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==Events==
*[[January 8]] - Two people are injured and extensive building damage occurs in a bomb explosion northwest of the [[Uxbridge Airforce Base]] in [[London, England]] (a building is later evacuated and gasoline barrels are removed after the discovery of more explosives). The Provisional IRA later claims responsibility for the bombing.
*[[January 10]] - Two police officers are injured in isolated incidents in [[Belfast, Northern Ireland]].
*[[January 15]] - In the first case of soldiers being tried for criminal activity in [[Northern Ireland]], soldiers Sgt. John Byrne, Staff Sgt. [[Stanley Hathaway]], [[Iain Chestnut]], and Capt. [[Andrew Snowball]] are sentenced to imprisonment for the murder of IRA members Michael Nann and Andrew Murray.
*[[January 16]] - [[Bernadette Devlin McAliskey]], a former member of [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]], and her husband are seriously wounded after being confronted by three unidentified gunman in their farmhouse in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]. The three are soon arrested following the assault.
*[[January 16]] - [[Ivan Toombs]], a 42 year old part-time Major in the [[Ulster Defense Regiment]], is killed by two men at his off-duty place of work, [[Warrenpoint]] customs office in [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. Toombs' murder would mark the first IRA-related death of the year.
*[[January 20]] - One soldier is killed and another wounded by an IRA sniper at a security gate between [[Londonderry]] and [[the Bogside]].
*[[January 20]] - A statement issued by the IRA claims a recently found body near
*[[January 21]] - Sir [[Norman Stronge]], a longtime Protestant supporter within the Parliament of Northern Ireland, is killed with his son [[Sir James Stronge, 9th Baronet|James]] in their home in [[
*[[January 26]] - A series of bombings throughout five of [[Northern Ireland]]'s six counties, occurring within a 12 hour period between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m., injure 12 people.
*[[January 26]] - After receiving a death threat, a candidate representing the [[Official Unionist Party]] officially withdraws from the Belfast City Council elections.
*[[January 29]] - A furniture store in [[Belfast, Northern Ireland]] is bombed and, although causing a fire, there are no reported casualties.
*[[January 29]] - The "[[dirty protest|dirty campaign]]" resumes after a two week truce as 96 prisoners (of an estimated 400 suspected IRA members involved in the campaign) of Belfast's [[Maze Prison]] spread excrement throughout their cells.
*[[February 7]] - Commandeering a [[pilot launch]], seven masked IRA members board a British coal ship ''[[Nelly M]]'' off the coast of [[Donegal]] and, forcing its crew into life rafts, set off several explosions with the purpose of submerging the ship.
*[[February 10]] - [[Samuel Montgomery]], a part time member of the [[Ulster Defense Regiment]], is killed in [[County Londonderry]], [[Northern Ireland]].
*[[March 1]] - A new hunger strike is begun by four Maze inmates demanding political status for IRA prisoners.
*[[March 17]] - The IRA claims responsibility for an attack on a reserve policeman in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
*[[March 20]] - The IRA issues a formal apology for the death of
*[[March 20]] - A 17 year old is killed by members of the [[Ulster Defense Force]] after a high speed car chase.
*[[March 24]] - British businessman Ross McMahon is attacked and shot in both legs, or "kneecapped", by unidentified gunmen in [[Dublin, Ireland]]. The unidentified men were reportedly observed shouting "H-Block", a reference to the section of Maze Prison housed by Irish prisoners.
*[[March 26]] - A statue of [[Queen Victoria]] is torn down by IRA sympathizers at [[Dun
*[[April 2]] - [[Kenneth John Acheson]], a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, is killed by an IRA car bomb.
*[[April 7]] - [[Joanna Mathers]],
*[[April 10]] - Now in his fifth week of the [[1981 Irish hunger strike]], [[Bobby Sands]] is elected to the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
*[[April 14]] - Francis Tiernan is kidnapped by members of the IRA from his home in [[
*[[April 15]] - Several buildings are set on fire during demonstrations in Londonderry, Northern Ireland supporting imprisoned IRA member Bobby Sands.
*[[October 17]] - British Marine commandant Lt. Gen. [[Stuart Pringle]] is severely wounded, later losing his right leg, after his home in [[West Dulwich, England]] is bombed by members of the IRA.
*[[October 21]] - A member of the
*[[October 26]] - Two IRA members are arrested while attempting to detonate a landmine on a road in Northern Ireland.
*[[October 26]] - After discovering a bomb hidden in some bushes, police in Northern Ireland successfully the bomb and arrest two IRA members asleep nearby.
*[[October 26]] - [[Kenneth Robert Howorth]], an Explosives Officer with the Metropolitan Police, is killed while attempting to defuse an IRA bomb found in a Wimpy Burger restaurant, Oxford Street, London.
*[[October 27]] - Two suspicious looking packages, thought to have been delivered by the IRA, are detonated by police in the [[Oxford Street]] section of
*[[Octomber 28]] - The Irish National Liberation Army issues a statement claiming responsibility for the death of a man found near a garbage dump
*[[November 4]] - An
*[[November 7]] - An IRA bomb wounds three British soldiers in [[Crossmaglen]], [[South Armagh]].
*[[November 8]] - The son an
*[[November 9]] - Ulster Defense Regiment member [[Cecil Graham]] is gunned down in [[Lisnaskea]], [[County Fermanagh]].
*[[November 10]] - [[Charles Neville]], a member of the Ulster Defense Regiment, is killed after a grenade is hurled into his car in [[County Armagh]], [[Northern Ireland]].
*[[November 20]] - Over 30 suspected members of the Irish Republican Army are arrested.
*[[November 22]] - Three members of the Protestant [[Third Force]] are arrested by police carrying a van loaded with explosives in [[Newry]].
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