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| rdfs:comment | - The Glenanne gang or Glenanne group was a secret informal alliance of Northern Irish loyalist extremists who carried out shooting and bombing attacks against the Irish Catholic and Irish nationalist community in the 1970s, during the Troubles. Most of its attacks took place in the area of County Armagh and mid-Ulster referred to as the "murder triangle" by journalist Joe Tiernan. It also launched some attacks elsewhere in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland. The gang included British soldiers from the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), police officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), and members of the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Former members have alleged it was commanded by British Military Intelligence and RUC Special Branch.
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| Caption | - Fields near the farm where the gang was based
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| Title | - Glenanne gang weapons linked to attacks
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| opponents | - Irish republicans and Irish nationalists
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| Headquarters | - Northern Ireland
- County Armagh,
- Glenanne,
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| Area | - Mainly County Armagh and east County Tyrone
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| abstract | - The Glenanne gang or Glenanne group was a secret informal alliance of Northern Irish loyalist extremists who carried out shooting and bombing attacks against the Irish Catholic and Irish nationalist community in the 1970s, during the Troubles. Most of its attacks took place in the area of County Armagh and mid-Ulster referred to as the "murder triangle" by journalist Joe Tiernan. It also launched some attacks elsewhere in Northern Ireland and in the Republic of Ireland. The gang included British soldiers from the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), police officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), and members of the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Former members have alleged it was commanded by British Military Intelligence and RUC Special Branch. An independent inquiry, the 2006 Cassel Report, said that the group was responsible for at least 76 murders and there is evidence that British soldiers and RUC officers were involved in 74 of those. The Pat Finucane Centre has attributed 87 killings to the Glenanne gang. Attacks attributed to the group include the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, the Miami Showband killings, and the Reavey and O'Dowd killings. Glenanne gang member and RUC officer John Weir affirmed the group's involvement in these and many other attacks. Weir claimed his superiors knew he was working with loyalist militants but allowed it to continue. The Cassel Report also said that some senior officers knew of the crimes but did nothing to prevent, investigate or punish. Weir's sworn (3 February 1999) affidavit was published in the 2003 Barron Report. These were the findings of an official investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings, commissioned by Irish Supreme Court Justice Henry Barron. Weir was a member of the RUC's Special Patrol Group (SPG), a specialised police unit tasked with counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland. The name "Glenanne gang" has been used since 2003 and is derived from the farm at Glenanne (near Markethill, County Armagh) that was used as the gang's arms dump and bomb-making site.
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