The Clonoe Ambush was a military engagement between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit that had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in Coalisland, County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds of a church in the nearby village of Clonoe, resulting in several IRA fatalities.
The Clonoe Ambush was a military engagement between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit that had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in Coalisland, County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds of a church in the nearby village of Clonoe, resulting in several IRA fatalities.
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