Clonoe ambush

Clonoe ambush
	Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner
	; St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dernagh, near Clonoe, whose roof was damaged by fire either from a stray round that hit a fuel tank or from flares launched by British special troops during the ambush.
Date	16 February 1992
Location	Clonoe, County Tyrone; Northern Ireland54°32′51.5″N 6°40′5″W / 54.547639°N 6.66806°W
Result	Most of IRA unit killed; RUC base damaged by machine-gun fire
Belligerents
Provisional IRA	British Army
East Tyrone Brigade	Special Air Service
Strength
1 improvised tactical vehicle; 6 IRA men; At least another 4 involved	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed	1 wounded
	class=notpageimage\| Location within County Tyrone Clonoe ambush (Northern Ireland)

The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit which had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds of a church in the village of Clonoe whilst attempting to make its escape, resulting in several IRA fatalities.

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