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| has gloss | eng: Incidents in Tynan during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities: 1981 *21 January 1981 - Sir Norman Stronge (86), Ulster Unionist Party member, and former Speaker at Stormont, and his son, James Stronge (48), an off duty member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary reserve, both aristocratic Protestants, were shot dead by the Provisional Irish Republican Army at their mansion, Tynan Abbey, Tynan. A group of men in military style uniform forced their way into the abbey, a mansion in its own large grounds near the Border, sought out the father and son and shot them. They then placed bombs and incendiary devices and set the mansion alight. It was destroyed by the fire. Sir Norman Stronge, one of the oldest people killed during the troubles, had been Stormont MP for Mid-Armagh from 1938 to 1969 and Speaker of the House from 1945 until his retirement. |
| lexicalization | eng: The Troubles in Tynan |
| instance of | c/The Troubles in County Armagh |
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