This is a chronology of activities by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), from 1992 to 1999.

1992

January–February

• 1 January 1992:
  • incendiary devices severely damaged a clothes shop in Belfast city centre.^[1]
  • an incendiary device caused minor damage to a hardware store in Belfast.^[2] An unexploded incendiary device was discovered in the same premises.^[3]
  • incendiary devices destroyed a store in Newtownards, County Down. The fire spread to an adjoining garage and damaged several cars.^[1][2]
  • two incendiary devices were found and defused in a furniture store in Bangor, County Down.^[3]
  • the IRA claimed to have planted incendiary devices in stores in Lisburn and Sprucefield retail park.^[3]
  • a series of hoax bomb alerts the Greater Belfast area were dealt with by British security forces.^[3]
  • a gun battle occurred between British troops and an IRA unit at the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) barracks in Pomeroy, County Tyrone.^[4][1]
• 2 January 1992:
  • an incendiary device ignited in a textile shop in Belfast causing around £1,000,000 worth of damage.^[1][2]
  • an incendiary device was discovered in a carpet shop in Newtownards, County Down.^[1]
  • an incendiary device exploded in a sportswear shop in Glengormley, County Antrim.^[2]
• 3 January 1992: a Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier's wife and his 18-month-old daughter escaped injury when a 2 lb (0.91 kg) Semtex bomb partially exploded under their car on Holywood Road, Belfast.^[1]
• 4 January 1992:
  • a 4 lb (1.8 kg) Semtex bomb was discovered near Weeton army barracks, Lancashire.^[1]
  • an incendiary device planted in a Belfast cinema resulted in minor damage.^[5]
  • a 800 lb (360 kg) IRA car bomb exploded on Bedford Street in the centre of Belfast. The bomb caused extensive damage to property in the area.^[6]
  • a coffee jar bomb was thrown at an RUC mobile patrol on Ardilea Street in the Oldpark area of Belfast.^[7]
  • an IRA unit dropped a 5 lb (2.3 kg) Semtex bomb onto an armoured RUC patrol vehicle in the New Lodge area of Belfast.^[8]
  • a Semtex booby-trap bomb in a derelict house was defused by the British Army near Coagh, County Tyrone.^[9]
• 5 January 1992:
  • a 500 lb (230 kg) IRA bomb exploded on High Street in the centre of Belfast. The bomb caused extensive damage to property in the area.^[6]
  • an IRA unit fired several shots at a British Army foot patrol in the main street of Strabane, County Tyrone.^[8][10]
• 6 January 1992:
  • an IRA unit attacked a British Army foot patrol with a coffee jar bomb in the New Lodge area of Belfast; but the device failed to detonate.^[8]
  • an unexploded coffee jar bomb was neutralised by the British Army underneath the Leckey Road flyover in the Bogside area of Derry.^[9]
• 8 January 1992:
  • the Belfast-Dublin rail line was disrupted between Portadown and Dundalk by hoax bomb alerts.^[1]
  • a 400 lb (180 kg) IRA bomb found in a derelict building at Silverbridge, County Armagh was defused by the British Army.^[1]
  • a blast bomb was thrown at a British Army patrol in Stewart Street in the Markets area of Belfast. No reported injuries.^[9]
• 10 January 1992:
  • a small 5 lb (2.3 kg) bomb left in a briefcase by the IRA exploded 300 metres away from Downing Street, London. No injuries were reported.^[6]
  • a 100 lb (45 kg) car bomb badly damaged the area around Derry's RUC headquarters. One British soldier was injured.^[11][1]
  • five businesses were damaged by firebombs planted by the IRA in Ballymena.^[11]
• 11 January 1992:
  • an incendiary device exploded in a clothes shop in Belfast causing extensive damage.^[2]
  • two incendiary devices exploded in a furniture shop in Lisburn causing minor damage.^[2]
• 12 January 1992: a coffee jar bomb lobbed over the perimeter fence of the British security forces base in Strabane, County Tyrone, failed to explode.^[12]
• 13 January 1992:
  • an IRA booby-trap bomb killed a Catholic civilian, Michael Logue, in Coalisland, County Tyrone. The bomb had been attached to his car by a magnet. It was a case of mistaken identity; the IRA had received information that he was working as a labourer on a British Army barracks (he was a joiner by trade), but this turned out to be untrue. The IRA apologised to his family.^[13]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a British Army patrol near Clogher, County Tyrone. Soldiers also reported hearing an explosion. Fire was returned but there were no reported casualties.^[9]
• 14 January 1992:
  • an incendiary device exploded in a carpet shop in Belfast causing minor damage.^[2]
  • hundreds of workers were evacuated from Shorts aircraft factory, Belfast, after IRA hoax bomb threats.^[14]
• 15 January 1992: a coffee jar bomb lobbed at British security forces only partially detonated in Strabane, County Tyrone.^[9]
• 16 January 1992:
  • the IRA planted two Semtex bombs in Derry city centre.^[5] One exploded in an insurance company's premises, the second in a tax office.^[15]
  • a small IRA bomb planted on the roof of Belfast Central railway station was defused by the British Army.^[9]
• 17 January 1992:
  • an IRA landmine blew up a minibus at Teebane near Cookstown, County Tyrone. It killed eight men who were working as building contractors for the British Army in Omagh; six other contractors were badly injured. One of the dead was also a soldier in the Royal Irish Rangers.^[6][16][17]
  • a small IRA bomb left outside a bank in May Street, Belfast, was defused by the British Army.^[9]
• 18 January 1992: five IRA firebombs destroyed or badly damaged several businesses in Portadown, County Armagh.^[14]
• 19 January 1992: a coffee jar bomb was thrown at a joint British Army-RUC foot patrol in Flax Street in North Belfast. No reported injuries.^[18][15]
• 20 January 1992:
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a "blast incendiary" that exploded in a car outside a nightclub on the Dublin Road, Belfast.^[15]
  • the IRA exploded an incendiary bomb inside a bar and restaurant on the Lisburn Road, Belfast, claiming the premises was frequented by off-duty members of British security forces and was a meeting place for informers.^[15]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a 5 lb (2.3 kg) bomb which failed to explode in the Victoria shopping centre, Belfast.^[15]
• 22 January 1992:
  • a former UDR soldier was shot and injured on his way to work at Fyfinn Road near Castlederg, County Tyrone.^[14][15]
  • the IRA planted several bombs inside Derry's city walls in Butcher Street.^[5] Two were placed in a bank premises and a building society. A third device in a car targeting British security forces exploded later.^[15]
• 23 January 1992:
  • an RUC officer was injured after a coffee jar bomb was thrown at a patrol in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast.^[19]
  • the IRA left a 5 lb (2.3 kg) "blast incendiary" bomb on the roof of Belfast Central railway station. The device failed to explode and was later defused by the British Army.^[15]
  • an IRA bomb detonated on the Derry railway line, forcing a passenger train to a halt.^[9]
  • an IRA bomb wrecked the Ulsterbus depot in Pennyburn Industrial Estate, Derry.^[5][20]
• 24 January 1992:
  • the IRA left a bomb in the Ulster Bank branch on May Street in Belfast city centre. The device exploded after IRA members entered the premises with a holdall bag and shouted a warning. An incendiary bomb had failed to explode in the same bank just a week earlier.^[5][20]
  • the IRA injured a British soldier in a bomb attack on the Falls Road, Belfast.^[21][9]
• 25 January 1992: an IRA unit carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint at Kennedy Way, Belfast, but both devices failed to explode.^[20]
• 26 January 1992:
  • IRA units opened fire on Mountpottinger and Woodbourne RUC stations in Belfast.^[20]
  • a bomb exploded at building contractor's depot in the Ormeau Road area of Belfast.^[14] The IRA alleged they were carrying out work for British security forces.^[20]
• 27 January 1992:
  • a civilian was injured when an IRA bomb exploded at his shop in the bottom of Rockdale Street in Belfast.^[22][20]
  • a 1,100 lb (500 kg) roadside bomb with command wire was defused by the British Army on Liskey Road outside Strabane, County Tyrone.^[14] The IRA's West Tyrone Brigade claimed the attack had been aborted because of British security forces activity.^[23]
• 28 January 1992: a bomb exploded on the Dublin-Belfast rail line just outside Belfast.^[14][20]
• 29 January 1992:
  • the IRA launched a horizontal mortar at a UDR mobile patrol in Francis Street in Lurgan, County Armagh. The IRA's North Armagh Brigade claimed they scored a direct hit.^[21]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint in Divis Street, Belfast.^[21]
• 30 January 1992:
  • an IRA firebomb was defused at Elephant and Castle, London.^[24]
  • an IRA unit fired several shots, including tracer rounds, at a British security forces checkpoint on Grosvenor Road, Belfast.^[25]
