the warrenpoint ambush 1979. the worst soldier death toll
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IRA Ambush Recreated, 1960s - Film 99095
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Narrow water keep and castle. Newry Road Warrenpoint Co. Down Northern Ireland.
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McGuinness on his IRA past: 'I fought against the British Army on the streets of Derry'
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Northern Ireland: Former enemies come face to face
The Warrenpoint ambush or Narrow Water ambush, also called the Warrenpoint massacre or Narrow Water massacre, was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambushed the British Army with two large roadside bombs at Narrow Water Castle in Northern Ireland. The first bomb was aimed at a British Army convoy and the second targeted the reinforcements sent to deal with the incident. IRA volunteers hidden in nearby woodland also allegedly fired on the troops. The castle is on the banks of the Newry River, which marks the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.