The Troubles in Gilford  The Troubles in Gilford recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Gilford, County Down, Northern Ireland. Incidents in Gilford during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities:  1975 1976   Robert Harrison was 50 when he was gunned down by republican terrorists in the centre of Gilford on Saturday night, February 5, 1977 after responding to a bogus call to investigate a suspected incendiary device.