shot dead by an IRA unit in Cloughmills, County Antrim. 23 February 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by an IRA unit in the Waterside area of Derry City. 24 February 1977: An RUC officer was shot dead by an IRA unit while manning a security barrier in Lurgan, County Armagh. 26 February 1977: Robert Mitchell, a Justice of the Peace, was shot dead by the IRA in Newry. 27 February 1977: An ex-British soldier was shot dead by the IRA in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. 2 March 1977: Donald Robinson, an English businessman, was shot dead by the IRA in Belfast. 4 March 1977: Rory O'Kelly, Senior Department of Public Prosecutions official, was shot dead by the IRA in Coalisland, County Tyrone. 9 March 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by the IRA on his farm near Caledon, County Tyrone. 10 March 1977: A civilian was shot dead by the IRA during a bomb attack on a business on York Street, Belfast. 13 March 1977: An RUC officer was shot dead by an IRA sniper while on patrol in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. 14 March 1977: James Nicholson, an English businessman, was shot dead when his car was ambushed by an IRA unit in Belfast. 15 March 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by an IRA unit in Bellaghy, County Londonderry. 16 March 1977: An IRA sniper, hidden in the grounds of a church at Omeath, fired two shots at the British Navy patrol ship HMS Vigilant in Carlingford Lough. Royal Marines onboard returned fire. No hits were recorded by either side. 25 March 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead by an IRA unit in Coalisland, County Tyrone. 28 March 1977: A civilian was shot dead by an IRA unit in Crosskeys, County Antrim. Her son, an RUC officer, was the intended target. 4 April 1977: A British soldier was killed in an IRA landmine attack on an Armoured Personnel Carrier near Belleek, County Fermanagh. 6 April 1977: A UDR soldier was shot dead while driving a vehicle in the Northland Road area of Derry City. 8 April 1977: Two RUC officers were shot dead in an IRA ambush in Moneymore, County Londonderry. 9 April 1977: A civilian was shot dead by the IRA in Hannahstown, near Belfast. The IRA claimed he was a British informer. 10 April 1977: The relative of an OIRA volunteer