• 31 January 1992:
  • the IRA firebombed two Belfast shops causing £1,000,000 worth of damage.^[5]
  • a 500 lb (230 kg) IRA van bomb blew up in downtown Dungannon, County Tyrone, injuring three people and causing substantial damage^[26] both to the town center and the security base.^[5][14]
• 1 February 1992:
  • two hotels were damaged by 100 lb (45 kg)^[21] bombs left in their car parks in South Belfast.^[14]
  • a hotel was damaged by two bombs left inside the premises in North Belfast.^[21]
  • the IRA carried out a mortar attack on a British Army observation post at Cullaville, County Armagh. There were no reported injuries.^[25]
• 2 February 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a car bomb on Botanic Avenue, South Belfast. The explosion, along with another bomb, seriously damaged a hotel and caused widespread damage.^[27][14]
  • a device containing 6 lb (2.7 kg) of Semtex and shrapnel linked to a command wire was discovered in a ditch near Cappagh, County Tyrone. A second device was found in a derelict building nearby. Three men were arrested.^[28]
• 3 February 1992:
  • an IRA bomb left outside a bank in May Street, Belfast, was defused by the British Army.^[21]
  • a civilian (Gordon Hamill) was shot dead by the IRA in Dungannon, County Tyrone. Two men followed him to a supermarket and opened fire with AK-47 assault rifles, hitting him 32 times. The IRA claimed the man was a member of the UVF. Hamill remains listed as a civilian at the CAIN database.^[29] Press reports later described Hamill as the "finance officer" for the mid-Ulster UVF.^[30]
  • the IRA claimed to have abandoned a 10 lb (4.5 kg) bomb in the Altnaveigh area of County Armagh following an abortive attack on the Belfast-Dublin railway.^[21]
• 4 February 1992:
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for several hoax bombs left at arterial roads in Belfast.^[21]
  • IRA firebombs damaged several stores in Craigavon.^[5]
• 5 February 1992:
  • Joseph MacManus, an IRA volunteer from Sligo Town, County Sligo, was killed near the border at Mulleek, near Belleek, County Fermanagh, during a gun battle following the attempted ambush of a UDR soldier, Corporal Eric Glass, who was wounded in the attack. Glass was later awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal as well as the Distinguished Conduct Medal.^[6][31]
  • the IRA carried out a blast bomb attack on the Ormeau Road, Belfast, premises of a firm it accused of "collaborating" with British security forces.^[32]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on an RUC checkpoint at Corporation Street, Belfast.^[32]
• 6 February 1992: the IRA carried out a blast bomb attack against a joint British Army-RUC patrol on Ardoyne Road, Belfast. The IRA claimed that three RUC officers were reported injured.^[32]
• 7 February 1992: a firebomb exploded on the London Underground at Barking.^[33]
• 8 February 1992:
  • the IRA carried out a mortar attack on an RUC station at Portglenone, County Antrim.^[33]
  • a blast bomb was thrown at a British Army foot patrol in the Bogside area of Derry.^[25]
• 9 February 1992:
  • an IRA unit attacked with assault rifles the RUC station in Coalisland, County Tyrone.^[32]
  • the IRA launched a horizontal mortar at an armoured patrol vehicle in Dungannon, County Tyrone. The device missed.^[32]
• 10 February 1992: a 5 lb (2.3 kg) IRA bomb exploded on the roof of Belfast Central Railway station, causing some damage.^[32]
• 11 February 1992:
  • a 5 lb (2.3 kg) IRA bomb exploded in a phone box in Whitehall, London. Talks between four Northern Ireland party leaders and the Prime Minister were happening nearby when the bomb detonated.^[5]
  • an IRA bomb was defused on Parliament Street, Exeter.^[24]
• 12 February 1992:
  • the British Army discovered and defused a 300 lb (140 kg) car bomb at Merchant's Quay, Newry.^[25]
  • the British Army defused a 200 lb (91 kg) bomb with detonator and command wire after a three-day search operation in the Forkhill area of County Armagh.^[25]
• 14 February 1992: a horizontal mortar launcher was found by British security forces near Magherafelt, County Londonderry.^[25]
• 15 February 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a 250 lb (110 kg) car bomb on Adelaide Street, Belfast. The bomb injured five RUC officers and caused millions of pounds worth of damage.^[27][33] The officers allegedly had been lured to the scene by a smaller 2 lb (0.91 kg) device.^[34]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for two incendiary devices that detonated in a premium department store in Donegall Place, Belfast.^[34]
• 16 February 1992:
  • a blast incendiary bomb destroyed the Shaftesbury Inn in North Belfast. Similar devices damaged Fortwilliam golf club and Greenan Lodge Hotel. A bomb was also defused at the York Hotel.^[33][35]
  • IRA volunteers Kevin Barry O'Donnell, Sean O'Farrell, Peter Clancy, and Daniel Patrick Vincent were ambushed and killed by the SAS in Clonoe, County Tyrone. The IRA unit had just attacked Coalisland RUC base using a DShK heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a stolen lorry. The men were ambushed in a graveyard following the attack by undercover British soldiers. Two other IRA volunteers were wounded during the ambush but managed to escape.^[6][36] A British soldier was also injured during the incident.^[37]
  • the IRA claimed to have detonated a 20 lb (9.1 kg) bomb on the railway line between Dunmurray and Belfast Central Station.^[34]
  • 800 lb (360 kg) of explosives was found hidden in a trailer in Dundalk, County Louth, after the owner recovered it on the main Forkhill-Newry road following a theft weeks earlier.^[25]
• 17 February 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a 15 lb (6.8 kg) bomb at a UDR base on Charles Street, Portadown.^[5][34][25]
  • a coffee-jar bomb attack injured four RUC officers in the New Lodge area of Belfast.^[33]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on Fort Whiterock British Army base, Belfast.^[34]
  • a 10 lb (4.5 kg) bomb in a gas cylinder just outside Newry was defused by the British Army.^[25]
• 18 February 1992: the IRA exploded a bomb in a Belfast city centre shop, along with several other bomb alerts which caused "chaos".^[5][25]
• 19 February 1992: a 1,200 lb (540 kg) IRA van bomb was defused by the British Army outside the courthouse in Banbridge, County Down.^[38]
• 20 February 1992:
  • a 500 lb (230 kg) device was defused by the Irish Army near the border in County Louth.^[33]
  • the IRA detonated a 10 lb (4.5 kg) bomb on the Belfast-Larne railway line.^[39]
• 21 February 1992: a coffee jar bomb was lobbed at a British Army patrol but failed to explode in the Creggan area of Derry.^[25]
• 22 February 1992: a man and a woman (brother and sister) were injured when a "drogue bomb", an IRA homemade grenade, struck their car in Dungannon, County Tyrone.^[40] The IRA's intended target had been a British security forces patrol.^[38] Some sources say the device was a Mark-12 horizontal mortar bomb that hit the vehicle but failed to fully go off.^[41][42]
• 23 February 1992: the IRA left a hoax car bomb outside the RUC base in Downpatrick, County Down.^[38]
• 24 February 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed a blast bomb at RUC foot patrol in Drumgullion outside Newry.^[38]
  • a British soldier was wounded in a coffee-jar bomb attack in Ardoyne, Belfast.^[43][44]
  • an IRA unit lobbed a coffee jar bomb at a joint British Army-RUC foot patrol in the Markets area of Belfast.^[38]
  • an IRA unit fired upon an RUC patrol at Millfield, Belfast.^[44]
• 25 February 1992: two coffee-jar bombs were thrown at a combined RUC/British army checkpoint at Kennedy Way, Belfast. Both devices failed to explode.^[44]
• 26 February 1992:
  • an IRA incendiary bomb exploded in a furniture store in Dunmurray on the outskirts of Belfast.^[38]
  • two RUC bases at Woodbourne and Mountpottinger, Belfast, received small arms fire from IRA units.^[44]
• 27 February 1992:
  • the IRA issued threats to four companies involved in public roadworks adjacent to the "Camel's Hump" checkpoint in Strabane, County Tyrone. All denied being employed by British security forces; one firm stated they had ceased working for the security forces following an IRA threat three years earlier.^[45]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a British Army checkpoint in the Short Strand area of Belfast.^[39]
• 28 February 1992:
  • the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[39]
  • the IRA detonated a bomb at London Bridge railway station injuring 29 people.^[46]
  • there was an exchange of fire between an IRA unit and members of the security forces manning a sangar near the RUC barracks at Strabane, County Tyrone.^[44]
• 29 February 1992: an IRA bomb exploded at the Crown Prosecution Service building in London injuring two people.^[24]

March–April

• 1 March 1992:
  • a small IRA bomb was defused at White Hart Lane BR station in London.^[24]
