01/02/99
Catholic man attacked by loyalists, Ormeau rd
From:"Sinn Fein WDC"
01/06/99
Catholic workman was injured when a booby trap bomb went off at a South
Derry construction site.
OV suspected.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/January07/07ov.html
01/07/99
Loyalists gathered and hurled fireworks and other missiles at Catholic homes on Craigwell
Ave. Another group of loyalists blocked the junction of Garvaghy and park rd, while still
more loyalists vandalised a number of cars owned by Catholics. The RUC made no attempts
to interfer with the mobs.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
01/10/99
Two Lurgan Catholics jumped from a car and down from the tunnel to bridge to escape an
attempt at abduction by Portadown loyalists.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/January14/14port.html
01/12/99
A crowd of loyalists created a disturbance with an illegal gathering at the lower Garvaghy.
Three cars owned by Catholics were vandalized.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/January14/14dup.html
01/14/99
Yet another mob of loyalists gathered at Drumcree. The crowd made its way through a field
to the rear of Catholic homes, throwing rocks and other missiles. Two arrested were made.
One of those arrested was later found to a British soldier serving in the RIR.
The crowd then made its way downtown where it staged another illegal march.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
01/19/99
Patsy Shields was injured in a bomb attack on his home Loughinisland.
OV claimed credit
01/23/99 - 01/24/99
he homes of two Catholic families in Larne were attacked with blast bombs. Another
Catholic home in Larne was attacked by arsonists earlier in the week.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/January28/28sect.html
01/23/99
A bomb placed under the car of a North Belfast Catholic family was defused.
( An phoblacht)
01/99
A pipe bomb was placed under the car of a Catholic family living in a predominately loyalist
neighborhood in Greenisland, Co Antrim. A warning call was made to the Good Samaritans
and the bomb was defused.
http://www.ireland.com/scripts/search/highlight.plx?TextRes=Loyalist%20violence%20&Path=/newspaper/ireland/1999/0127/north2.htm
01/26/99
Loyalists attack the Garvaghy Rd. A mob of 250 loyalists forced Catholic families to flee the
lower end of the Garvaghy Rd. Masked men with clubs and iron bars attacked Catholic
homes and vehicles. A woman was injured when struck with a iron bar and a 16 year old lad
badly hurt when hit in the head.
This follows a weekend of Loyalists attacking the homes and vehicles of residents with stones
and 1/2 inch bolts fired from catapults.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February04/04garv.html
01/28/99
A pipe bomb was thrown through the kitchen window of a Catholic family in Dungannon.
Mrs. Quinn and her 4 children, ages 5 - 12 were mercifully able to escape uninjured.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February04/04dung.html
01/99
Loyalists attempted to abduct a former Republican POW at Queens college. !! Catholic
families forced out of their homes in Portadown and another 16 in Antrim.
A year Of Loyalist attacks AP/RM_news
02/01/99
A pipe bomb was thrown at people attending Mass at St Joseph's church in Co Antrim
Claimed by RHD
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February04/04ant.html
02/02/99 - 02/03/99
Loyalists attacked Catholic homes and vehicles in the lower Garvaghy Rd area.
http://www.ireland.com/scripts/search/highlight.plx?TextRes=Loyalist%20violence%20&Path=/newspaper/ireland/1999/0203/north3.htm
02/08/99
Grenade attack on McNallys bar,in Co Antrim LVF suspected.
****Two other loyalist bombings reported in this article, both pipe bombs; A pub in Crumlin
and a home in North Belfast.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February11/11loy.html
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February18/18lvf.html
02/09/99
A woman taxi driver was assaulted by loyalists shouting comments about Fenians, who
struck her repeatedly through an open window. They then tried to drag her through the
window, kicking the doors of the taxi and rocking the vehicle. She was attacked because she
was driving a taxi from a Catholic owned company.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February11/11taxi.html
02/12/99
Crude bomb explodes in back garden of Catholic home in the Graymount area. 3rd attack
with this type of bomb in 10 days.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February18/18loy.html
02/12/99
Bomb hoax on chat show
From:"Sinn Fein WDC"
02/99
A Roses tin was left on the windowsill of a Catholic family in Coalisland. The mother of the
family brought the tin and opened it finding a bomb. Thankfully the bomb did not explode.
