The Store Bar shooting
The Store Bar shooting was a mass shooting on 25 June 1976 by the Republican Action Force at The Store Bar (which was also known as Walkers Bar) on Lyle Hill Road in Templepatrick, County Antrim.
| The Store Bar shootings | |
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| Part of the Troubles | |
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| Location | Lyle Hill Road, Templepatrick, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°10′22″N 6°36′53″W |
| Date | 25 June 1976 |
Attack type | mass shooting |
| Weapons | assault rifle AR-15 |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Injured | 6 |
| Perpetrator | Republican Action Force |
Attack
The Republican group sprayed the pub with an AR-15 assault rifle killing three people and injuring about a half a dozen. The victims were Ruby Kidd (28), Francis Walker (17) and Joseph McBride (56), all Protestant civilians.[1]
Aftermath
A week after the bar shooting the UVF carried out a gun attack on a Catholic-owned pub, the Ramble Inn, six people were killed in the attack five of them Protestants and just one Catholic which was considered a failure or "own goal" by the UVF. The shooting was carried out because the bar owners where Catholics.[1]
References
- "Chronology of the Conflict: 1976". Conflict Archive on the Internet. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
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