Operation Conservation
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Operation Conservation was an attempt by the British Army to ambush a large Provisional Irish Republican Army unit along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Arma
A British Army position near Cullyhanna in the aftermath of the operation, 7 May 1990
H&K G3, the type of rifle used by the IRA team to cover its withdrawal
The South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army operated during the Troubles in south County Armagh. It was organised into two battalions, one around Jonesborough and another around
Operation Conservation
…along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Armagh. The action took place on 6 May 1990 but was thwarted by the South Armagh Brigade of the IRA. The British Army, in the hope of luring a large IRA active service unit into attacking an entrenched Light Infantry unit, deployed its…
The SNIPER AT WORK sign in South Armagh became a republican icon of the Troubles
Borucki sangar, a British army outpost in Crossmaglen with a republican flag on top during an Ógra Shinn Féin protest some time before its removal in 2000
Memorial in Cullyhanna