Bleary Darts Club shooting

Bleary Darts Club shooting
Part of The Troubles
LocationBleary, County Down, Northern Ireland
Date27 April 1975
22:20 PM
TargetIrish Catholics, Irish nationalists
Attack type
Mass shooting
Deaths3 civilians
Injured1
PerpetratorUlster Volunteer Force

The Bleary Darts Club shooting was a mass shooting that took place on 27 April 1975 in the village of Bleary, Northern Ireland. Members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) burst into a darts club frequented by Catholics and opened fire on the crowd, killing three civilians and wounding a fourth. The attack is one of many that has been linked to the Glenanne gang.


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