• 2 March 1992:
  • an IRA unit fired several shots at British soldiers manning an observation post atop a block of flats in the New Lodge area of Belfast. The IRA claimed the soldiers were carrying out work to fortify the position.^[39]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for an explosive device attached to an RUC officer's car which failed to detonate in Glengormley, County Antrim.^[39]
• 5 March 1992:
  • a 1,000 lb (450 kg) IRA bomb exploded near the RUC base in the center of Lurgan, County Armagh, causing extensive damage to commercial properties.^[47] Several RUC officers and British soldiers were injured.^[48]
  • the IRA exploded a large car bomb in Adelaide Street in the centre of Belfast causing extensive damage.^[47][33] The IRA claimed the bomb was timed to detonate five minutes after a bomb in Lurgan the same day.^[49]
  • the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a British security forces patrol at Belfast Law Courts.^[49]
  • the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a British security forces patrol in the Markets area of Belfast.^[49]
  • a British soldier was injured by an IRA tripwire bomb at Favour Royal, near Augher, County Tyrone,^[50][5][51] and had to be airlifted to hospital with arm wounds.^[52]
• 6 March 1992: the IRA claimed responsibility for a bomb attached to the underside of a UDR soldier's car in Cavavaleck near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The device was neutralised by the British Army in a controlled explosion.^[49]
• 8 March 1992:
  • the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a British Army patrol in Etna Drive in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[49]
  • an IRA unit fired fifty rounds at British soldiers manning an observation post atop a block of flats in the New Lodge area of Belfast.^[39]
• 9 March 1992: the IRA bombed and destroyed a service station on the Ballygawley/Dungannon road, County Tyrone, on the basis that they were supplying British forces.^[53][54] The 150 lb (68 kg) device had been planted on the premises on 7 March.^[39]
• 10 March 1992:
  • a small IRA bomb exploded near Wandsworth Common railway station in London; there were no injuries.^[24]
  • the IRA threw a coffee jar bomb at the RUC station in Lisanskea, County Fermanagh, as a vehicle entered but there were no reported injuries.^[55][56]
  • the British Army defused an anti-personnel device containing shrapnel and 44 lb (20 kg) of explosives fixed to a fence surrounding a GAA pitch, with a firing point nearby, on Friary Road, Armagh.^[57]
  • Gardaí discovered a 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) IRA bomb ready to be primed in a farm shed near Letterkenny, County Donegal. Mortar tubes, vehicles, and firearms including a SPAS-12 combat shotgun were also in the cache. Another stash in the area had mortar launchers, combat uniforms and communication equipment. Three men were detained.^[58]
• 12 March 1992: a 110 lb (50 kg) IRA car bomb was neutralised in a controlled explosion outside a hotel in Crescent Street, Belfast, by the British Army, causing some damage.^[59]
• 13 March 1992: the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a British security forces patrol in the Beechmount area of Belfast.^[59]
• 14 March 1992:
  • the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack against a British Army patrol in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[59]
  • a 100 lb (45 kg) bomb exploded on the Dungannon road about half a mile from Pomeroy, County Tyrone.^[57] A nearby house was damaged, and a passing female motorist had to be treated for severe shock.^[60]
• 15 March 1992: an IRA unit armed with GPMGs and assault rifles^[59] fired more than 1,000 rounds at two British helicopters from across the border near Rosslea, County Fermanagh.^[61]
• 16 March 1992: a primed 1,600 lb (730 kg) IRA bomb was defused at a block of flats at Broom Park Heights in the Twinbrook area of Belfast. Security forces believed the bomb, one of the largest ever found, was intended for an attack in the city centre.^[62]
• 17 March 1992: an unexploded coffee jar bomb was neutralised by the British Army in Francis Street, Newry.^[57]
• 20 March 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed two coffee jar bombs at New Barnsley British Army base, Belfast.^[63]
  • a coffee jar bomb was lobbed at an RUC mobile patrol in the Mountpottinger area of Belfast. One man was arrested.^[57]
• 24 March 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a massive car-bomb containing over 1,100 lb (500 kg) of explosive in Pakenham Street, Belfast. The bomb caused severe damage to the RUC base and nearby business premises.^[64]
  • a coffee jar bomb attack on a British security forces patrol failed and the device was later defused by the British Army at Armagh Road, Newry, near Drumgullion.^[57]
  • the British Army defused a 40 lb (18 kg) bomb with command wire intended for British security forces in Cookstown, County Tyrone^[65] Several families were evacuated from the surrounding area.^[66]
• 26 March 1992: an IRA unit opened fire on a British Army patrol in the vicinity of Musgrave Park base, Belfast. The IRA later claimed they fired sixty rounds.^[67]
• 27 March 1992:
  • a British Army observation post on top of a block of flats in the New Lodge area of Belfast was fired upon.^[68] The IRA later claimed they fired fifty rounds.^[67]
  • several shots were fired at New Barnsley RUC-British Army base in West Belfast.^[68][67]
  • two coffee jar bombs were thrown at an RUC foot patrol in the Poleglass area^[67] of West Belfast but there were no reported injuries.^[69]
  • a female RUC officer, Colleen McMurray, was killed when an IRA unit hit her patrol vehicle with a horizontal mortar in Newry, County Down. A fellow constable lost both his legs in the attack.^[6][70]
• 28 March 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed a blast bomb over the perimeter wall of Rosemount RUC station, Derry.^[67]
  • a bomb containing 12 lb (5.4 kg) of home-made explosives was found left in Fahan Street in Derry city centre.^[71]
• 29 March 1992:
  • a booby-trap bomb disguised as a football was defused after being discovered within the perimeter of the RUC base in Sion Mills, County Tyrone.^[67][5]
  • an IRA unit fired twenty rounds at a newly-built sangar at Oldpark RUC station, Belfast.^[67]
• 30 March 1992: a bomb exploded as a joint British Army/RUC mobile patrol passed in the Beechmount area of Belfast. The IRA claimed that a vehicle had been disabled and four RUC officers injured in an improvised grenade attack.^[67]
• 3 April 1992: a small IRA bomb detonated at the perimeter fence of an RUC base in the Fivemiletown area, County Tyrone.^[72]
• 4 April 1992: a 14 lb (6.4 kg) IRA bomb connected to a command wire concealed in a partially-built shop was defused by the British Army in Strabane, County Tyrone.^[73]
• 5 April 1992:
  • British soldiers discovered a 4 lb (1.8 kg) booby-trap bomb at Drumfurrer on the Tyrone-Monaghan border.^[74]
  • British Army bomb disposal experts defused a coffee jar bomb found lying in the street in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.^[75]
• 6 April 1992:
  • an IRA sniper fired a single shot at a British Army patrol, followed by bursts of automatic fire from a supporting unit, in Mullaghfad, County Fermanagh. The IRA claimed they killed or seriously injured two individuals, including a plainclothes soldier.^[72] The British Army denied there were any casualties.^[76]
  • a small IRA bomb exploded near Piccadilly Circus in London. There were no injuries.^[24]
• 8 April 1992: an IRA unit fired several shots at a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint adjacent to Grosvenor Road RUC station, Belfast.^[72]
• 9 April 1992: a primed Mark 12 horizontal mortar was defused by the British Army beside a road at Clogher, County Tyrone.^[77]
• 10 April 1992: the IRA detonated a huge truck-bomb at 30 St Mary Axe in the City of London. Despite a warning to evacuate the area, three civilians (Paul Butt, Danielle Carter, and Thomas Casey) were killed and 91 injured. Many buildings were heavily damaged, including the Baltic Exchange.^[46][78]
• 11 April 1992: a large IRA car-bomb exploded at Staples Corner in London causing serious damage to buildings and nearby roads.^[79]
• 12 April 1992: a 3 lb (1.4 kg) IRA bomb in a trailer partially exploded in Maghera, County Londonderry. The IRA had attempted to lure RUC officers to the site with a single shot fired at the nearby RUC station.^[80]
• 13 April 1992:
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for hoax car bombs left at intersections and outside RUC stations across Belfast.^[81]
  • a 500 lb (230 kg) IRA proxy car-bomb was defused outside Castlereagh RUC base.^[27][82]
• 14 April 1992: a 6.6 lb (3.0 kg) Semtex bomb targeting members of the security forces was defused in a builder's yard at Maghera, County Londonderry.^[83]
• 15 April 1992:
