house on Maureen Avenue, off Abercorn Road, Derry. 26 November 1978: The Deputy-Governor of Long Kesh Prison, Albert Miles (aged 50), was shot dead by the IRA outside his home, Evelyn Gardens, off Cavehill Road, Belfast. 27 November 1978: An off-duty UDR soldier, Robert Bachelor (aged 36), was shot dead by the IRA just after he left his workplace, Institution Place, near Durham Street, Belfast. 30 November 1978: The IRA carried out 14 bomb attacks in towns and villages across Northern Ireland. The IRA issued a statement saying it was preparing for a "long-war". 1 December 1978: The IRA carried out 11 bomb attacks on towns across Northern Ireland. There were no injuries. 14 December 1978: A Prison Officer, John McTier (aged 33), died three days after being shot by the IRA while leaving Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast. 17 December 1978: The IRA carried out bomb attacks on cities in England including Bristol, Coventry, Liverpool, Manchester and Southampton. 19 December 1978: A British soldier, James Burney (aged 26), was shot dead by an IRA sniper while guarding other soldiers who were raiding a house on Baltic Avenue, New Lodge, Belfast. 21 December 1978: Crossmaglen ambush - A four-man IRA unit ambushed a British patrol near St. Patrick's church in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. The IRA unit fired a large number of shots from three Armalites and one AK-47. Three British soldiers, Graham Duggan (aged 22), Kevin Johnson (aged 20), and Glen Ling (aged 18), were killed in an IRA ambush while on foot patrol, Crossmaglen, County Armagh. The army unit returned fire but the IRA unit made its escape in an armour-plated van. 1979 5 January 1979: Two IRA volunteers were killed in Ardoyne, Belfast, when the bomb they were transporting in a car exploded prematurely. 4 February 1979: Former prison officer Patrick Mackin (60), and his wife Violet (58), were shot dead by the IRA at their home in Oldpark Road, Belfast. This was part of an escalating campaign against prison officers, co-inciding with the Dirty protest and Blanket protest in the Maze prison. 14 February 1979: A British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper on the Abercorn road in Derry. 24 February 1979: Two Catholic teenagers, (Martin McGuigan and James Keenan) were killed by a remote controlled bomb hidden in a trailer near Keady, County Armagh. The IRA said they were mistaken for a British Army patrol.