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The following is a '''list of a few of the 300 or so [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] volunteers killed''' either as a consequence of [[the Troubles]] or of other violence.

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!Volunteer
!Date of death
!Age
!Cause of death
!Responsible
!Reference
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| align=left nowrap |[[Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)|Michael Gaughan]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1974|6|3}}
| align=right nowrap|24
| nowrap | Either pneumonia or a punctured lung from a [[force-feeding ]]tube
| nowrap | Potentially the British government
| <ref name="time">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879324,00.html|title=Waiting for the Explosion|date=17 June 1974|publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|accessdate=2 June 2007}}</ref><ref name="lark">{{cite web | author= | title=The Granting of Special Category Status, 1972| work=Lark Spirit| url=http://larkspirit.com/hungerstrikes/specstat.html| accessdate=13 June 2007 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070402224243/http://larkspirit.com/hungerstrikes/specstat.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Kate McCabe  | title=No less courage| work=[[Critical Moment]] | url=http://criticalmoment.org/issue16/mccabe| accessdate=13 June 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[James McDade]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1974|11|14}}
| align=right nowrap|28
| nowrap | Premature detonation of a bomb he planted at the [[Coventry]] telephone exchange
| nowrap |
| <ref>{{cite news|title=1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/21/newsid_2549000/2549953.stm|accessdate=8 August 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=21 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McDonald|first=Henry|title=Ex-soldier fights to clear his name|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/oct/09/uk.northernireland|accessdate=8 August 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=8 October 2005}}</ref>  
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[John Francis Green]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1975|1|10}}
| align=right nowrap |29  
| nowrap | Shot six times in head from close range during an IRA ceasefire
| [[Ulster Volunteer Force|UVF]]
| <ref name="Oire">''Houses of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence, and Women's Rights, Interim Report on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings'', December 2003, retrieved on 22 October 2009</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dillon|first=Martin|title=The Dirty War: Covert Strategies and Tactics Used in Political Conflicts|year=1999|publisher=Hutchinson|isbn=978-0091743086|page=173}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Killing of John Francis Green|accessdate=15 October 2009|newspaper=An Phoblacht|date=17 January 2008}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Kevin Coen]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1975|1|20}}
| align=right nowrap |27
| nowrap | Shot reportedly during an attempted bus hijacking
| nowrap | [[British Army]]
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Sutton|first=Malcolm|title=Sutton Index of Deaths|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1975.html|publisher=Conflict Archive on the Internet|accessdate=7 August 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Peter Cleary]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1976|4|16}}
| align=right nowrap |25
| nowrap | Shot three times in the chest while in the custody of [[Special Air Service]] soldiers
| nowrap | SAS
| <ref>{{cite book|last=MacDonald|first=Peter|title=The SAS in Action|year=1990|publisher=Sidgewick and Jackson|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-0283060939|page=62}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Francis Hughes]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1981|5|12}}
| align=right nowrap |25
| nowrap | Died in the [[1981 Irish hunger strike]] after 59 days
| nowrap | 
| <ref>{{cite news|title=1981: Second IRA protester dies in jail|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/12/newsid_2550000/2550725.stm|accessdate=7 August 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=12 May 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Raymond McCreesh]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1981|5|21}}
| align=right nowrap |24
| nowrap | Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 61 days
| nowrap |
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Haughey did not want political status for IRA|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/haughey-did-not-want-political-status-for-ira-1.1374584|accessdate=8 August 2013|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=27 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McFadyean|first=Melanie|title=The legacy of the hunger strikes|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/mar/04/northernireland.northernireland/print|accessdate=8 August 2013|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 March 2006}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)|Joe McDonnell]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1981|7|8}}