  • the IRA claimed to have forced the cancellation of a concert for RUC officers in Cookstown, County Tyrone, with two hoax bombs, one a proxy type.^[80] The British army carried out a controlled explosion on one of the vehicles.^[84]
  • an IRA bomb partially exploded near a shop in Pomeroy, County Tyrone. The device targeted members of British security forces investigating a bomb in the shop; the IRA alleged the owner served the security forces and had recently passed on information to the RUC.^[85][80]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a bomb planted under a car owned by a member of the security forces in Florence Court near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. The device was defused by the British Army.^[81]
  • two coffee jar bombs were thrown at a British Army mobile patrol on the Springfield Road, Belfast, but failed to explode.^[86]
  • a coffee jar bomb was thrown at a joint British Army/RUC patrol in Sheridan Street in the New Lodge area of Belfast. The device failed to explode.^[86]
• 16 April 1992: RUC officers opened fire after a hijacked taxi driven by an IRA member (and carrying a bomb) crashed through a checkpoint in the Poleglass area of Belfast. The driver was later arrested.^[82][87]
• 18 April 1992:
  • Brendan McWilliams, an employee of the British Army, was shot dead by the IRA at his home, Nialls Crescent, off Killylea Road, Armagh. At least 18 shots were fired at him through the front door from a high velocity weapon.^[88]
  • an attack on a member of the security forces was foiled when a booby-trap bomb was discovered during a stop at an RUC vehicle checkpoint in Larne, County Antrim. The occupants of the car were arrested.^[89][90]
• 19 April 1992:
  • incendiary devices destroyed a clothing store and a supermarket in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh. The IRA claimed responsibility.^[80][91]
  • IRA incendiary devices were discovered in three shops in Belfast city centre; only one premises was damaged.^[80]
• 22 April 1992: the IRA left a bomb at the Ulster Bank branch at May Street, Belfast.^[5][92]
• 23 April 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed a blast bomb at an RUC patrol vehicle in the Markets area of Belfast. The IRA claimed the device struck the windshield, injuring the crew.^[92]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on an RUC foot patrol in the Springfield Road area of Belfast. A civilian sitting in a car nearby was injured, and her baby narrowly avoided injury.^[82]
• 24 April 1992: the IRA fired several shots at a joint British Army-RUC checkpoint on Craigavon Bridge, Derry.^[92]
• 25 April 1992: the IRA reports that two East Tyrone Brigade units opened fire on a British Army foot patrol at Loughmacrory near Carrickmore, County Tyrone.^[92]
• 27 April 1992:
  • IRA firebombs damaged the Bellevue Arms bar and Belfast Castle in North Belfast.^[54] In a statement the IRA claimed the upstairs room of Belfast Castle was targeted because it was used by senior members of the Northern Ireland Office and RUC, and Bellevue Arms was a meeting place for RUC officers and informers.^[93]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for twenty hoax bomb alerts which caused major disruption to transport links in the Belfast area.^[93]
  • the IRA exploded a bomb at Belfast Central station and a bomb at York Road station failed to detonate.^[92]
  • a British soldier and a nine-year boy were wounded by a coffee-jar bomb thrown by an IRA unit at a military patrol in the Oldpark area of Belfast.^[54]
  • an IRA bomb exploded at a bank premises in Gloucester Street in Belfast city centre.^[92] Four RUC officers were treated for minor injuries.^[94]
• 28 April 1992:
  • RUC officers fired several warning shots and arrested two men after uncovering a remotely-detonated 5 lb (2.3 kg) Semtex bomb at a builder's yard in Patrick Street, Newry, County Down.^[95]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a 2 lb (0.91 kg) bomb in a car which failed to detonate outside Lisburn courthouse.^[92]
• 29 April 1992: the IRA reported they fired several shots at Rosemount RUC station, Derry.^[96]

May–June

• 1 May 1992:
  • a British soldier (Andrew Grundy) was killed and 23 others were wounded when the IRA used an improvised unmanned locomotive made of a Renault Master van to deliver a bomb to a British Army permanent vehicle checkpoint at Cloghoge, County Armagh. The outpost was completely destroyed (see Attack on Cloghoge checkpoint).^[6]
  • an IRA bomb attack was foiled and the device defused after a British Army patrol spotted a command wire near Washingbay Road, Coalisland, County Tyrone.^[97]
  • a British security forces patrol escaped injury when a coffee jar bomb failed to detonate in the Hill Street area of Newry.^[98]
• 3 May 1992: an incendiary bomb exploded in a business premises in Belfast city centre.^[98]
• 4 May 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed a coffee jar bomb at a joint British Army-RUC patrol on the Springfield Road, Belfast.^[98]
  • a 5.5 lb (2.5 kg) IRA Semtex anti-personnel bomb failed to detonate after RUC officers were lured to a shopping centre in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.^[98][94]
• 5 May 1992:
  • the IRA carried out a bomb attack against a British Army mobile patrol in the Markets area of Belfast.^[98]
  • a Mark-12 horizontal mortar, fired by an IRA unit, overshot Rosemount RUC station in Derry city, damaging the base and several houses on Creggan Road. Two soldiers and one civilian were wounded.^[99][100]
• 6 May 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed a coffee jar bomb at a British security forces patrol in the Markets area of Belfast.^[101]
  • 25 lb (11 kg) explosives planted by the IRA found at the side of a road by a British Army patrol was made safe in Cappagh, County Tyrone.^[102][103]
• 7 May 1992:
  • a 1,000 lb (450 kg) IRA bomb transported by a tractor^[101][104] exploded beside the RUC security base in Fivemiletown, County Tyrone, injuring 10 civilians and causing substantial damage to civilian properties nearby, and structural damage to the barracks itself. The explosion was heard 30 miles away. The IRA South Fermanagh Brigade claimed responsibility. On 9 May a British soldier shot and killed his company's sergeant major (Dean Oliver) in a blue-on-blue incident at the same spot, while taking part of a security detail around the devastated barracks.^{[105][99][106][107][108]}
  • a British Army patrol in West Belfast escaped injury after a coffee jar bomb thrown at them failed to detonate.^[102]
• 8 May 1992: an IRA unit opened fire on a joint British Army-RUC patrol at Beechmount Avenue off the Falls Road, Belfast. A civilian in a van was seriously wounded, however the IRA denied they were responsible and claimed witnesses described the man being hit by British Army return fire.^{[109][54][101]}
• 9 May 1992:
  • a number of incendiary devices exploded at the Metro Centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, causing some damage. More incendiary devices were discovered in stores in the complex in the weeks that followed.^[79][110]
  • an IRA bomb exploded accidentally in Mullaghbawn, County Armagh, injuring the IRA volunteer who was assembling it.^[111]
  • an IRA unit lobbed a blast bomb at an unmarked armoured RUC car in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, but only the detonator exploded.^[101]
• 11 May 1992: an IRA unit carried out a coffee jar bomb attack on a British Army patrol vehicle in North Belfast. The IRA claimed to have disabled the vehicle and injured the soldiers inside.^[101]
• 12 May 1992:
  • a British Army paratrooper lost both legs after an IRA bomb attack on a military foot patrol near the village of Cappagh, a few miles south of Pomeroy, County Tyrone. The incident triggered a series of clashes between British soldiers and local people in the town of Coalisland, also in County Tyrone, which lasted until 17 May, when an army machine gun was stolen. Unionist officials accused Sinn Féin of instigating the riots.^[112] At least three civilians and two soldiers were injured.^[113][114]
  • an IRA unit fired several shots at British security forces at the "Camel's Hump" checkpoint in Strabane, County Tyrone.^[115]
• 14 May 1992: the IRA carried out several incendiary bomb attacks in Belfast; two at an auction house on May Street, two at a showroom on Shore Road, one at a bank on May Street. Another was defused at a stationers in Gloucester Street.^[116]
• 15 May 1992:
  • incendiary devices exploded in a clothing store and a furniture store in Yorkgate Shopping Complex, Belfast.^[116]
  • two incendiary devices detonated in Bow Street Mall, Lisburn.^[116]
  • several residences were damaged in the area of Short Strand in Belfast after a suspected IRA bomb attack on a combined RUC/British army patrol.^[54]
• 16 May 1992:
  • an IRA unit launched a horizontal mortar from a parked car at an RUC patrol vehicle in the Beechmount Avenue area of Belfast. Reportedly several shots were also fired. The projectile missed its target and landed, unexploded, in a crowded park. There were no reported injuries and two men were arrested afterwards.^[117][118]
