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Gillian Johnston was a chemist and shop worker from Northern Ireland who was murdered by the IRA on 18 March 1988; she was aged 21 at the time of her murder.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Active service unit, Ballyshannon, Belleek, County Fermanagh, Enniskillen, Garda Síochána, Irish Republican Army, Jeffery Agate, Killings of Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose, Miami Herald, Murder of Jean McConville, Murder of Thomas Oliver, Northern Ireland, Remembrance Day bombing, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, The Wichita Eagle, Ulster Defence Regiment.

  2. 1988 in Northern Ireland
  3. 1988 murders in the United Kingdom
  4. 20th century in County Fermanagh
  5. Murder victims from County Fermanagh
  6. Terrorism deaths in Northern Ireland

Active service unit

An active service unit (ASU) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) cell of four to ten members, tasked with carrying out armed attacks.

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Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Ireland.

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Belleek, County Fermanagh

Belleek (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; Irish Place Names, page 182. Gill & Macmillan, 2002.) is a large village and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Enniskillen

Enniskillen (from Inis Ceithleann, 'Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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Garda Síochána

The italic (meaning "the Guardian(s) of the Peace") is the national police and security service of Ireland.

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Irish Republican Army

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Jeffery Agate

Jeffery Stanford Agate (1919 –1977) was the Managing Director of the DuPont factory at Maydown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Murder of Gillian Johnston and Jeffery Agate are Terrorism deaths in Northern Ireland.

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Killings of Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose

Nick Spanos and Stephen Melrose were Australian tourists shot dead in Roermond, the Netherlands by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 May 1990, which stated it had mistaken them for off-duty British soldiers.

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Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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Murder of Jean McConville

Jean McConville (née Murray; 7 May 1934 – December 1972) was a woman from Belfast, Northern Ireland, who was kidnapped and murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and secretly buried in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland in 1972 after being accused by the IRA of passing information to British forces. Murder of Gillian Johnston and murder of Jean McConville are Terrorism deaths in Northern Ireland.

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Murder of Thomas Oliver

Thomas Oliver was a 43-year-old Irish farmer who was tortured and murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in July 1991, reportedly for passing information to the Garda Síochána.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Remembrance Day bombing

The Remembrance Day bombing (also known as the Enniskillen bombing or Poppy Day massacre) took place on 8 November 1987 in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.

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San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.

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The Wichita Eagle

The Wichita Eagle is a daily newspaper published in Wichita, Kansas, United States.

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Ulster Defence Regiment

The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army established in 1970, with a comparatively short existence ending in 1992.

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See also

1988 in Northern Ireland

1988 murders in the United Kingdom

20th century in County Fermanagh

Murder victims from County Fermanagh

  • Murder of Gillian Johnston

Terrorism deaths in Northern Ireland

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Gillian_Johnston

Also known as Gillian Johnson, Gillian Johnston (murder victim).