1990 Lough Neagh ambush

1990 Lough Neagh ambush
Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner
Scene of the shooting, 11 November 1990
Location	Castor Bay near Morrows Point, Lough Neagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°30′19.3″N 6°20′28.64″W / 54.505361°N 6.3412889°W / 54.505361; -6.3412889
Date	10 November 1990 7:30-8:00AM (GMT)
Target	Off-duty RUC officers
Attack type	Shooting
Deaths	2 Royal Ulster Constabulary officers 1 former UDR soldier 1 civilian
Injured	0
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA

The 1990 Lough Neagh ambush was a gun attack carried out by the Provisional IRA on 10 November 1990 at Castor Bay, near Morrows Point, Lough Neagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland targeting members of the security forces involved in a waterfowl hunting trip with other two men at the time. An active service unit of the IRA's North Armagh Brigade shot dead a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Inspector, an RUC Reservist, a former Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier and one civilian.^[1] Some members of the wildfowling party struggled with their attackers, and one of the constables returned fire before being killed.