| align=right nowrap|30
| nowrap | Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 61 days
| nowrap |
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Joe McDonnell|url=http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/23133|accessdate=16 August 2013|newspaper=An Phoblacht|date=8 July 2013}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Martin Hurson]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1981|7|13}}
| align=right nowrap |24
| nowrap | Died of dehydration in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 46 days
| nowrap | 
| <ref>{{cite news|title=What happened in the hunger strike?|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4941866.stm|accessdate=7 August 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=5 May 2006}}</ref>
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Kieran Doherty]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1981|8|2}}
| align=right nowrap|25
| nowrap | Died in the 1981 Irish hunger strike after 73 days
| nowrap | 
| <ref>{{cite news|last=Borders|first=William|title=8th Hunger Striker, an Irish M.P., Dies after a 73-Day Fast in Ulster|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/03/world/8th-hunger-striker-an-irish-mp-dies-after-a-73-day-fast-in-ulster.html|accessdate=7 August 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 1981}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1984|12|2}}
| align=right nowrap|27
| nowrap | Shot by the British military; conflicting reports on what branch
| nowrap | British military
| <ref name="Tírghrá">{{cite book | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Tírghrá | publisher = National Commemoration Centre | year = 2002 | doi =  | isbn = 0-9542946-0-2 | page = 265}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Collins | first = Frank | authorlink = | title = Baptism of Fire: The Astonishing True Story of a Man of God | publisher = Corgi | year = 1998 | pages = | doi =  | isbn = 0-552-14582-3}}</ref>
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Kieran Fleming]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1984|12|2}}
| align=right nowrap|25
| nowrap | Drowned in the swollen River Brannagh trying to escape the SAS
| nowrap |
|<ref>{{cite news|last=Oliver|first=Ted|title=IRA Maze escapers celebrate with supper and dance|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1441850/IRA-Maze-escapers-celebrate-with-supper-and-dance.html|accessdate=10 August 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=19 September 2003}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Danny Doherty]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1984|12|6}}
| align=right nowrap|
| nowrap | Shot 24 times in an ambush
| nowrap | SAS and [[14 Intelligence Company]]
|<ref>{{cite web | title = Four Derry Volunteers killed in action - Remembering the Past | author = Shane Mac Thomáis | url = http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/7677 | publisher = ''[[An Phoblacht]]'' | date = 4 December 2004 | accessdate = 21 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = SAS shooting challenge 'too late' | author = | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4038217.stm | publisher = [[BBC News]] | date = 24 November 2004 | accessdate = 21 March 2007}}</ref>
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[William Fleming (Irish republican)|William Fleming]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1984|12|6}}
| align=right nowrap|≈19
| nowrap | Shot 60 times in an ambush
| norwap | SAS and 14 Intelligence Company
|<ref>{{cite book | last = Murray | first = Raymond | authorlink = | title = ''The SAS in Ireland'' | publisher = The Mercier Press | year = 1993 | pages = 321–343 | doi = | isbn = 0-85342-991-X }}</ref>
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Charles Breslin]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1985|2|23}}
| align=right nowrap |20
| nowrap | Shot 13 times while returning arms to a dump
| nowrap | SAS
|<ref>{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Maxine|title=Murder on the Rock: How the British Government got away with murder|year=1989|publisher=Larkin Publications|location=London|isbn=0-905400-10-0|url=http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/larkin_pubs/older/motr/motr_all.htm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Thousands attend Breslin/Devine 20th Anniversary Commemoration|url=http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/13090|accessdate=10 August 2013|newspaper=An Phoblacht|date=24 February 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Picking up the pieces|url=http://www.irlandinit-hd.de/sub_themen/accusers.htm#Picking up the pieces|accessdate=10 August 2013|newspaper=Daily Ireland|date=22 February 2005}}</ref>   
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Larry Marley]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1987|4|2}}
| align=right nowrap|41
| nowrap | Shot through his front door with a shotgun
| nowrap | UVF
