Tullyvallen Orange hall attack: Survivor's memories on 40th anniversary

One of the survivors of a gun attack at Tullyvallen Orange hall has recalled his memories of that day on the 40th anniversary of the shootings.

Four men were murdered in the IRA attack in south Armagh on 1 September 1975. A fifth man died later as a result of his injuries.

Berry Reaney, who survived, was shot in the arm.

He told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster that he managed to stay alive by taking cover under the lodge table.

Mr Reaney said four members of his family had survived the attack, with three of them having to attend hospital.

"I was sitting down at the bottom end of the table and I got down and I lay on my face with my arms up round my head," he said.

"I can remember seeing one of the guys with a chair over his head.

"The shooting went on for 30 seconds, no more, but it was as if it was going on for ever.

"The bullet that broke my arm had already gone through the leg of the table.

"If that bullet had been a couple of inches either way or less that was into the head and it was bye, bye, Berry."

A memorial service will be held at the hall later to mark the 40th anniversary of the attack.

The men killed in the attack were father and son, James and Ronnie McKee, as well as Nevin McConnell, John Johnston and William Herron.