Drumnakilly ambush | |||||||
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Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner | |||||||
![]() Drumnakilly, close to where the ambush occurred | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Gerard Harte | Unknown | ||||||
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
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Location of the ambush |
The ambush at Drumnakilly was a military confrontation that took place at Drumnakilly in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland on 30 August 1988 during The Troubles, when a detachment of the Provisional IRA (IRA) was ambushed by the British Army.