Like all other parts of Northern Ireland , Banbridge District was not unaffected by the Troubles . Between 1969 and 2001 twelve individuals ( six Catholic , six Protestant ) lost their lives in the district as a result of the Troubles : Patrick Campbell in 1973 , Joseph Toland in 1975 , William , Elizabeth , and Noleen Herron , and Barry O’Dowd in 1976 , Robert Harrison in 1977 , Alan McCrum in 1982 , John Bell in 1985 , Terence Delaney in 1988 , and Patrick Feeny and Loughlin Maginn in 1989 . During the Troubles two bombs exploded in the district , both in Banbridge . The first was in 1982 , as a result of which Alan McCrum died . Two weeks before the Omagh bombing , on 1 August 1998 , a second car bomb planted by the Real IRA exploded in Banbridge town centre . While this second bomb caused a great deal of structural damage , no one was killed
Omagh bombing
Omagh bombing
Banbridge (district)