  • three RUC officers suffered minor injuries after a coffee jar bomb struck their armoured patrol car in Dungannon, County Tyrone.^[119] Some sources claim the vehicle was the target of a horizontally-launched mortar in Thomas Street.^[120]
• 19 May 1992:
  • incendiary devices exploded in a catalogue retailer store in the Cornmarket area of Belfast, causing extensive damage.^[116]
  • an IRA operation to kill a man later described in court as a "civilian" in the Castlederg, County Tyrone area was aborted after the unit involved noticed an RUC checkpoint near the village of Killen.^[121]
  • an IRA attack was foiled after a primed coffee jar-type blast bomb was found by a British Army patrol at Glenmurray Court off the Monagh Bypass in West Belfast.^[122]
• 21 May 1992: the IRA bombed the home of an RUC officer in Belfast, less than a quarter of a mile from the RUC's headquarters. The house was empty as the RUC officer targeted had moved out a month previously because he feared such an attack.^[123] An hour later, the British Army defused a 4 lb (1.8 kg) bomb at the home of a former RUC Assistant Chief Constable on North Circular Road.^[124]
• 24 May 1992:
  • the IRA carried out a coffee jar bomb attack on a permanent joint British Army-RUC checkpoint at Elize Street, Belfast.^[124]
  • a furniture shop in Dungannon, County Tyrone, was extensively damaged in an incendiary bomb attack. A general goods store was also targeted. Four undetonated incendiary devices were found in both premises. A furniture shop in Cookstown, County Tyrone, was also damaged.^[125]
  • the IRA carried out several incendiary bomb attacks on commercial premises in Belfast.^[124]
• 27 May 1992: the IRA fired several shots at a man they claimed was a leading member of the UDA as he walked along the Springfield Road but he escaped.^[126]
• 28 May 1992: an IRA unit fired a sustained burst of automatic fire at North Howard Street barracks, Belfast.^[126]
• 29 May 1992:
  • the IRA carried out several incendiary bomb attacks on commercial premises in Belfast; one device detonated in CastleCourt Shopping Centre.^[126]
  • an IRA attack on a Wessex helicopter near Cappagh, County Tyrone, using a GPMG stolen during unrest in Coalisland eleven days earlier was foiled by the British Army. One member of the three-man ASU was arrested by the RUC after fleeing a car pursued by the Wessex; the GPMG and other arms were recovered from a farmhouse. Two other members of the IRA unit abandoned the car after setting it on fire.^[127] Nationalist politician Bernardette Devlin McAliskey suggested that the recovery of the machine gun was actually staged by the security forces as a publicity stunt.^[128]
• 30 May 1992: an IRA unit lobbed a blast bomb containing 1 lb (0.45 kg) of Semtex at an RUC patrol in Monaghan Street, Newry. There were no reported injuries.^[126]
• 31 May 1992: an IRA mortar attack in Crossmaglen involved the first use of the Mk-14 mortar bomb.^[129]
• 1 June 1992: the IRA claimed responsibility for a 200 lb (91 kg) anti-personnel bomb abandoned at Orritor Street in Cookstown, County Tyrone. British security forces discovered a command wire leading to a derelict building nearby.^[126][130]
• 2 June 1992:
  • an IRA unit carried out a mortar attack on a British Army checkpoint at Mullan Bridge, Kinawley, County Fermanagh.^[131]
  • the IRA detonated a 200 lb (91 kg) car bomb at a golf club in Cookstown, County Tyrone. The IRA accused the club of hosting an event for RUC officers two weeks previously.^[126]
  • a booby-trap bomb attached to an RUC officer's car outside a pub in Derriaghy on the outskirts of Belfast was defused by the British Army.^[132][133]
• 5 June 1992: the IRA lobbed a coffee jar bomb at the home of an off-duty UDR soldier in Castlederg, County Tyrone. The Semtex device failed to explode and was neutralised by the British Army.^[134][135]
• 7 June 1992:
  • a police officer, Glenn Goodman, was shot dead after he stopped the car of an IRA volunteer on the A64 at Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England. Another officer was shot and badly wounded.^[6][136] IRA volunteers Paul Magee and Michael O'Brien were caught four days later. Magee was charged and convicted of murder,^[137] while O'Brien was found guilty of attempted murder.^[138][139]
  • an IRA bomb exploded at the Royal Festival Hall in London, causing blast damage. There were no casualties.^[79][140]
• 8 June 1992:
  • a 1 lb (0.45 kg) Semtex bomb attached to the underside of a vehicle was defused in Tennent Street, Belfast.^[141] The IRA claimed the owner was a senior member of the UVF, and this was the third attempt on his life.^[140]
  • a 2 lb (0.91 kg) bomb exploded on the third floor of a hotel on Brunswick Street, Belfast. A second device failed to explode in the hotel's restaurant.^[140]
  • a bomb hoax at the Europa Hotel, Belfast, forced the evacuation of a "Miss Northern Ireland" event.^[140]
  • an IRA unit lobbed two blast bombs at a British Army mobile patrol in the New Barnsley area of Belfast.^[140]
• 9 June 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a bomb targeting RUC officers lured to a hoax bomb alert at the home of a UDR soldier in the Antrim Road area of Belfast.
  • incendiary devices detonated in two department stores in Belfast city centre causing minor damage. A hardware store in North Street and a glass merchants in Newtownabbey were also damaged in an incendiary bomb attack.^[140]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for twenty hoax bomb alerts in the greater Belfast area.^[140]
  • a "blast incendiary" exploded at a garage at Bridge End in East Belfast. The IRA accused the owner's of serving the RUC.^[140]
• 10 June 1992:
  • two incendiary devices detonated in a restaurant in South Belfast.^[140]
  • a small IRA bomb exploded in Wilcox Place, London.^[79]
  • an IRA van bomb went off outside Braeside Bar at Orritor, near Cookstown, County Tyrone. IRA sources said that the bar's owner "continued collaboration" with British forces motivated the attack.^[142][143] There were no casualties, but the building was engulfed by fire^[144] and several houses were wrecked by the blast.^[145]
  • a blast bomb dropped from a block of flats onto a British Army foot patrol in the New Lodge area of Belfast failed to explode.^[146]
• 12 June 1992: an IRA unit fired on a British Army patrol as they left their base in the New Barnsley area of Belfast.^[146]
• 13 June 1992: the IRA carried out a blast bomb attack against Springfield Road RUC station, Belfast.^[146]
• 14 June 1992:
  • a coffee jar bomb thrown at British security forces partially exploded in Cupar Street in the Falls Road area of Belfast and was later defused.^[147]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a 2 lb (0.91 kg) bomb that exploded on the Dublin-Belfast railway between Central and Botanic stations. The line was closed again the following day after several hoax bomb alerts.^[146]
• 15 June 1992: an IRA bomb exploded in a hijacked minicab in St. Albans Street, London England.^[79]
• 16 June 1992:
  • a 500 lb (230 kg) IRA bomb was found buried beside a culvert with a command wire leading to a firing point nearby, at New Line Road near Cookstown, County Tyrone.^[148][149]
  • an incendiary device detonated inside a business in North Street in Belfast city centre.^[146]
• 17 June 1992: an IRA "anti-personnel" bomb near Belfast City Hall^[146] wounded five UDR soldiers and two RUC constables.^[142]
• 18 June 1992:
  • the IRA claimed they fired over a hundred rounds at a British Army foot patrol at Lackey, County Fermanagh.^[150]
  • a primed Mark 12 horizontal mortar concealed in a car in Foyle Road, Derry, was neutralised by the British Army.^[132]
• 20 June 1992:
  • the home of a former RUC officer was riddled with gunfire in Pomeroy, County Tyrone. Security forces defused a large IRA booby-trap bomb found under a getaway car used by the IRA unit responsible.^[151]
  • Irish security forces discovered an IRA command wire leading across the border from outside Ballyshannon, County Donegal. British security forces were alerted and found an explosive device in County Fermanagh, which was defused.^[152]
• 21 June 1992:
  • an IRA coffee jar bomb was thrown at two RUC officers on foot patrol, but failed to explode during a festival in Benburb, County Tyrone.^[142][153]
  • An IRA active service unit fired several shots at Dungannon barracks, County Tyrone.^[150] The shooting took place at 4:00 am and there was no return fire. No casualties were reported.^[154]
• 22 June 1992: a British army patrol returned fire after coming under attack by IRA snipers along Ballynagilly Road,^[155] near Cookstown, County Tyrone. Security forces sealed off the area. No casualties were reported.^{[156][157][51]}
