Patrick Joseph Kelly (19 March 1957 – 8 May 1987)
Kelly became a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army at the beginning of the 1970s and gradually became one of the most experienced volunteers in Tyrone.He was arrested in February 1982 on the word of a supergrass called Patrick McGurk but was released in October 1983 due to lack of evidence after a trial that lasted fifteen minutes.In 1985, Kelly was appointed brigade commander in East Tyrone and began developing tactics for attacking secluded RUC bases in his area. Under his leadership the East Tyrone Brigade became the most active IRA unit in Northern Ireland.Patrick Kelly was killed in an ambush by the SAS on 8 May 1987 during an attack on Loughgall RUC barracks which also claimed the lives of seven of his comrades.His funeral was one of the largest in Tyrone during the troubles.