This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), from 1992 to 1999.
1992
January–February 1 January 1992: a gun battle occurred between British troops and an IRA unit at the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks in Pomeroy, County Tyrone.Evening Standard, 2 January 1992.Fortnight, Issue 303, pp. 30–31. Fortnight Publications, 1991. incendiary devices severely damaged a clothes shop in Belfast city centre. and caused minor damage to a hardware store in Belfast.O'Brien, p. 218 An unexploded incendiary device was discovered in the same premises.Belfast News Letter, 2 January 1992. A store in Newtownards, County Down was also destroyed. The fire spread to an adjoining garage and damaged several cars. Furthermore, two devices were found and defused in a furniture store in Bangor, County Down. The IRA also claimed to have planted incendiary devices in stores in Lisburn and Sprucefield retail park. a series of hoax bomb alerts in the Greater Belfast area were dealt with by British security forces. 2 January 1992: an incendiary device ignited in a textile shop in Belfast causing around £1,000,000 worth of damage. An incendiary device also exploded in a sportswear shop in Glengormley, County Antrim and a device was discovered in a carpet shop in Newtownards, County Down. 3 January 1992: an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier's wife and his 18-month-old daughter escaped injury when a Semtex bomb partially exploded under their car on Holywood Road, Belfast. 4 January 1992: a Semtex bomb was discovered near Weeton army barracks, Lancashire. an incendiary device planted in a Belfast cinema resulted in minor damage.Peter Heathwood Collection of Television Programmes: 1992 . Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) a IRA car bomb exploded on Bedford Street in the centre of Belfast. The bomb caused extensive damage to property in the area. a coffee jar bomb was thrown at an RUC mobile patrol on Ardilea Street in the Oldpark area of Belfast.Irish Independent, 6 January 1992. an IRA unit dropped a Semtex bomb onto an armoured RUC patrol vehicle in the New Lodge area of Belfast. a Semtex booby-trap bomb in a derelict house was defused by the British Army near Coagh, County Tyrone."Month in Focus", Police Beat, Volume 14 No. 2, Police Federation for Northern Ireland, 1992 5 January 1992: a IRA bomb exploded on High Street in the centre of Belfast. The bomb caused extensive damage to property in the area. an IRA unit fired several shots at a British Army foot patrol in the main street of Strabane, County Tyrone. 6 January 1992: an IRA unit attacked a British Army foot patrol with a coffee jar bomb in the New Lodge area of Belfast; but the device failed to detonate. an unexploded coffee jar bomb was neutralised by the British Army underneath the Leckey Road flyover in the Bogside area of Derry. 8 January 1992: the Belfast-Dublin rail line was disrupted between Portadown and Dundalk by hoax bomb alerts. a IRA bomb found in a derelict building at Silverbridge, County Armagh was defused by the British Army. a blast bomb was thrown at a British Army patrol in Stewart Street in the Markets area of Belfast. No reported injuries. 10 January 1992: a small bomb left in a briefcase by the IRA exploded 300 metres away from Downing Street, London. No injuries were reported. a car bomb badly damaged the area around Derry's RUC headquarters. One British soldier was injured. five businesses were damaged by firebombs planted by the IRA in Ballymena. 11 January 1992: an incendiary device exploded in a clothes shop in Belfast causing extensive damage. Two devices also exploded in a furniture shop in Lisburn resulting in only minor damage. 12 January 1992: a coffee jar bomb lobbed over the perimeter fence of the British security forces base in Strabane, County Tyrone, failed to explode.Strabane Chronicle, 18 January 1992. 13 January 1992: an IRA booby-trap bomb killed a Catholic civilian, Michael Logue, in Coalisland, County Tyrone. The bomb had been attached to his car by a magnet. It was a case of mistaken identity; the IRA had received information that he was working as a labourer on a British Army barracks (he was a joiner by trade), but this turned out to be untrue. The IRA apologised to his family.McKittrick, p. 1267 an IRA unit opened fire on a British Army patrol near Clogher, County Tyrone. Soldiers also reported hearing an explosion. Fire was returned but there were no reported casualties. 14 January 1992: an incendiary device exploded in a carpet shop in Belfast causing minor damage. hundreds of workers were evacuated from Shorts aircraft factory, Belfast, after IRA hoax bomb threats.Fortnight, Issue 304, pp. 30–31. Fortnight Publications, 1991. 15 January 1992: a coffee jar bomb lobbed at British security forces only partially detonated in Strabane, County Tyrone. 16 January 1992: the IRA planted two Semtex bombs in Derry city centre. One exploded in an insurance company's premises, the second in a tax office. a small IRA bomb planted on the roof of Belfast Central railway station was defused by the British Army. 17 January 1992: an IRA landmine blew up a minibus at Teebane near Cookstown, County Tyrone. It killed eight men who were working as building contractors for the British Army in Omagh; six other contractors were badly injured. One of the dead was also a soldier in the Royal Irish Rangers. a small IRA bomb left outside a bank in May Street, Belfast, was defused by the British Army. 18 January 1992: five IRA firebombs destroyed or badly damaged several businesses in Portadown, County Armagh. 19 January 1992: a coffee jar bomb was thrown at a joint British Army-RUC foot patrol in Flax Street in North Belfast. No reported injuries.Sunday Tribune, 19 January 1992. 