• 23 June 1992: the IRA detonated a 10 lb (4.5 kg) Semtex and shrapnel bomb while soldiers and RUC officers were responding to a smaller bomb in a bank in Arthur Street, Belfast. The IRA claimed the action was a repeat of an attack in the same location a week previously and several soldiers and RUC officers were injured.^[150]
• 24 June 1992: an IRA unit fired 50 rounds at British soldiers manning an observation post atop a block of flats in the New Lodge area of Belfast.^[158]
• 25 June 1992: an IRA briefcase-bomb exploded under a car in Coleman Street, London; a police officer had to be treated for shock.^[79]
• 26 June 1992:
  • a 10 lb (4.5 kg) IRA bomb failed to explode at a bank premises in Gloucester Street in Belfast city centre.^[158]
  • a pair of horizontal mortars in a van targeting an armoured RUC patrol vehicle failed to detonate in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh.^[158] Both devices were later defused by the British Army.^[159]
  • the IRA warned of two bombs planted at banks in Dungannon, County Tyrone. One was a hoax but the second was a viable 5 lb (2.3 kg) device.^[160]
  • an IRA hoax bomb caused disruption for several hours in Cookstown, County Tyrone.^[158]
• 27 June 1992: two RUC officers narrowly escaped serious injury after an IRA magnetic bomb attached to the roof of their patrol car exploded in the centre of Belfast. The officers dived from their car seconds before the bomb detonated, after a man had placed it and ran away. 21 people were injured.^{[5][161][162][159]}
• 28 June 1992:
  • a 1.5 lb (0.68 kg) booby-trap Semtex bomb attached to the underside of a car belonging to a member of the security forces was neutralised in a controlled explosion at Barranderry Heights, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.^[159]
  • a primed horizontal mortar was found concealed inside a parked car with a hole cut in the side on the Antrim Road by RUC officers. Two men were arrested.^[163]
  • a primed horizontal mortar was found by a British Army patrol positioned in the garden of a house near the Ballymurphy Road, West Belfast.^[163]
• 29 June 1992:
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a British Army foot patrol in the Twinbrook area of Belfast.^[158]
  • IRA members occupied a house in the Derrybeg area of Newry to recover "IRA materials" sealed inside, unknown to the tenants. The IRA's South Down Brigade apologised for any "distress" caused.^[158]
• 30 June 1992:
  • the IRA claimed to have left two bombs in Castlederg, County Tyrone. The RUC stated they failed to find the devices after a search; the IRA had previously warned about the two bombs on June 19.^[164]
  • a round fired by an IRA sniper at a British Army foot patrol in Glasvney Close in the Dunmurry area of Belfast missed and entered a house, injuring a civilian with flying glass.^[165]

July–August

• 1 July 1992:
  • a 1.5 lb (0.68 kg) bomb concealed in a flag pole failed to detonate in Stewartstown, County Tyrone. The IRA's intended target was RUC officers removing the Irish tricolour from the planned route of an Orange Order parade.^[166]
  • an IRA bomb exploded at the junction box at Belfast Central station, disrupting service on the Belfast-Portadown railway.^[5][167]
• 2 July 1992:
  • the IRA admitted responsibility for the killing of three men, whose bodies were found at different roadsides in County Armagh. The IRA claimed the men, all members of the IRA, were undercover agents for MI5 and the RUC Special Branch.^[5] See also: Murder of Margaret Perry.
  • the IRA claimed bombs had been placed at four major Belfast hotels. After extensive searches and widespread disruption no devices were found.^[168]
• 3 July 1992: an IRA unit threw a coffee jar bomb at a joint British Army-RUC patrol on the Camlough Road, Newry. The device failed to detonate.^[169]
• 5 July 1992: an IRA unit fired several shots at the RUC station in Strabane, County Tyrone.^[170]
• 7 July 1992:
  • an IRA unit threw two coffee jar bombs at an RUC mobile patrol near New Barnsley RUC-British Army base in West Belfast. RUC officers had been lured outside by an abandoned van, but there were no reported injuries.^[171][166]
  • a coffee jar bomb was defused in Edenderry Park, Banbridge, County Down.^[160]
• 9 July 1992: an IRA unit threw a coffee jar bomb at a joint British Army-RUC patrol in Newry. The device failed to detonate.^[172]
• 11 July 1992:
  • a horizontal mortar targeting an armoured RUC patrol car failed to detonate in Omagh, County Tyrone.^[167]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a British Army checkpoint in Torrens Avenue on the edge of the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[167]
• 12 July 1992:
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a British security forces cordon in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[167]
  • an IRA unit opened fire on a British security forces cordon in the Iveagh area of Belfast.^[167]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a 1 lb (0.45 kg) bomb attached to the underside of a Ford Sierra they alleged was used by a senior member of the UVF in North Belfast. The device was defused by the British Army.^[167]
• 13 July 1992:
  • a small IRA bomb targeting British security forces was discovered defused and abandoned on Grosvenor Road, Belfast; the IRA claimed they had been forced to abandon the attack because of the presence of civilians.^[167]
  • a 3 lb (1.4 kg) IRA bomb exploded at Finaghy Road North station, Belfast.^[167]
  • a British Army sniffer dog was killed and its handler slightly injured in a bomb explosion on the Belfast-Dublin railway line, near Central Station in Belfast.^[173]
• 15 July 1992: the IRA bombed the Balmoral Golf Club in south Belfast with two incendiary bombs,^[167] causing extensive damage.^[174]
• 16 July 1992: the IRA detonated an anti-personnel bomb outside a hotel on the Ormeau Road, Belfast, as British security forces investigated a hoax bomb nearby.^[175]
• 21 July 1992:
  • incendiary devices exploded in the Yorkgate Shopping Complex in Belfast city centre.^[175]
  • a coffee jar thrown at a joint British Army-RUC patrol failed to explode in the Grosvenor Road area of Belfast.^[175]
• 23 July 1992: an IRA unit threw a coffee jar bomb at a passing British Army patrol in Strabane, County Tyrone. The device failed to detonate properly and fifty families were evacuated while the device was defused.^[176]
• 24 July 1992: an IRA bomb exploded on the railway line between Belfast Central and Botanic railway stations.^[175]
• 26 July 1992: a horizontal mortar attack against British security forces was foiled in the Thomas Street area of Warrenpoint, County Down. One man was arrested and later charged.^[177][178]
• 27 July 1992: an IRA unit opened fire on British Army Royal Irish Regiment soldiers manning a vehicle checkpoint in May Street in Belfast city centre.^[175]
• 28 July 1992: an IRA unit dropped two blast bombs onto the roof of an observation post at Whiterock security forces base, Belfast.^[175]
• 30 July 1992:
  • the IRA planted several incendiary devices, two of which exploded, in the Metrocentre, Gateshead, Newcastle.^[179]
  • two incendiary devices exploded in Milton Keynes, England, causing minimal damage.^[79]
  • an IRA rocket hit a lorry in a convoy in Newry allegedly carrying materials to build a new British army checkpoint at Cloghoge, County Armagh.^[142] Other sources describe a drogue bomb attack and report the lorry wasn't hit.^[160]
  • an improvised grenade was thrown at a British security forces mobile patrol at the rear of Castle Court shopping centre in Belfast.^[142]
  • an IRA attack was thwarted when the British Army found a 400 lb (180 kg) bomb with command wire hidden beside a road at Ballsmills Road, Crossmaglen, County Armagh.^[180]
• 1 August 1992: an explosion in the centre of Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh, injured one person and damaged several homes.^[181] The IRA claimed responsibility.^[182]
• 3 August 1992:
  • a 250 lb (110 kg) car bomb exploded on Bedford Street in the centre of Belfast following a warning, injuring several civilians. A second 250 lb (110 kg) car bomb nearby was detonated remotely by the IRA when RUC officers and British soldiers were in the vicinity. The explosions caused widespread damage.^[175][6]
  • a British soldier (Damian Shackleton) was shot dead by an IRA sniper team at Duncairn Avenue, New Lodge, Belfast. Shackleton was in the back roof hatch of an army Land Rover when two IRA members armed with assault rifles fired twenty-eight shots from a block of flats, hitting him in the chest and causing a fatal wound.^{[6][183][184]}
  • a British soldier from the Coldstream Guards was seriously wounded^[185] in a gun battle with the IRA in Pomeroy, County Tyrone. A second soldier was hit but escaped injury when the round lodged in his gear.^{[160][186][187]}
• 4 August 1992: an IRA unit fired sixty shots at a British security forces mobile patrol on the Springfield Road, Belfast.^[175][160]
