Editing Ballinamore (section)

===Don Tidey kidnapping===
In 1983, members of the [[Provisional IRA]] kidnapped [[Quinnsworth]] [[managing director]] [[Don Tidey]], holding him captive in Derrada Woods, outside of the town.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |date=22 October 2023 |title=Who helped Don Tidey's IRA kidnappers escape, after murdering a garda and an Irish soldier in Derrada Wood? |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/who-helped-don-tideys-ira-kidnappers-escape-after-murdering-a-garda-and-an-irish-soldier-in-derrada-wood/a2147388609.html |work=[[Belfasttelegraph.co.uk]]}}</ref> [[Garda Síochána|Garda]] [[Gary Sheehan (police officer)]] and [[Private (rank)|Private]] [[Killing of Patrick Kelly|Patrick Kelly]] were murdered during a rescue attempt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 December 2023 |title=Victims' group calls for memorial for two men killed in Don Tidey rescue |url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/victims-group-calls-for-memorial-for-two-men-killed-in-don-tidey-rescue-1565389.html |website=[[BreakingNews.ie]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 16, 2023 |title=Today marks 40th anniversary of the killing of Carrickmacross Garda |url=https://www.northernsound.ie/news/today-marks-40th-anniversary-of-the-killing-of-carrickmacross-garda-227773 |website=[[Northern Sound]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGreevy |first=Ronan |date=January 2, 2022 |title=Gardaí confirm Provisional IRA killed garda and soldier during Don Tidey kidnap |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/gardai-confirm-provisional-ira-killed-garda-and-soldier-during-don-tidey-kidnap-1.4767480 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Reilly |first=Jerome |date=15 June 2008 |title='Don't be dead heroes,' IRA gang told gardai, soldiers |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dont-be-dead-heroes-ira-gang-told-gardai-soldiers-26454113.html |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 February 2009 |title=Garda Ar Lár |url=http://www.rte.ie/tv/gardaarlar/09prog5.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323010410/http://www.rte.ie/tv/gardaarlar/09prog5.html |archive-date=23 March 2009 |publisher=[[RTÉ Television]]}}</ref> Historians believe local [[Sinn Féin]] politician [[John Joe McGirl]] assisted the kidnappers in holding Tidey at the location.<ref name="auto" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Gary |date=10 November 2023 |title=Book Review: The Kidnapping recalls the survival of Don Tidey after IRA abduction |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41266831.html |website=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref>