1 Irish Army unit	2 SAS teams
Casualties and losses
None	8 soldiers arrested
class=notpageimage| Location within Ireland

The Flagstaff Hill incident was an international incident between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. It took place on the night of 5/6 May 1976 near Cornamucklagh, a townland just inside the Cooley Peninsula in the north of County Louth in the Republic of Ireland, when the Irish Army and Garda Síochána arrested eight British Special Air Service soldiers who had illegally crossed the Irish border.