Editing Red Hand Commando (section)

====1970s====
*12 November 1971: The RHC carried out a bomb attack on the Frederick Inn pub on Frederick Street, Belfast. The thrown device missed the building and exploded on waste ground nearby, slightly injuring a girl.<ref name="ReferenceB">''Belfast Telegraph'', 5 December 1980</ref>
*8 February 1972: The RHC claimed responsibility for killing Bernard Rice, a member of the [[Catholic Ex-Servicemen's Association]], in a drive-by shooting on [[Crumlin Road]], Belfast.<ref>{{cite book |last=Taylor |first=Peter |year=1999 |title=Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland |publisher=TV Books |isbn=1575000474 |page=[https://archive.org/details/loyalistswarpeac00tayl/page/105 105] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/loyalistswarpeac00tayl/page/105 }}</ref>
*13 March 1972: The RHC shot dead a Catholic civilian (Patrick McCrory) at his home on Ravenhill Avenue, Belfast.<ref name="Sutton72">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1972.html|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-date=27 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827163637/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1972.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lives">David McKittrick et al, ''Lost Lives'', Mainstream Publishing, 2008, p. 1469</ref>
*15 April 1972: The RHC shot dead a Catholic civilian (Sean McConville, 17) from a passing car while he was walking along the Crumlin Road, Belfast.<ref name="Sutton72"/><ref name="lives"/>
*20 July 1972: The RHC attempted to kill a Catholic businessman in the Smithfield area of Belfast.<ref name="ReferenceB"/>
*28 July 1972: The RHC attempted to kill a Catholic civilian from a passing car on Upper Library Street, Belfast. [[William Smith (loyalist)|William "Plum" Smith]], later a senior figure in the Progressive Unionist Party, was arrested for his involvement in the attack, along with two other men.<ref>''The Belfast Telegraph'', 29 August 1972.</ref>
*26 September 1972: The RHC left a bomb at a home on Oakwood Avenue, Bangor, County Down, but the device failed to detonate.<ref>''Belfast Telegraph'', 6 February 1973</ref>
*31 October 1972: The RHC shot dead a Catholic civilian (James Kerr) at his workplace on Lisburn Road, Belfast. The gunman responsible was shot by a plainclothes policeman as he fled the scene and was arrested.<ref>''Sunday Life'', 19 February 1989</ref>
*11 November 1972: The RHC shot dead a Catholic civilian (Gerard Kelly) at his shop on Crumlin Road, Belfast.
*18 February 1973: The RHC shot dead two Catholic civilians, both postmen, (Anthony Coleman and Joseph McAleese) from a passing car while they were walking along Divis Street, Belfast. A gunman armed with a submachine gun had gotten out of the vehicle and opened fire.<ref name="Sutton73">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1973.html|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514143417/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1973.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="lives"/><ref>''The Belfast Telegraph'', 21 February 1973.</ref>
*26 March 1973: The RHC bombed the Catholic-owned Hillfoot Bar in east Belfast.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ex-Red Hand Commando ran online hate campaign against kids' Irish lessons|author=Hugh Jordan|url=https://www.sundayworld.com/news/northern-ireland-news/ex-red-hand-commando-ran-online-hate-campaign-against-kids-irish-lessons-40736860.html|date=10 August 2021|access-date=10 October 2021}}</ref><ref>''The Belfast Telegraph'', 27 March 1973.</ref>
*11 May 1973: The RHC shot and seriously injured a Catholic civilian (John McCormac) while he was walking along Raglan Street, Lower Falls, Belfast. He died three days later.<ref name="Sutton73"/><ref name="lives"/>
*31 May 1973: The RHC shot dead an English sailor (Thomas Curry) during a gun and bomb attack on Muldoon's Bar, Corporation Square, Belfast.<ref name="Sutton73"/><ref name="lives"/>
*June 1973: The RHC attempted to kill four Catholic youths in a drive-by shooting on the Antrim Road, Belfast.<ref>''Belfast Telegraph'', 27 April 1974</ref>
