Female IRA fighter, 1970s.

Republican paramilitaries combined are responsible for 2060 casualties during the Troubles:

727 Civilians 1080 British Security Forces 187 Republican paramilitaries (inclusive of accidents, informers and feuds) 56 Loyalist paramilitaries. 10 Irish security.

(http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/crosstabs.html Enter "Status Summary" as the first variable & "Organisation Summary" and the second.)

35% of the people killed by Republicans were civilians. The designation civilian in this summary is inclusive of politicians (25 killed), prison officers (22 killed), suspected informers (who weren’t members of Republican paramilitaries) and accused criminals who were killed by Republicans acting as vigilantes. However the majority of civilians are those completely uninvolved who were caught up in bombings/shootings.

The above figures are inclusive of all Republican groups up to 1999 (PIRA, OIRA, INLA, IPLO, IPLO Belfast and the RIRA) Omagh is included. By 1999 the CIRA had killed no one. The figures also include all civilians deaths perpetrated by Republican’s using cover names such as Direct Action Against Drugs, Republican Action Force, Catholic Reaction Force ect.


The figures for the Provisional IRA are as follows. The PIRA caused the deaths of 1711 people:

512 Civilians 1012 British Security Forces 141 Republican paramilitaries 39 Loyalist Paramiltaries 7 Irish security

(http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/crosstabs.html enter "Status" as the first variable and "Organisation" as the second)

29.9% of the people killed by the PIRA were civilians.


Loyalist paramilitaries killed 1016 people during the Troubles:

868 Civilians 14 British Security 41 Republican paramilitaries. 93 Loyalist paramilitaries (mostly feuds, some accidents)

85.43% of people killed by Loyalists were civilians. 4.7% of the people killed by Loyalists were Republican paramilitaries. That figure includes Republicans who were ex-paramilitaries. Loyalists killed more civilians then anyone during the Troubles.

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