RDH Claim attack
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March04/03bomb.html
02/19/99
Catholic homes on Portadowns Craigwell Ave were again attacked with fireworks missiles
and ball bearings.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
02/24/99
A bomb was discovered in the garden of a North Belfast home. this is particularly horrifying
because obviously the most likely people to set off the bomb would have been the family's 5
children who often played in their yard.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/February25/25bomb.html
03/01/99
Catholic man attacked and threatened his home would be burned on Ormeau Road.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March04/03loy.html
03/02/99
Pipe bomb attacks on Catholic homes, Armagh city
From:"Sinn Fein WDC"
03/03/99
Bomb hoax, Irish News
From:"Sinn Fein WDC"
03/04/99
A North Belfast Catholic woman's home was pipe bombed. UDA suspected.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March11/11nb.html
03/05/99
Two Catholic homes were attacked in the North Belfast neighborhood of Graymount. Petrol
was poured through the mail slot into the home and set on fire. Both families involved had
suffered previous attacks.
90 Catholic families had lived in Graymount but the number has been reduced to 25 now,
and most of these are on waiting lists for housing outside of the area.
UDA suspected http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March11/11nb.html
03/09/99
Pipe bomb attack in Portadown
From:"Sinn Fein WDC"
03/15/99
A Catholic family of seven escaped injury when a bomb thrown at their home in Larne
burned itself out in the garden. Another Catholic family in the same estate had their home fire
bombed, and the living room rug caught fire the previous week.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March18/18larn.html
03/15/99
Rosemary Nelson assassinated.
03/16/99
A false bomb threat was phoned in claiming a bomb had been placed at the home of Sinn
Fein MP Martin McGuinness.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March25/25bomb.html
03/17/99
Over one hundred Loyalists gathered at Corcrain and Obins st beating there Lampeg Drums
and shouting verbal abuse such as where is your Rosemary now?
A Catholic family was put out of their home in the Corcrain Mews. They will not be
returning, one more family gone as the Loyalists try to clear this area of Catholics.
Nationalists gathered on the road in response to the abuse and the attack on the family. They
were charged by the RUC with batons and two people were hit with plastic bullets.
Brendan MacCionnaith and Joe Duffy were both injured.
Also the same night a Catholic taxi driver was attacked by loyalists who dragged him from
his car and beat him.
http://209.68.13.153/aprn/current/news/25garv.html
03/17/99
A 22 year old Belfast Catholic man was able to escape from a gang of 7 who had kidnapped
him and told him he was to be killed.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/01larn.html
03/17/99
A father and son were attacked and beaten by approximately 20 Loyalists in Waterside area
of Derry.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/15derr.html
03/18/99
Loyalists attacked a school bus with ball bearings fired from catapults. The bus was taking
girls home from Little Flower Secondary School
http://209.68.13.153/aprn/current/news/25bus.html
03/20/99
Loyalists attempted to abduct two Belfast youths. One was able to escape and run for help.
When the rescuers arrived the 2nd youth was badly beaten, and a knife was laying on the
ground.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/March25/25yout.html
03/22/99
Francie Trainor was injured by a booby trap device made with a hand grenade. Fortunately
the hand grenade rolled away a bit before exploding so Mr Trainor is still alive.
The device was planted by the Orange Volunteers.
http://209.68.13.153/aprn/current/news/25loy.html
03/24/99
A pipe bomb exploded in the car park of a Catholic bar in county Antrim.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/01bomb.html
03/26/99
A bomb was placed in the windowsill of a Catholic Co. Antrim home.
OV believed responsible.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/01bomb.html
http://www.irishnews.com/k_archive/270399/politics3.html
03/27/99
75 year old Catholic woman suffered heart failure during yet another pro- Orange Order
rally.
The ambulance was unable to get through the loyalists mobs and the RUC at first refused to
allow the private car carrying her to the hospital through. After the intervention of a British
Officer the car was allowed to proceed to Craigavon Hospital where she was hospitalized in
intensive care.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
03/29/99
Sinn Fin councilor James McCarry's home was fire bombed.
