in South Armagh. In Crossmaglen, a British soldier was killed in an IRA booby-trap bomb attack. 23 November 1979: A Prison Officer was shot dead by the IRA while at his home in Glengormley, County Antrim. 3 December 1979: A Prison Officer was shot dead by the IRA at his home in Belfast. 16 December 1979: Dungannon land mine attack - A landmine bomb killed four British soldiers near Dungannon, County Tyrone. Another soldier was killed by a booby-trap bomb planted in a concealed observation post in a derelict house at Forkill, County Armagh. A former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), James Fowler, was shot dead by the IRA in Omagh, County Tyrone. 17 December 1979: A Prison Officer was shot dead by the IRA off the Crumlin Road in Belfast. 22 December 1979: An off-duty RUC officer travelling in his car was shot dead by an IRA sniper in County Monaghan. See also Timeline of Continuity Irish Republican Army actions Timeline of Real Irish Republican Army actions Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions Timeline of Official Irish Republican Army actions Timeline of Ulster Volunteer Force actions Timeline of Ulster Defence Association actions Timeline of the Northern Ireland Troubles List of attacks on British aircraft during The Troubles References Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions The Troubles (Northern Ireland) Terrorist incidents in Europe in the 1970s