Shankill Butchers - List of Victims

List of Victims

The following is a list of known and suspected victims of the Shankill Butchers.

Date Name and age Status
2 Oct 1975 Marie McGrattan (47) Catholic civilian Shot dead at her workplace; Casey's Bottling Plant.
2 Oct 1975 Frances Donnelly (35) Catholic civilian Shot dead at her workplace; Casey's Bottling Plant.
2 Oct 1975 Gerard Grogan (18) Catholic civilian Shot dead at his workplace; Casey's Bottling Plant.
2 Oct 1975 Thomas Osbourne (18) Catholic civilian Shot dead at his workplace; Casey's Bottling Plant.
25 Nov 1975 Francis Crossen (34) Catholic civilian Found badly beaten and with his throat slashed in an entry off Bisley Street.
30 Nov 1975 Noel Shaw (19) UVF member Found shot dead in a taxi on Nixon Street. The killing was the result of an internal dispute.
10 Jan 1976 Edward McQuaid (25) Catholic civilian Killed in a drive-by shooting while walking along Cliftonville Road.
6 Feb 1976 Thomas Quinn (55) Catholic civilian Found stabbed to death on a grass bank off Forthriver Way.
9 Feb 1976 Archibald Hanna (51) Protestant civilian Shot, along with Raymond Carlisle, while sitting in a lorry on Cambrai Street. They were assumed to have been Catholics.
9 Feb 1976 Raymond Carlisle (27) Protestant civilian Shot, along with Archibald Hanna, while sitting in a lorry on Cambrai Street. They were assumed to have been Catholics.
23 Feb 1976 Francis Rice (24) Catholic civilian Found stabbed to death in an entry off Mayo Street.
2 Aug 1976 Cornelius Neeson (49) Catholic civilian Found beaten to death at the junction of Manor Street and Cliftonville Road. A hatchet had been used in the attack.
30 Oct 1976 Stephen McCann (20) Catholic civilian Found stabbed and shot to death near the community centre off Forthriver Road.
20 Dec 1976 Thomas Easton (22) Protestant civilian Found beaten to death behind St Andrew's Church on Forthriver Road. The killing was the result of a personal dispute.
31 Jan 1977 James Moorehead (30) UDA member Found beaten to death on Adela Street. The killing was the result of a personal dispute.
3 Feb 1977 Joseph Morrisey (52) Catholic civilian Found stabbed to death near the community centre off Forthriver Road. A hatchet had been used in the attack.
30 Mar 1977 Francis Cassidy (43) Catholic civilian Found stabbed and shot to death on a grass verge off Highfern Gardens.
10 Apr 1977 Kevin McMenamin (7) Catholic civilian Killed in a bomb attack on a Republican Clubs 'Easter Rising Commemoration Parade', Beechmount Avenue.
10 May 1977 Gerard McLaverty Catholic civilian Found in a back alley off Emerson Street. He had been beaten and stabbed, and his wrists had been slashed. He was the only victim of the Shankill Butchers to have survived his injuries.
17 Jul 1982 Norman Maxwell (33) Protestant civilian Found beaten to death on waste ground off Alliance Road. He had suffered from a learning disability.
29 Aug 1982 James Galway (33) Protestant civilian Shot dead and found buried on a building site in Broughshane. He was suspected of being a police informer.
5 Sep 1982 Brian Smyth (30) UVF member Poisoned in a loyalist club before being shot from a passing motorbike on Crimea Street. The killing was the result of a personal dispute.
24 Oct 1982 Joseph Donegan (48) Catholic civilian Found beaten to death in an entry off Brookmount Street.

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