Mr Mc Carry was attending a council meeting at the time of the attack, which appears to
have been aimed at his wife and children rather than at Mr. Mc Carry himself.
The living room window was smashed with a brick which was followed by the bomb.
Fortunately no one was in the living room, so there were no injuries.
Mr Mc Carry thwarted a previous attack on him last year when he discovered a booby trap
was placed under his car.
03/99
Loyalist been using loud speakers from vehicles in Larne, ordering Catholics to leave there
area, in yet another attempt at ethnic cleansing in Larne. Pub owners in Larne were also
warned not to serve Catholic customers.
UDA and UVF believed responsible.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/01larn.html
04/02/99
A suspect device was found under the car of a Sinn Fein activist in Antrim.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/06att.html
04/04/99
Collette Quinn, the Aunt of the boys who burned to death in a loyalist attack this summer,
was a victim of a loyalist attack herself. Her home was burned and Ms Quinn and her partner
escaped only by jumping from a 2nd story window.
(RM Mailing List)
04/05/99
Loyalists attack Portadown Nationalists, a 27 year old man required surgery for severe head
injuries and is expected to be partially disbaled as a result of the injuries for the rest of his life.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
04/06/99
Garvaghy Rd councilor Joe Duffy's son was attacked and beaten by a loyalist mob in
Portadown.
The mob had been smashing the windows of Catholic hones in the Obins st area following
yet another sectarian march. Local youths drove the mob out of the area, but Mr Duffy's son
fell and was set upon by the mob. He sustained a broken jaw, eye injuries
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/April08/08garv.html
04/06/99
A Ballymoney home was petrol bombed. Although the home was badly damaged the family
a couple with three children were able to escape the burning home.
(from an article by By Melissa Kite, PA News)
A second Ballymoney home was also attacked, the windows broken and two fire bombs
thrown through them. This particular attack drew heavy criticism as it appears the loyalists
targeted the wrong house. The family was not Catholic.
(RM news)
04/07/99
A gang of loyalists , at least one of whom was armed chased a Bawnmore man while
shouting " Up the RHD". The man escaped by running across a freeway.
RM_news
04/08/99
A crowd of approx 20 loyalists attacked two North Belfast men with bricks and bottles in
Carlisle Circus.
RMD-news
04/08/99
RUC delivers death threats to Brendan Mac Cionnath and Collin Duffy ( a well known client
of Rosemary Nelson).
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/15lurg.html
04/09/99
A Co. Antrim pub, the Barley Corn, was pipe bombed. One man was hospitalized with chest
and leg injuries. Orange volunteers claimed the attack as well as claiming credit for placing
another bomb outside a different Antrim Pub.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/15barl.html
04/10/99
A 26 year old Lurgan man was attacked by loyalists as he left the Silverwood Hotel. The
man was punched in the face and then pursued by the loyalists who had donned balaclavas
and had firearms.
He escaped by hiding in a garden. The attack is believed to be linked to threats made by an
RIR member on another Nationalist young man the preceding week.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/15lurg.html
04/10/99
Loyalists picket Harryvillle Catholic Church
From:"Sinn Fein WDC"
04/14/99
Loyalists pushed pipe bombs through the letter slots of two Catholic homes in Randallstown,
Co Antrim.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/22ant.html
04/16/99
Sinn Fein rep Garret O'Fachtna received a bullet in the post with a note written on a picture
of him that read "bang bang you're dead RHD"
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/22bull.html
04/19/99
Further attempts at cleansing certain North Belfast estates of Catholic residents. A pipe
bomb was discovered alongside a Serpentine Park home and a fake bomb was placed at the
door of a Newtownabbey home causing the evacuation of several families.
RHD claimed credit for the bomb.
http://www.irishnews.com/k_archive/210499/politics5.html
04/22/99
A Newry man, whose has been being monitored by the RUC, had his home photographed
and diagrams drawn of it was informed by the RUC that he is under a loyalist death threat.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/06att.html
04/23/99
A pregnant wonan and her family abandoned their home after a Loyalist attack. The woman
later lost the baby.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
04/24/99
Two men were abducted and severely beaten by men claiming to be members of the UFF.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/April29/29abd.html
04/25/99
The home of a Ligoniel Catholic woman was attacked with a grenade which
exploded on the porch roof, thankfully just missing the bedroom window. The attack was
claimed by the Orange Volunteers, however there are suspicions of RUC involvement as
well.