• 5 August 1992: a caller claiming to represent the IRA warned that a mortar in dangerous condition had been abandoned near Florence Court, County Fermanagh.^[188]
• 6 August 1992:
  • six mortar bombs were fired at the new army checkpoint under construction near Cloghoge, County Armagh.^[189] The IRA in a statement said five mortar tubes were used, two of which failed to detonate.^[190]
  • two incendiary devices were discovered and defused by the British Army in a supermarket in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh.^[188][160]
• 7 August 1992: an under-car booby trap bomb was defused by the British Army in Westway Crescent, Belfast. The IRA claimed it was intended for a member of the security forces; however the family involved had no connections.^[160]
• 8 August 1992: IRA units fired several shots at British Army permanent vehicle checkpoints at Killyvilly and Magheravelly in County Fermanagh. There were no reported injuries.^[191] The IRA's South Fermanagh Brigade reported they used "heavy machine guns, a general-purpose machine gun, and automatic weapons" and over 1,000 rounds were fired in both attacks.^[188]
• 10 August 1992: the IRA detonated a bomb on the Belfast-Dublin railway line as a freight train passed on the outskirts of Belfast.^[190][160]
• 11 August 1992:
  • an IRA unit carried out a blast bomb attack on a security forces patrol but the device failed to explode in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[190]
  • an IRA unit lobbed an "armour-piercing grenade" at an RUC vehicle in the vicinity of a checkpoint on the Letterkenny Road, Derry. The device failed to explode.^[192]
• 12 August 1992:
  • an IRA bomb attack against the West End of London involving a 3,000 lb (1,400 kg) bomb was foiled after armed police raided an apartment in Hanwell, west London.^[193]
  • the IRA shot dead a former IRA member they accused of being an informer in Belfast.^[5]
  • a member of a three-man IRA unit was shot and injured at a vehicle checkpoint after carrying out a sniper attack in Strabane, County Tyrone. The unit's getaway car was damaged and they fled on foot pursued by an RAF helicopter, at least one of the IRA volunteers fired at the helicopter but no hits were registered.^[194] The injured IRA volunteer was eventually arrested nearby.^[195]
  • an IRA unit fired several shots at a British Army mobile patrol as they entered Henry Taggart base on the Upper Springfield Road, Belfast.^[196]
• 13 August 1992: an unsuccessful attack was launched by a sniper on a British Army patrol at Carran Road, Crossmaglen, County Armagh.^{[197][198][160]}
• 15 August 1992:
  • four British soldiers were injured, two seriously, by coffee-jar bombs thrown at a British Army-RUC patrol in the Falls Road area of Belfast. RUC officers fired at the attackers and later arrested an IRA suspect.^[199][142]
  • the British Army defused a blast incendiary bomb left in a hijacked bus in the Creggan area of Derry.^[160]
• 17 August 1992: a blast bomb was thrown at an RUC patrol vehicle on Camlough Road, Newry, but failed to explode.^[160]
• 19 August 1992: two British soldiers were wounded in an IRA blast bomb attack at Grosvenor road, Belfast. Also, a booby-trap bomb disguised as an unexploded grenade detonated when a technical officer attempted to defuse it.^{[5][200][160]}
• 20 August 1992:
  • passengers escaped injury after an IRA incendiary bomb wrecked a train in the Finaghy area of Belfast.^[5]
  • British soldiers were injured in an IRA remotely-detonated bomb attack in the Lower Ormeau area of Belfast.^[5][200]
  • an IRA bomb left outside a bank in Cookstown, County Tyrone, failed to detonate and was later defused by the British Army. A second bomb was also defused.^[200][160]
• 21 August 1992:
  • an IRA unit opened fire on British soldiers and civilian contractors at a British Army position in Derry city centre.^[192]
  • a civilian (Isobel Leyland), a Belfast native visiting from England, was shot dead in a crossfire by the IRA during a gun battle in Ardoyne with the RUC. The IRA issued a statement after the attack apologising for the killing.^[201][202]
• 22 August 1992:
  • a blast bomb was thrown at an RUC mobile patrol in Kilrea, County Londonderry. The officers were treated for shock afterwards.^[160]
  • the IRA was responsible for several bomb hoaxes over three days in Cookstown and Dungannon.^[200]
• 24 August 1992: a British soldier was wounded by a coffee-jar bomb in the Twinbrook area of Belfast.^[203]
• 25 August 1992:
  • an IRA firebomb exploded in the Shropshire Regimental museum in Shrewsbury Castle, Shropshire, England and two incendiary devices exploded in two furniture shops in Shrewsbury Town Centre.^[79]
  • an IRA unit opened fire twice on Gardaí during a chase following an attempted bank raid in Newcastlewest, County Limerick. The officers were unarmed. The raiders' hijacked Mazda van was later found abandoned eight miles from the town.^[204]
• 27 August 1992: in a repeat of an attack a week earlier, an IRA unit opened fire on British soldiers and civilian contractors at a British Army position in Derry city centre.^[192]
• 28 August 1992: a British soldier (Paul Turner) was shot dead by a sniper in the main square of Crossmaglen, County Armagh. He was taking up position in the main square of the town when he was hit in the chest by a single bullet fired by an IRA sniper some 250 yards away.^[6][205]

September–October

• 2 September 1992: an IRA attack was foiled and one person arrested after a primed booby-trap bomb along with Semtex explosives and detonator was found at Corrody Road in the Waterside area of Derry. Ten houses were evacuated while the British Army neutralised the explosives.^[206]
• 5 September 1992: the IRA stated it had sent bullets to five Protestant businessmen living in Moy, County Tyrone to warn them against servicing members of the British security forces. A fish-and-chip shop in the village closed a few days later.^[207]
• 6 September 1992:
  • a 20 lb (9.1 kg) bomb exploded in a Chinese restaurant in Dungannon, County Tyrone. A second, larger, bomb in the vicinity targeting RUC officers on the scene resulted in no reported injuries. The IRA claimed the business served members of the security forces.^{[208][209][210]}
  • a small IRA bomb exploded at a Hilton Hotel in the Hyde Park area^[211] of London.^[79]
  • a 1.5 lb (0.68 kg) Semtex bomb with firing pack and command wire was defused by the British Army at Dunville Park, West Belfast.^[212]
• 8 September 1992:
  • the IRA shot and critically wounded a Protestant civilian at his home near Markethill, County Armagh. Afterwards the IRA claimed he was a member of the British Army's Royal Irish Regiment.^[5][213]
  • a bomb exploded inside the perimeter fence of New Barnsley RUC base, Belfast. It was unclear whether it had been thrown by hand or fired from a launcher.^[213][212]
• 11 September 1992:
  • a major IRA operation was foiled by Irish security forces after they arrested a six-man IRA active service unit at St. Johnston, Donegal, along the Derry-Strabane border. A Toyota van hijacked in County Kerry some time previously contained three GPMGs (including an MG3), two AKM rifles, six combat uniforms, 1,000 rounds of ammunition including double-magazines for the rifles, six incendiary devices, two pairs of binoculars, and a radio scanner.^[214] It was later alleged in court the IRA men were probably intending to attack a British Army helicopter.^[215]
• 12 September 1992: a British soldier was wounded in an IRA remote-detonation bomb attack in Whiterock, Belfast.^{[5][216][212]}
• 17 September 1992: one bomb and four firebombs exploded at various locations around London.^[79]
• 18 September 1992: a coffee jar bomb thrown by an IRA unit at an RUC patrol failed to explode in the Grosvenor Road area of Belfast.^[208]
• 19 September 1992: an RUC officer was injured in a blast bomb attack on a foot patrol on the Whiterock Road, Belfast.^[217][218]
• 23 September 1992: A massive 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) IRA truck-bomb exploded outside the Forensic Science Laboratory at Newtownbreda, South Belfast. The device almost completely demolished the Laboratory and damaged more than 1,000 homes in the surrounding area. The tremors from the blast were felt over 12 miles (19 km) away and the bomb was later assessed as probably the largest device ever detonated in Northern Ireland. There were no injuries in the attack as the IRA had given a 40-minute warning to evacuate the area,^[219] although hundreds of residents had to be treated for shock. It was described as being as powerful as a "mini-nuke". The army bomb disposal team attempting to defuse it all lost their hearing, and several military vehicles were damaged.^[220]
• 25 September 1992: a van bomb exploded outside the courthouse in Newry, County Down.^[221] The IRA claimed the bomb was a "directional device" targeting civilians contractors carrying out repairs.^[222]
• 27 September 1992: a 1,000 lb (450 kg) IRA bomb was defused outside the court house in Armagh, County Armagh.^[221]
