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Fergal Caraher (12 April 1970 – 30 December 1990) was a Provisional IRA volunteer^[1]^[2] and Sinn Féin member who was killed by a group of Royal Marines at a checkpoint in Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.^[3]

Background

Fergal Caraher was born in Cullyhanna, County Armagh, Northern Ireland to a republican family. He was a member of both the Provisional IRA and Sinn Féin.

On 30 December 1990, he was killed by Royal Marines near a checkpoint in Cullyhanna. His brother, Michael Caraher, who was severely wounded in the shooting, later became the shooter of one of the South Armagh sniper squads, which killed seven British soldiers and two Royal Ulster Constabulary members.^[4] Michael Caraher was imprisoned in 1997, but released in 2000 under the prisoner release terms of the Good Friday Agreement.^[5]

In 1996, Fergal Caraher's sister, Maria, was elected to the Northern Ireland Forum in Newry and Armagh, but she did not stand in the subsequent 1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election.^[6] She is currently the principal of Bunscoil an Iúir, an Irish language school in Newry.^[7]

Murder trial

In 1993, two Royal Marines were charged with Caraher's murder. Both men, Lance Corporal Richard Elkington, 23, and Private Andrew Callaghan, 21, from 45 Commando RM, denied the charges and were acquitted.^[8]

Crown prosecutors stated that Elkington smashed the driver's window with his rifle and opened fire on the car, ordering Callaghan to do likewise as the brothers attempted to drive from a pub car park. They also stated that the investigation into the shooting had been hampered as other soldiers on scene had collected spent bullet cases instead of preserving the scene for Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) police officers and claimed that there was no lawful justification for firing on the car.^[8]

Elkington told police he had fired nine aimed shots at the driver, believing that a third Marine was being carried away by the brothers on the bonnet of their car. Callaghan stated that he fired 12 shots at the car because he feared for the life of the third Marine, whom he could not see.^[8]

Fergal Caraher is one of 24 Provisional IRA volunteers remembered at the South Armagh Memorial Garden in Mullaghbawn, near Slieve Gullion mountain.^[9]

References

^ "Caraher family still seeking justice after 17 years | An Phoblacht". anphoblacht.com. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Volunteer Fergal Caraher". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
^ Tírghrá, National Commemoration Centre, 2002. PB. ISBN 0-9542946-0-2 p.321
^ Gerry Moriarty, "'Those people who murdered Paul will have that on their conscience' Archived 21 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine", Irish Times, 15 December 2007
^ "Short walk to freedom for the last of Maze inmates". The Irish Times. 27 July 2000. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ Newry and Armagh, Northern Ireland Elections
^ "Opening of new conference centre". Newry Chamber. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c McKittrick, David (9 November 1993). "Marines deny murder charge". The Independent. London.
^ "South Armagh Volunteers Day | An Phoblacht". anphoblacht.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

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Republicans
INLA = Irish National Liberation Army
IPLO = Irish People's Liberation Organisation
OIRA = Official Irish Republican Army
PIRA = Provisional Irish Republican Army

Loyalists
LVF = Loyalist Volunteer Force
RHC = Red Hand Commando
UDA/UFF = Ulster Defence Association / Ulster Freedom Fighters
UVF = Ulster Volunteer Force

Security Forces
RUC = Royal Ulster Constabulary

see also: The Troubles in Ireland See also: The Troubles in Britain and Europe

Geraghty, Tony: The Irish War. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-00-255617-0.
Harnden, Toby: Bandit Country:The IRA and South Armagh. Coronet Books, 2000. ISBN 0-340-71737-8.

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1970–1979	Battle of St Matthew's Falls Curfew 1970 Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Red Lion bombing Balmoral showroom bombing Abercorn bombing Donegall Street bombing Battle at Springmartin Battle of Lenadoon Bloody Friday Claudy bombing Newry customs bombing Old Bailey bombing Honey Trap killings King's Cross & Euston bombings Coleraine bombings 1973 Westminster bombing M62 bombing Clogher attack Houses of Parliament bombing Tower of London bombing Guildford pub bombings Harrow School bombing Brooks's Club bombing Woolwich pub bombing British Airways bombing attempt Birmingham pub bombings London pillar box bombings Talbot Arms bombing Bristol bombing Telephone exchange bombings 1974 Oxford Street bombing Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings Mountainview attack Bayardo Bar attack Forkhill attack Caterham Arms bombing Tullyvallen massacre London Hilton bombing Piccadilly bombing Trattoria Fiore bombing Scott's Oyster Bar bombing Walton's Restaurant bombing Drummuckavall ambush Balcombe Street siege Kingsmill massacre West Ham station attack Olympia bombing Store bar shooting Stag Inn attack Garryhinch ambush Jonesborough Gazelle downing La Mon restaurant bombing Crossmaglen ambush Warrenpoint ambush Brussels bombing Dungannon attack
1980–1989	Dunmurry train bombing Lough Foyle attacks Glasdrumman ambush 1981 Bessbrook attack Chelsea Barracks bombing Hyde Park & Regent's Park bombings Harrods bombing Royal Artillery Barracks bombing Brighton hotel bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Newry mortar attack Ballygawley attack Enniskillen mortar attack RUC Birches barracks attack Rheindahlen bombing Loughgall ambush Operation Flavius Corporals killings Lisburn bombing Aughanduff Lynx shootdown 1988 Netherlands attacks Glamorgan barracks bombing Inglis Barracks bombing Ballygawley bus bombing Jonesborough ambush Clive Barracks bombing Deal barracks bombing Mayobridge attack Derryard attack
1990–1991	Derrygorry Gazelle downing South Armagh sniper Downpatrick roadside bomb Operation Conservation 1990 Wembley bombing Carlton Club bombing London Stock Exchange bombing Honourable Artillery Company bombing Lichfield gun attack RFA Fort Victoria bombing Proxy bombings Downing Street mortar attack Paddington & Victoria station bombings Mullacreevie ambush Glenanne barracks bombing Coagh ambush Musgrave Park Hospital bombing Crumlin Road Prison bombing
1992–1997	Teebane bombing Clonoe ambush London Bridge bombing Staples Cnr bombing Baltic Exchange bombing Sussex Arms bombing Cloghoge attack Coalisland riots Forensic Science Laboratory bombing Stoke Newington Road bomb 1992 Manchester bombing Night of the Long Knives 1993 Harrods bombing Warrington bombings Cullaville occupation Camden bombing Bishopsgate bombing Finchley Road bombings Battle of Newry Road Shankill Road bombing 1993 Fivemiletown ambush Heathrow attacks Crossmaglen Lynx downing Drumcree conflict Docklands bombing Aldwych bus bombing 1996 Manchester bombing Hammersmith Bridge bombing Osnabrück mortar attack Thiepval barracks bombing Coalisland attack 1997 Northern Ireland riots

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