Battle of Lenadoon

The Battle of Lenadoon was a series of gun battles fought over a six day period from 9–14 July 1972 between the Provisional IRA and the British Army. It started on Thursday, 9 July 1972 in and around the Lenadoon Avenue area and spread to other places in Belfast. Loyalist paramilitaries and the Official Irish Republican Army were involved in some of the incidents. 28 people in total were killed in Belfast according to the CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths. The violence ended a two-week truce between the forces of the British Government and the IRA.

Lenadoon Avenue Battle
Part of The Troubles
Date9–14 July 1972
Location
Various locations around Belfast. Heaviest fighting in Lenadoon Avenue, Ardoyne, The Falls Road & the Markets area.
54°34′30.72″N 6°0′45.70″W
Result

Indecisive

  • End between Provisional IRA & British Army ceasefire
  • Both sides take heavy losses.
  • Heavy civilian casualties.
  • Springhill Massacre
  • 28 people killed in total including civilian, army & paramilitary
Belligerents
British Army Provisional IRA
Official IRA		 Ulster Volunteer Force
Ulster Defence Association
Commanders and leaders
General Robert Ford
Lieutenant Colonel John Charteris
Lieutenant Robert Williams-Wynn		 Brendan Hughes
Seamus Twomey		 Sammy Murphy
Units involved

British Army

Provisional Belfast Brigade

  • First Battalion
  • Second Battalion
  • Third Battalion


Official Belfast Brigade

  • Various sized units
 UDA South Belfast Brigade
Various UVF gunmen
Strength
600+ soldiers

100+ volunteers

  • 100
    less than 50
 unknown
Casualties and losses
unknown killed
30 wounded		 2 killed
12 injured
3 (2 from Youth Wing) killed		 At least 1 killed
unknown injured
14 civilians killed
Where the battle started
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