A green Mondeo car with the registration letters VAZ was seen driving away after the attack
with it's lights turned off.
Later the car arrived at the scene, and the RUC admitted that it belonged to a RUC
supervisor, but claimed that it was not in the area until being called after the attack.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/April29/29nb.html
04/26/99
The PA news reports that the Ruc is investigating a string of bomb attacks in North Belfast.
Among the attacks, a grenade thrown at a Ligoniel (N. Belfast) home, and two petrol bomb
attacks on homes in Dunmurry, in south Belfast.
RM_news
04/28/99
A pipe bomb exploded outside the Ramble Inn in south Antrim.
OV claimed attack.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/06att.html
04/30/99
Two South Derry men were informed that the post office had intercepted death threats and
bullets addressed to them from the OV
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/06att.html
04/99
At least 9 Orange Order organised marches or rallies in Portadown.
http://members.aol.com/garvaghy/dossier.html
05/05/99
Two boys age 11 and 12 were confronted by a loyalist gunman outside a bookmaker's shop
in North Belfast. The man pointed the gun and pulled the trigger but the gun jammed giving
the 12 year old a chance to drag his friend inside where they shouted a warning to the men
inside and the door was bolted.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000132263537644&rtmo=auah4CqJ&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/99/5/7/nloy07.html
Three other instances of sectarian violence took place the same night.
A Belfast Catholic man was injured in a bomb attack on his home.
A Catholic owned art gallery in Belfast was damaged in a petrol bomb attack after he had
refused a donation to the UVF, a loyalist terror group supposedly on ceasefire.
RM News &
http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000132263537644&rtmo=auah4CqJ&atmo=99999999&pg=/et/99/5/7/nloy07.html
05/07/99
A spokesman for a Bellaghy residents group was forced to evacuate his family from there
home after the RUC phoned the family and informed them of a bomb threat from the Orange
Volunteers. The RUC refused to tell him if the threat was accompanied by a recognized code
word.
RM News
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/13lurg.html
05/08/99
A lurgan man was badly beaten by a loyalist mob at approx 3:30 am Saturday morning.
There had been an Orange march through the town approx 5 hours before and residents had
reported loyalist gang roaming the area afterwards.
RM News
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/13lurg.html
05/09/99
A petrol bomb was thrown through the window of a Catholic family living in what is now a
predominately Protestant neighborhood in Armagh.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/13esc.html
05/10/99
A petrol bomb was thrown through the bedroom window of an Antrim Catholic.
No injuries but the home badly burned.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/13esc.html
05/11/99
A Catholic workman in Carrickfergus was shot twice at point blank range in the chest and
legs by two loyalist gunmen.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/13fron.html
http://www.irishnews.com/current/politics1.html
05/14/99
Two mini busses carrying special needs children from a Portadown Catholic school were
attacked on Corcrain Road by a loyalist mob with rocks and bottles.
One student sustained facial injuries from flying glass.
RM_News
05/14/99
The Catholic owners of the Motte `nī Bailey pub were forced out after the 2nd attack on the
pub this week. The pub has suffered 2 arson attacks as well.
In the latest attack a 60 strong loyalist mob attacked the pub as it was being cleaned up after
closing.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/20fron.html
05/18/99
The home of a Larne family was petrol bombed. This is the fourth attack on this family.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/20fron.html
05/18/99
Portadown Loyalists rioted on Corcrain. Catholic homes had missiles thrown at them by
marchers and supporters of another loyalist march.
RM_News
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/20fron.html
05/19/99
Second night of rioting by Orange supporters - Portadown
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_348000/348293.stm
05/19/99
It was disclosed today that the RUC was in possession of loyalist hit list which contained the
names of 150 people marked for death by loyalist death squads. The list contained personal
details such as names,
addresses, birth dates and car registration numbers. It is believed the details were "leaked by
the RUC or RIR. It is not yet known if Rosemary Nelson's name was on this list. The RUC
has had the list in its possession since February but had not warned the intended victims until
May.
http://www.irlnet.com/aprn/current/news/20fron.html
05/21/99
3 people injured in a grenade attack on the Red Devil Pub on the Catholic Falls Road.
