Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army Actions (1970-1979) - 1970

1970

• 26 June: Three Provisional IRA volunteers and two young girls were killed when a bomb being assembled accidentally exploded in Creggan, Derry.
• 27 June: IRA volunteers used firearms to defend Clonard monastery in West Belfast, the Short Strand in East Belfast (see Battle of St. Matthews) and other nationalist areas from attack by loyalist mobs. Six people (one Catholic IRA volunteer and five loyalist Protestants) were killed in gun battles.
• 3–5 July: During the Falls Curfew the Official IRA and Provisional IRA fought a three-day gun battle with 3,000 British troops who imposed a curfew on the Lower Falls area of Belfast. Over 1,500 rounds were fired by British troops. Four civilians were killed by the British Army.
• 11 August: Two RUC officers were killed by an IRA booby-trap bomb attached to an abandoned car in Crossmaglen, South Armagh. The bomb contained 20 lb (9.1 kg) of gelignite and exploded when one of the officers attempted to open one of the car's doors.
• 4 September: An IRA volunteer was killed when a bomb he was placing at an electricity transformer in Belfast exploded accidentally.
• 16 November: The IRA shot dead two alleged criminals in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast. The men were alleged to have been involved in protection rackets, fencing stolen goods, minor racketeering, moneylending, burglary and robbery.