Clonoe ambush

Clonoe ambush
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner

St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dernagh, near Clonoe
Date16 February 1992
Location
Clonoe, County Tyrone
Northern Ireland
54°32′51.5″N 6°40′5″W / 54.547639°N 6.66806°W / 54.547639; -6.66806
Result Most of IRA unit killed
Belligerents
Provisional IRA  British Army
East Tyrone Brigade Special Air Service
Strength
1 improvised tactical vehicle
6 IRA men
At least another 4 involved		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed 1 wounded
Location within County Tyrone
Clonoe ambush (Northern Ireland)

The Clonoe Ambush was a military engagement between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit that had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in Coalisland, County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds of a church in the nearby village of Clonoe, resulting in several IRA fatalities.

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