On 5 June 1976 , the IRA launched a bomb attack on the Times Bar on York Road killing two Protestant patrons . In response to the attack the UVF launched a reprisal hit on the Chlorane Bar in the city centre , killing five people . On 4 February 1978 the PIRA shot a civilian dead while mounting an attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) foot patrol on the road . A similar attack , carried out from the Seaview football ground on 12 January 1980 resulted in the death of David Purse , a member of the RUC
Chlorane Bar
Chlorane Bar attack
Shore Road, Belfast