20 January 1992: the IRA claimed responsibility for a "blast incendiary" that exploded in a car outside a nightclub on the Dublin Road, Belfast. the IRA exploded an incendiary bomb inside a bar and restaurant on the Lisburn Road, Belfast, claiming the premises was frequented by off-duty members of British security forces and was a meeting place for informers. the IRA claimed responsibility for a bomb which failed to explode in the Victoria shopping centre, Belfast. 22 January 1992: a former UDR soldier was shot and injured on his way to work at Fyfinn Road near Castlederg, County Tyrone. the IRA planted several bombs inside Derry's city walls in Butcher Street. Two were placed in a bank premises and a building society. A third device in a car targeting British security forces exploded later. 23 January 1992: an RUC officer was injured after a coffee jar bomb was thrown at a patrol in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast.Irish Independent, 24 January 1992. the IRA left a "blast incendiary" bomb on the roof of Belfast Central railway station. The device failed to explode and was later defused by the British Army. an IRA bomb detonated on the Derry railway line, forcing a passenger train to a halt. an IRA bomb wrecked the Ulsterbus depot in Pennyburn Industrial Estate, Derry. 24 January 1992: the IRA left a bomb in the Ulster Bank branch on May Street in Belfast city centre. The device exploded after IRA members entered the premises with a holdall bag and shouted a warning. An incendiary bomb had failed to explode in the same bank just a week earlier. the IRA injured a British soldier in a bomb attack on the Falls Road, Belfast. 25 January 1992: an IRA unit carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint at Kennedy Way, Belfast, but both devices failed to explode. 26 January 1992: IRA units opened fire on Mountpottinger and Woodbourne RUC stations in Belfast. a bomb exploded at building contractor's depot in the Ormeau Road area of Belfast. The IRA alleged they were carrying out work for British security forces. 27 January 1992: a civilian was injured when an IRA bomb exploded at his shop in the bottom of Rockdale Street in Belfast.De Baroid, p. 342 a roadside bomb with command wire was defused by the British Army on Liskey Road outside Strabane, County Tyrone. The IRA's West Tyrone Brigade claimed the attack had been aborted because of British security forces activity. 28 January 1992: a bomb exploded on the Dublin-Belfast rail line just outside Belfast. 29 January 1992: the IRA launched a horizontal mortar at a UDR mobile patrol in Francis Street in Lurgan, County Armagh. The IRA's North Armagh Brigade claimed they scored a direct hit. an IRA unit opened fire on a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint in Divis Street, Belfast. 30 January 1992: an IRA firebomb was defused at Elephant and Castle, London.Oppenheimer, p. 89 an IRA unit fired several shots, including tracer rounds, at a British security forces checkpoint on Grosvenor Road, Belfast."Month in Focus", Police Beat, Volume 14 No. 3, Police Federation for Northern Ireland, 1992 31 January 1992: the IRA firebombed two Belfast shops causing £1,000,000 worth of damage. a IRA van bomb blew up in downtown Dungannon, County Tyrone, injuring three people and causing substantial damageReuters , 31 January 1992. both to the town center and the security base. 1 February 1992: two hotels were damaged by bombs left in their car parks in South Belfast. a hotel was damaged by two bombs left inside the premises in North Belfast. the IRA carried out a mortar attack on a British Army observation post at Cullaville, County Armagh. There were no reported injuries. 2 February 1992: the IRA detonated a car bomb on Botanic Avenue, South Belfast. The explosion, along with another bomb, seriously damaged a hotel and caused widespread damage.Sheehy, p. 111 a device containing of Semtex and shrapnel linked to a command wire was discovered in a ditch near Cappagh, County Tyrone. A second device was found in a derelict building nearby. Three men were arrested.Belfast News Letter, 3 February 1992. 3 February 1992: an IRA bomb left outside a bank in May Street, Belfast, was defused by the British Army. a civilian (Gordon Hamill) was shot dead by the IRA in Dungannon, County Tyrone. Two men followed him to a supermarket and opened fire with AK-47 assault rifles, hitting him 32 times. The IRA claimed the man was a member of the UVF. Hamill remains listed as a civilian at the CAIN database.McKittrick, p. 1273 Press reports later described Hamill as the "finance officer" for the mid-Ulster UVF.Sunday Life, 27 September 1992. the IRA claimed to have abandoned a bomb in the Altnaveigh area of County Armagh following an abortive attack on the Belfast-Dublin railway. 4 February 1992: the IRA claimed responsibility for several hoax bombs left at arterial roads in Belfast. IRA firebombs damaged several stores in Craigavon. 5 February 1992: Joseph MacManus, an IRA volunteer from Sligo Town, County Sligo, was killed near the border at Mulleek, near Belleek, County Fermanagh, during a gun battle following the attempted ambush of a UDR soldier, Corporal Eric Glass, who was wounded in the attack. Glass was later awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal as well as the Distinguished Conduct Medal.Kevin Toolis, Rebel Hearts - Journey's within the IRA's soul (1995 paperback); , p. 334 the IRA carried out a blast bomb attack on the Ormeau Road, Belfast, premises of a firm it accused of "collaborating" with British security forces. an IRA unit opened fire on an RUC checkpoint at Corporation Street, Belfast. 6 February 1992: the IRA carried out a blast bomb attack against a joint British Army-RUC patrol on Ardoyne Road, Belfast. The IRA claimed that three RUC officers were reported injured. 7 February 1992: a firebomb exploded on the London Underground at Barking.Fortnight, Issue 305, pp. 28–29. Fortnight Publications, 1992. 8 February 1992: the IRA carried out a vehicle-born mortar attack on an RUC station at Portglenone, County Antrim. a blast bomb was thrown at a British Army foot patrol in the Bogside area of Derry. 9 February 1992: