Claim: Harris Boyle was killed with another gunman after the bomb that they are loading in a popular Irish cabaret band’s minibus exploded prematurely.
Evidence: He was one of the two gunmen killed when the bomb they were loading onto the band's minibus exploded prematurely. The popular Irish cabaret band was driving home to Dublin after a performance in Banbridge. 
Five people were killed, including three members of The Miami Showband, who were one of Ireland's most popular cabaret bands. Two of the gunmen, both soldiers, died when the time bomb they were hiding on the minibus exploded prematurely. Meanwhile, two other gunmen at the front of the minibus were placing the briefcase containing the bomb under the driver's seat. When the device was tilted on its side, clumsy soldering on the clock used as a timer caused the bomb to explode prematurely, blowing the minibus apart and killing UVF men Harris Boyle (aged 22, a telephone wireman from Portadown) and Wesley Somerville (aged 34, a textile worker from Moygashel) instantly.