| nowrap |<ref>{{cite book|last=Taylor|first=Peter|title=Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland|year=1999|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.|location=London|isbn=978-1575000473|page=197}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Patrick Joseph Kelly]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1987|5|8}}
| align=right nowrap |30
| nowrap | Shot in the head during the [[Loughgall Ambush]]
| nowrap | SAS
| <ref>{{cite news|title=IRA deaths: The four shootings|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/1312421.stm|accessdate=16 August 2013|newspaper=BBC News|date=4 May 2001}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Jim Lynagh]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1987|5|8}}
| align=right nowrap |31
| nowrap | Shot during the [[Loughgall Ambush]]
| nowrap | SAS
|
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Pádraig McKearney]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1987|5|8}}
| align=right nowrap |32
| nowrap | Shot during the [[Loughgall Ambush]]
| nowrap | SAS
|
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Mairéad Farrell]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1988|3|6}}
| align=right nowrap |31
| nowrap | Shot eight times
| nowrap | SAS
| <ref name=three>[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law/hamlyn/gibralta.htm], paragraphs 108-110.</ref>
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Daniel McCann]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1988|3|6}}
| align=right nowrap |30
| nowrap | Shot five times
| nowrap | SAS
| <ref name=three/>
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| align=left nowrap |[[Gerard Casey (Irish republican)|Gerard Casey]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1989|4|4}}
| align=right nowrap |≈29
| nowrap | Shot at a close range with a pistol and shotgun as he slept
| nowrap | [[Ulster Defence Association]]
|
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Dessie Grew]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1990|10|9}}
| align=right nowrap |≈37
| nowrap | Shot 48 times during ambush by undercover British Army soldiers
| nowrap | British Army
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Martin McCaughey]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1990|10|9}}
| align=right nowrap |23
| nowrap | Shot 12 times during ambush by undercover British Army soldiers
| nowrap | British Army
|
|- 
| align=left nowrap |[[Fergal Caraher]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1990|12|30}}
| align=right nowrap |20
| nowrap | Shot at British Army checkpoint
| nowrap | [[Royal Marines]]
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Patricia Black]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1991|11|15}}
| align=right nowrap |18
| nowrap | Died when [[improvised explosive device]] she was carrying detonated prematurely
| nowrap | 
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Joseph MacManus]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1992|2|5}}
| align=right nowrap |21
| nowrap | Shot during unit ambush
| nowrap | [[4th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment|4 UDR]]
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Pearse Jordan]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1992|11|25}}
| align=right nowrap |20
| nowrap | Shot three times from behind
| nowrap | [[Royal Ulster Constabulary|RUC]]
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Malachy Carey]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1992|12|12}}
| align=right nowrap |36
| nowrap | Assassinated in [[Ballymoney]]
| nowrap | [[Ulster loyalism|Loyalists]]
| nowrap | <ref>{{cite news|title=Malachy Carey honoured in Loughgiel|url=http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/21051|accessdate=6 August 2013|newspaper=An Phoblacht|date=17 December 2009}}</ref> 
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Thomas Begley]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1993|10|23}}
| align=right nowrap |22
| nowrap | Died when a bomb he was planting exploded prematurely
| nowrap | 
|
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Martin Doherty (Irish republican)|Martin Doherty]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1994|5|21}}
| align=right nowrap |20
| nowrap | Shot three times for blocking an attack on a pub
| nowrap | UVF
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Diarmuid O'Neill]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1996|9|23}}
| align=right nowrap |27
| nowrap | Shot six times by a British police officer
| nowrap | [[Specialist Firearms Command|SO19]]
|
|-
| align=left nowrap |[[Eamon Collins]]
| nowrap | {{dts|1999|1|27}}
| align=right nowrap|≈44
| nowrap | Stabbed and beaten, presumably in revenge
| norwap | Presumably former colleagues
|
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| align=left nowrap |[[Denis Donaldson]]
| nowrap | {{dts|2006|4|4}}
| align=right nowrap|≈56
| nowrap | Found shot dead in his cottage
| nowrap | [[Real IRA]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.anphoblacht.com/roll-of-honour Roll of honour]
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[[Category:Provisional Irish Republican Army]]