• 28 September 1992:
  • a 500 lb (230 kg) IRA bomb partially exploded outside York Road RUC station, north Belfast.^[221]
  • the IRA shot an alleged informer and left him for dead in Belfast, but he eventually survived his wounds.^[5]
• 30 September 1992: a UDA member (Harry Black) was shot dead by the IRA at a friend's home, Annadale Flats, Ballynafeigh, Belfast.^[6]
• 1 October 1992:
  • a 15-men strong IRA unit, armed with rifles and machine guns, set up several checkpoints around the village of Meigh, County Armagh.^[223] They stopped motorists and handed out leaflets accusing two men of criminal activity.^[224]
  • the RUC defused a 150 lb (68 kg) bomb in a field at Galbally, near Dungannon, County Tyrone, four days after the IRA warned it had been planted. Six families were evacuated from nearby houses.^[225]
  • an IRA unit lobbed a grenade at a British Army patrol in Blackwatertown, County Armagh, but the device failed to explode.^[226][227]
• 3 October 1992:
  • an IRA unit lobbed an "impact grenade" at a British Army armoured vehicle near Henry Taggart base on the Springfield Road, Belfast, but the device failed to detonate properly.^[226]
• 4 October 1992:
  • a young Catholic man was shot and wounded near Castlederg, County Tyrone in a botched IRA attack on British security forces. A primed mortar was found nearby.^[221]
  • a car bomb containing shrapnel exploded in Newry, County Armagh.^[221]
• 5 October: an IRA unit carried out a gun, grenade, and rocket attack against an RUC armoured vehicle in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.^[226][228]
• 7 October 1992: five people were injured when an IRA bomb exploded in Piccadilly, London. Another bomb exploded on Flitcroft Street, London.^[79]
• 8 October 1992:
  • one person was injured when an IRA bomb exploded underneath a car in Tooley Street, London. Another bomb exploded on Malcombe Street.^[229]
  • an IRA bomb exploded beside a joint British Army/RUC checkpoint in the Short Strand area of Belfast. A soldier and two RUC officers were injured.^[230][231]
  • the IRA detonated a 10 lb (4.5 kg) bomb outside a bank adjacent to the Markets area of Belfast.^[230]
• 9 October 1992:
  • an IRA bomb exploded in the carpark of the Royal British Legion building in Southgate, London.^[229]
  • two explosive devices blew up outside two shops at Dungannon, County Tyrone, destroying both buildings.^[142]
  • an IRA unit lobbed two blast bombs at a British Army checkpoint in Belfast; however only the detonators exploded.^[230]
  • the IRA carried out a gun and bomb attack at RUC officers manning a security barrier on Strand Road, Derry.^{[232][233][227]}
• 10 October 1992:
  • three British soldiers were injured after two coffee jar bombs were thrown at their patrol in Stewartstown Road, West Belfast.^[234]
  • an RUC officer (James Douglas) was shot dead by the IRA in the Monico Bar, Lombard Street, Belfast.^[6][235]
  • an IRA bomb exploded in a kiosk near Paddington Green police station, London, injuring one person. Another IRA exploded at the British Legion Club in Southgate.^[229][221]
• 12 October 1992:
  • an alleged IRA assassination plot targeting Unionist MP Ken Maginnis was foiled after two gunmen were spotted outside Dungannon District Council, County Tyrone. He had survived six previous attempts on his life.^[236]
  • an explosive device exploded in a toilet of the Sussex Arms public house in Covent Garden, killing one person (David Heffer) and injuring four others.^[46]
• 13 October 1992: an RUC officer was injured when a blast bomb was thrown at a patrol in North Belfast.^[237][238]
• 14 October 1992: the IRA detonated a bomb within a newly-opened commercial centre on York Street, Belfast.^[230]
• 16 October 1992: an IRA unit fired on a British Army mobile patrol on the Oldpark Road, North Belfast.^[239]
• 18 October 1992: a bomb hidden in a coach explodes outside a hotel in Hammersmith, west London. There were no casualties.^[240]
• 19 October 1992:
  • the British Army carried out a controlled explosion of a 200 lb (91 kg) car bomb at Dukes Hotel, Belfast.^[5][227]
  • an IRA bomb explodes in Oxenden Street London, leaving two people requiring treatment for shock.^[229]
• 20 October 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a bomb on the railway line between Belfast Central and Botanic stations; the IRA claimed their intent was to lure British Security forces into an ambush.^[239]
  • a British soldier (Robert Irvine) was shot dead by the IRA at his home in Rasharkin, County Antrim.^[6][241]
  • an unexploded coffee jar bomb was defused by the British Army on the Ballygawley Road, Dungannon, following a statement from the IRA.^[227]
• 21 October 1992:
  • three people were injured when an IRA bomb was detonated at the Princess Louise Territorial Army Centre, Hammersmith Road, London. Two more people were wounded when the IRA bombed a railway line in Edmonton, England.^[229]
  • the IRA detonated a 200 lb (91 kg) car bomb on the Main Street of Bangor, County Down,^[6] injuring six RUC officers and causing extensive damage.^[227]
  • an IRA unit fired several shots at civilian contractors and soldiers at the security forces base on Grosvenor Road, Belfast.^[242]
• 22 October 1992: a sewage pipe was damaged by an IRA explosive device at Wick Lane, London.^[243]
• 23 October 1992:
  • a 1 lb (0.45 kg) Semtex device attached to the underside of a car belonging to Billy Wright a leading UVF loyalist paramilitary (and later leader of the breakaway LVF), was defused in Portadown, County Armagh.^[244]
  • a 100 lb (45 kg) IRA car bomb was defused outside Central Station, Belfast.^[245]
• 25 October 1992: a small IRA bomb exploded outside the London home of former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Lord Prior damaging one building and a number of vehicles.^[229][245]
• 28 October 1992:
  • an IRA unit exploded a bomb at the house of deputy governor of Maghaberry prison, County Antrim.^[223]
  • a British soldier suffered minor injuries when a bomb exploded as a patrol passed at Glassdrumman crossroads, Crossmaglen, County Armagh.^[246]
• 30 October 1992:
  • the IRA detonated a 500 lb (230 kg) van bomb outside Glengormley RUC base, Belfast. Several houses were damaged and a number of civilians and RUC officers injured.^[5][245]
  • a small IRA bomb exploded outside 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister.^[229]
  • the IRA claimed responsibility for a 100 lb (45 kg) car bomb left in the centre of Lisburn. The bomb failed to explode.^[247]
• 31 October 1992: the IRA wiped out the IPLO in Belfast after a vicious internal IPLO feud and allegations that it was dealing drugs. The leader of the IPLO's breakaway Belfast Brigade, Sammy Ward, was shot dead in the Short Strand and several other high-ranking members were kneecapped. Their lives were spared on condition that the IPLO surrender and disband immediately. Within a few days both IPLO factions surrendered and disbanded. IPLO units in Newry and Armagh were not attacked and absolved of any involvement in criminality or drug dealing by the IRA.^[6][248]

November–December

• 5 November 1992: the IRA bombed the newly opened Bank of Ireland branch in Downpatrick, County Down causing extensive damage.^[223]
• 6 November 1992:
  • a 100 lb (45 kg) van bomb was defused in the New Lodge area of Belfast. The van had been hijacked and loaded nearby shortly before it was intercepted by British security forces.^[249]
  • a 4 lb (1.8 kg) device attached to a dead sheep belonging to a member of the security forces was defused in Newtownstewart, County Tyrone.^[250]
• 9 November 1992: an IRA unit fired a Mark 16 improvised shoulder-fired launcher at an RUC patrol vehicle in Divismore Crescent, Belfast, injuring three RUC officers and four British soldiers.^[251]
• 12 November 1992: more than thirty families were evacuated from their homes in the Markets area of Belfast while the British Army defused an unexploded coffee jar bomb.^[252]
• 13 November 1992: the IRA detonated a 500 lb (230 kg) van-bomb in the centre of Coleraine, County Londonderry, causing extensive damage to the town centre.^{[6][253][249]}
• 14 November 1992:
  • an IRA sniper fired a single shot at a British Army foot patrol at Finnegan's Road, Forkhill, County Armagh. No reported injuries.^[251]
  • a police officer was shot and injured by the IRA in north London after confronting two men he had spotted acting suspiciously. The two men fled the scene and in a follow-up search a truck-bomb was discovered and defused.^[229]
• 15 November 1992:
  • an RUC officer (Alan Corbett) was shot dead by an IRA sniper while manning a vehicle checkpoint in Belcoo, County Fermanagh. It emerged that the sniper used an AK-47 assault rifle equipped with a night-sight and fired a single shot from high ground on the County Cavan side of the border.^[6][254] Other sources claim a Barret .50 calibre rifle fitted with a night-sight was used.^[255][256]
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