*1 October 1973: The RHC shot a Catholic civilian (Eileen Doherty, 19) after hijacking the taxi she was travelling in at Annandale Embankment, Ballynafeigh, Belfast.<ref name="Belfast Daily">{{cite web|title=RED HAND COMMANDO KILLER LOSES SECTARIAN MURDER APPEAL|author=Belfast Daily|url=https://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2013/09/24/red-hand-commando-killer-loses-sectarian-murder-appeal/|date=4 September 2013|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026011058/https://www.belfastdaily.co.uk/2013/09/24/red-hand-commando-killer-loses-sectarian-murder-appeal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Sutton73"/>
*20 February 1974: RHC members beat and stabbed a "fellow Loyalist" (John Thompson) to death, he was found dead on the Ormeau Road, Belfast. Apparent internal dispute.<ref>{{cite news|title=Loyalists reluctant to tell their stories, says NI playwright|author=Peter Murtagh|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/loyalists-reluctant-to-tell-their-stories-says-ni-playwright-1.2470273|date=18 December 2015|access-date=17 February 2021|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807101420/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/loyalists-reluctant-to-tell-their-stories-says-ni-playwright-1.2470273|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>''Belfast Telegraph'', 13 March 1975</ref>
*July 1974: In what was described as a "no warning bomb spree", the RHC bombed 14 Catholic-owned pubs in 14 days. One man was killed (Thomas Braniff) and 100 people were wounded.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*25 September 1974: The RHC shot dead a Catholic civilian (Kieran McIlroy) after he left work in Parkend Street off Limestone Road, Belfast.<ref name="Sutton74">{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1974.html|title=CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths|access-date=16 February 2021|archive-date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514143558/http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1974.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Belfast Daily"/><ref>''The Belfast Telegraph'', 26 September 1974.</ref>
*9 March 1975: The RHC claimed responsibility for a firebomb attack on the fishing fleet moored at [[Greencastle, County Donegal]], with 30 incendiary devices planted on 17 vessels. Fishermen described allegations their boats were being used for gun running as "laughable", noting that the [[Royal Navy]] frequently searched them at sea.<ref>''Belfast Telegraph'', 10 March 1975</ref>
*16 March 1975: The RHC was suspected by police to be responsible for a bomb that killed an RUC constable (Mildred Harrison) after exploding outside a Catholic-owned pub in Bangor, County Down.<ref name="Sunday Life, 19 September 1993">''Sunday Life'', 19 September 1993</ref>
*12 April 1975: The RHC claimed responsibility for a gun and bomb attack on Strand Bar, Anderson Street, Belfast. Six Catholic civilians were killed.<ref>''The Age'', 14 April 1975</ref> (See: [[Strand Bar bombing]])
*19 December 1975: A car bomb exploded without warning at Kay's Tavern in [[Dundalk]], [[County Louth]], [[Republic of Ireland]]. Two civilians were killed and twenty wounded. A short time later, there was a gun and bomb attack on the Silverbridge Inn near [[Crossmaglen]], [[County Armagh]]. Two Catholic civilians and an English civilian were killed in that attack, while six others were wounded. Members of the "[[Glenanne gang]]" were believed to have been involved in these attacks. The RHC claimed responsibility for both.(See: [[Donnelly's Bar and Kay's Tavern attacks]])
*2 May 1976: The RHC shot dead a Catholic civilian ([[Seamus Ludlow]]) near his home in Thistlecross, County Louth.
*2 June 1976: The RHC shot dead a Protestant civilian (David Spratt) at a house in [[Comber]], [[County Down]]. A Catholic man was the intended target.
*28 October 1976: The RHC and "[[Ulster Defence Association|Ulster Freedom Fighters]]" claimed responsibility for killing former [[Sinn Féin]] vice-president [[Máire Drumm]].<ref>''Star-News'', 30 October 1976</ref> She was shot dead by gunmen dressed as doctors in [[Mater Infirmorum Hospital|Mater Hospital]], Belfast. She had retired a short time before her killing and had been in the hospital for an operation. A UVF member (formerly a soldier), who worked as a security officer at the hospital, was among a number of men jailed.<ref>McKittrick, David. ''Lost Lives'', p.684</ref> 
*8 March 1978: The RHC shot dead an [[Irish National Liberation Army]] (INLA) volunteer (Thomas Trainor) in [[Portadown]], County Armagh.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}