What the records say
- When
- 6 May 1990
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 54.13° N, 6.58° W
- Description
- British Army gun battle with the IRA in 1990
Operation Conservation
British Army gun battle with the IRA in 1990
Operation Conservation was an attempt by the British Army to ambush a large Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Armagh. The action took place on 6 May 1990 but was thwarted by the South Armagh Brigade of the IRA.
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