The Troubles in Whitecross, County Armagh
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The Troubles in Whitecross recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Whitecross, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
Incidents in Whitecross during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:
1976
- 4 January 1976 - Three Catholic civilian brothers (John Reavey (24), Brian Reavey (22) and Anthony Reavey (17)) were shot dead during an Ulster Volunteer Force gun attack on their home at Greyhillan, Whitecross. Anthony Reavey died on 30 January 1976. See Reavey and O'Dowd killings.
- 5 January 1976 - In retaliation for the attack on the Reavey brothers and another incident in Ballydougan which claimed three Catholic lives, the following occurred:
John McConville (20), Walter Chapman (23), Reginald Chapman (25), Joseph Lemon (46), James McWhirter (58), Kenneth Wharton (24), Robert Chambers (19), John Bryans (46), Robert Freeburn (50) and Robert Walker (46), all Protestant civilians, were shot dead by the South Armagh Republican Action Force (a proxy of the Provisional Irish Republican Army) shortly after their firm's minibus was stopped at a bogus vehicle check point while travelling home from work, Kingsmill, near Bessbrook and Whitecross. One of the Protestant men, Alan Black, the only survivor, survived despite having been shot 18 times. The bus driver, a Catholic, was unharmed.
For more information see Kingsmill massacre.
