State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1974

Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1974.
==January==
*1 - Sunningdale power-sharing administration takes office.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*3 - Director of Public Prosecutions writes to the Chief Constable of the RUC, saying it had been decided not to charge Robin Jackson with the murder of Patrick Campbell.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.46.
*6 - Tommy Toland shot and injured in Lurgan. The Ulster Defence Association later claimed responsibility.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.52.
*17 - Daniel Hughes killed in loyalist attack on Boyle's Bar, Cappagh, County Tyrone. The attack is later claimed by the Ulster Volunteer Force.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.53.
*19 - SDLP leadership narrowly escapes a UVF bomb attack in Dungannon.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.54.
==February==
*February undated - Brian Nelson sentenced to imprisonment for seven years for firearms offences, intimidation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
*11 Marian Rafferty and Thomas Mitchell shot and injured in loyalist attack in Moy.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.12. Stuart Ashton and Derek McFarland admitted involvement in the attack in 1980.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.55.
*19 - A UVF bomb kills two people in a Catholic-owned Traynor's Bar in Aughenlig, Co Armagh. A UVF member was convicted for the attack in 1981. He was also convicted of a February 1974 attack on a courting couple in Charlemont. Two other men were also convicted of the latter attack, both former members of the UDR, and one also a former member of the RUC.David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, pp.423-424. The Pat Finucane Centre has linked the bombings to the Glennane Gang.Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.
*28 - Westminster general election - United Ulster Unionist Council wins 11 of 12 seats, with the SDLP winning West Belfast.W.D Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.4.
==March==
*5 - 9 people injured in a UVF bomb attack on a house in Coalisland. The bombers had kidnapped two men in a bread van and loaded the bomb into it.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.60.
*13 - Trevor Barnard charged in relation to 5 March Coalisland kidnapping.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.60.
*15 - John Somerville and Wesley Somerville appear in court in relation to 5 March kidnapping.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.60.
*19 - Robert Fisk reports in The Times that SAS members are serving undercover in Belfast and Derry.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.61.
*21 - Ulster Workers Council formed.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.61.
==April==
*4 Merlyn Rees announces the end of internment and the deproscription of the UVF and Sinn Féin.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.61.
==May==
*7 - SDLP members James and Gertrude Devlin are shot dead by a uniformed man near the home at Congo Road, near Edendork, Co Tyrone. A 21-year-old UDR member, William Thomas Leonard, was later convicted of the murders. The court heard he had driven the gunmen to the scene. A July 1996 Sunday Independent report linked Robin Jackson to the killings.David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, p.444.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.64. The Pat Finucane Centre has linked the shootings to the Glennane Gang.Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.
*10 - Brendan Hughes arrested in raid on a house in Myrtlefield Park, Belfast.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.68.
*13 - In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Harold Wilson denounces IRA 'Doomsday' document recovered at Myrtlefield Park. The British Ambassador in Dublin presents the document to Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.68.
*14 - Ulster Workers Council declares beginning of strike.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.69.
*15 - Internal Ministry of Defence letter warns that RUC may have concealed criminal records of applicants to facilitate recruitment into the Ulster Defence Regiment.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.67.
*17 - Three no-warning car bombs ripped through the heart of Dublin at 5.30 pm. Twenty-six people (including a French and Italian citizen) and an unborn baby lost their lives. Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street were devastated. Ninety minutes later, a fourth car bomb exploded outside Greacen's Pub in North Road, Monaghan town where a further seven people died.THE DUBLIN AND MONAGHAN BOMBINGS, Justice for the Forgotten, 19 June 2012. The Pat Finucane Centre has linked the bombings to the Glennane Gang.Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.
*19 - Merlyn Rees declares state of emergency.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.70.
*27 - J.N. Allan and Michael Oatley met with the UVF at Laneside. Those present included Ken Gibson, John Falls, Tom Best and Stanley Grey.Extract from National Archives file CJ4 1147, archived by the Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 4 April 2013.
*28 - Sunningdale administration collapses and Ulster Workers Council strike ends.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*29 - A further meeting with the UVF at Laneside. J.N. Allan and Michael Oatley meet Ken Gibson and John Falls.
Extract from National Archives file CJ4 1147, archived by the Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 4 April 2013.
==June==
*15 - John Patrick Cunningham, a 27-year-old man with a mental disability, was shot dead by British soldiers near his home in Benburb, Tyrone.Gerry Moriarty, British government apologises over shooting of mentally disabled man, Irish Times, 20 March 2013.
==September==
*27 - Colin Wallace promoted to senior information officer.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
==October==
*1 - Colin Wallace declines to undertake further work on Operation Clockwork Orange at around this time.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*10 - UK General election.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*16 - Colin Wallace offered a position at the Northern Ireland Office.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*27 - The body is discovered of 18-year-old Anthony Duffy who had been beaten and shot to death by members of the UVF. Two Portadown men are later convicted of his murder.David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, pp.486-487. The Pat Finucane Centre has linked the killing to the Glennane Gang.Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.
*30 - Colin Wallace visited by David McKittrick over a claim that the UDA had identified George Horn as the leader of the Ulster Citizens Army.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
==November==
*8 Colin Wallace writes memorandum complaining about lack of police action over Kincora.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*20 - Patrick Falls is shot dead at his brother's pub at Aughamullen, near Coalisland, Co. Tyrone. A close relative of Wesley Somerville is convicted of the killing in 1981.David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, p.496. The Pat Finucane Centre has linked the killing to the Glennane Gang.Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.
*29 - UVF bomb attack on Hughes Bar in Newry, Co. Down. One man, John Mallon, dies of his injuries on 15 December. Newspaper reports suggest Robin Jackson is suspected of a role.David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, p.506. Another UVF bomb attack on 29 November took place at McArdle's Pub in Crossmaglen, Co. Armagh, owned by a former chairman of the local rural council. one man, Thomas McNamee, died of injuries sustained in the attack a year later.David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, p.595. The Pat Finucane Centre has linked both bombings to the Glennane Gang.Collusion in the south Armagh - mid Ulster area in the mid-1970's, Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 19 June 2012.
==December==
*20 - IRA ceasefire announced.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*24 - Colin Wallace told by Tony Chinneck of the Ministry of Defence that he is being moved from Northern Ireland because his life is in danger.Paul Foot, Who Framed Colin Wallace, Pan Books, 1989, p.427.
*27 - Nineteen-year-old George Hyde, a defendant in the shooting of Patrick Turley, is beaten to death in Long Kesh prison camp, amid allegations he had given information the RUC.Anne Cadwallader, Lethal Allies: British Collusion in Ireland, Mercier Press, 2013, p.32.
==Notes==
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