A security guard prevented the bomber from getting into the pub which had 250 people
inside. The bomber then threw the bomb outside injuring three bystanders.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_349000/349176.stm
05/21/99
Loyalist gunmen attempted to murder a Catholic youth worker. The man was dropping off a
Protestant child in Belfasts Shankhill area a loyalists stronghold.
The youth worker had made a habit of returning the girl home form the cross community
equestrian events he was involved with. Unfortunately he will no longer be able to do so.
Two loyalist gunmen opened fire on him, but while he vehicle was hit and the windows of a
local pub shot out, no one was injured.
The RUC had warned the youth worker that he would be shot if he refused to become an
informer. It appears once again the RUC has been able to make good on its threats to have
victims attacked by loyalist death squads.
http://www.irishnews.com/k_archive/240599/nnews1.html
05/23/99
Another family has been driven from there Antrim home.
The family is mixed faith the husband Catholic and the wife Protestant. Known loyalists
broke into the home and threatened the woman in front of her terrified children that they
would put her in the hospital by Sunday.
Although the family has been threatened before apparently this last attack frightened them
enough to leave.
They are staying in safety with a Catholic family in West Belfast, but being driven from their
home was particularly painful as they cherished the memories in the home of their daughter
who died of leukemia in '95.
Flags and placards supporting the loyalist death squads line the streets of Antrim which
appears to have an ongoing campaign to cleanse the area of Catholics.
RM_News
05/23/99 - 05/26/99
Nightly attacks on Powerscourt Place homes using ball bearings, rocks etc.
One child was seriously injured on the 23rd.
RM_News
05/27/99
A British Army bomb disposal unit carried out a controlled explosion on a car which had
been hijacked on upper Crumlin rd earlier that day and abandoned by loyalists in Ligoniel.
RM_News
05/28/99
The home of a Catholic family in Armagh was pipe bombed. The bomb hit a window, but
bounced back and exploded in the garden.
The family, which included 4 children was not injured.
Irish American Information Service http://www.iais.org
05/29/99
Once again an Orange March resulted in Loyalist violence.
A Jr OO march was allowed on the lower Garvaghy Rd. Mobs of loyalists ermed with
bricks and bottles, tried to use the march as a chance to gain entry to get onto the road.
One woman was injured when she was struck in the face by a brick thrown by one of the
loyalists.
Plastic bullets were then fired on the Nationalist protestors, one boy was hit in the neck.
The march was deliberately confrontational. There can be no cause , other than hopes of
sparking violence for the marchers to have marched out of their way part way up a Catholic
rd and then turn around and go back.
RM_News
05/30/99
A Family of 4 has been been driven from there Antrim home after a firebomb attack. The
front hall was engulfed in flames from the blast bomb , but the family escaped uninjured
except for smoke inhalation.
A Catholic family in Derry was also the target of a loyalist bomb which resulted in scorch
damage to their home.
05/17/99 - 05/30/99
Loyalists have blocked the only road leading from Ligoniel to Belfast and attacked vehicles
attempting to go in or out of the estate.
The RUC has done nothing to prevent the attacks.
RM_News
05/99
DUP Assembly member Paul Berry has issued threats regarding Drumcree. Mr Berry is also
a member of the Orange Order.
In a BBC interview Berry said: ". . . They've stopped us going along the Garvaghy Road and
they're
going to try and stop us in Corcrain. But I will say quite clearly
they'll not be stopping us this July.
He added, "because if our security forces and government do not take
the right decision, well then we're going to have to think very
seriously of what way we're going to go down this road in 1999.
"And if that is a matter of taking the law into our own hands, we're going to have to do that."
Interviewer: "That sounds like a threat."
Berry: "Well that is a threat."
RM_News
05/99
At least ten organized Orange marches or rallies were held in Portadown in this month.
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