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John McKeague

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John Dunlop McKeagueWD Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968–1993, The Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222 (1930 – 29 January 1982) was a prominent Ulster loyalist and one of the founding members of the paramilitary group the Red Hand Commando in 1970. [1]

71 relations: Anti-Catholicism, Ardoyne, Ballyshannon, BBC, Belfast, Belfast City Council, Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency), Brian McDermott (murder victim), Bushmills, Catholic Church, Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922, Conor Cruise O'Brien, County Antrim, Cregagh, Crumlin Road, Democratic Unionist Party, Donegall Road, Down Orange Welfare, Ed Moloney, Falls Road, Belfast, Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, Fruit (slang), Garda Síochána, Gerry Adams, Gusty Spence, Henry McDonald (writer), History Ireland, Ian Paisley, Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom), Irish National Liberation Army, Irish republicanism, Jack Holland (writer), Joe Cahill, Kincora Boys' Home, Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, Loyalist feud, Martin Dillon, Noel Doherty, Ormeau Park, Protestant Unionist Party, Red Hand Commando, Republican Sinn Féin, Ronald Bunting, Roy Garland, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, RUC Special Branch, Samuel Stevenson, Satanism, Shankill Defence Association, Shankill Road, ..., Tara (Northern Ireland), Templepatrick, The Age, The Observer, The Troubles, Tim Pat Coogan, Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, Ulster Defence Association, Ulster Independence Party, Ulster loyalism, Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee, Ulster nationalism, Ulster Protestant Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Force, Ulster Young Militants, Unionism in Ireland, United Kingdom general election, 1970, William McGrath, Winston Churchill Rea, Woodvale Defence Association, 1969 Northern Ireland riots. Expand index (21 more) »

Anti-Catholicism

Anti-Catholicism is hostility towards Catholics or opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy and its adherents.

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Ardoyne

Ardoyne is a working class and mainly Catholic and Irish nationalist district in north Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Ballyshannon

Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Ireland.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council (Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste; Ulster-Scots: Bilfawst Citie Cooncil) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

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Belfast North (UK Parliament constituency)

Belfast North is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons.

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Brian McDermott (murder victim)

Brian McDermott was a schoolboy who disappeared in Belfast in 1973.

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Bushmills

Bushmills is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922

The Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Act (Northern Ireland) 1922, often referred to simply as the Special Powers Act, was an Act passed by the Parliament of Northern Ireland shortly after the establishment of Northern Ireland, and in the context of violent conflict over the issue of the partition of Ireland.

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Conor Cruise O'Brien

Conor Cruise O'Brien (3 November 1917 – 18 December 2008) often nicknamed "The Cruiser",.

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County Antrim

County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim)) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of about 618,000. County Antrim has a population density of 203 people per square kilometre or 526 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, as well as part of the historic province of Ulster. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. It is currently one of only two counties of Ireland to have a majority of the population from a Protestant background, according to the 2001 census. The other is County Down to the south.

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Cregagh

Cregagh is an area southeast of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Crumlin Road

The Crumlin Road is a main road in north-west Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Democratic Unionist Party

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a unionist political party in Northern Ireland.

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Donegall Road

The Donegall Road is a residential area and road traffic thoroughfare that runs from Shaftesbury Square on the "Golden Mile" to the Falls Road in west Belfast.

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Down Orange Welfare

Down Orange Welfare was an Ulster loyalist paramilitary vigilante group active in Northern Ireland during the 1970s.

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Ed Moloney

Edmund "Ed" Moloney (born 1948–9) is an Irish journalist and author best known for his coverage of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, and the activities of the Provisional IRA, in particular.

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Falls Road, Belfast

The Falls Road is the main road through west Belfast, Northern Ireland, running from Divis Street in Belfast city centre to Andersonstown in the suburbs.

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Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster

The Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster is a Christian denomination founded by Ian Paisley in 1951.

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Fruit (slang)

Fruit and fruitcake, as well as many variations, are slang or even sexual slang terms which have various origins but modern usage tend to primarily refer to gay men and sometimes other LGBT people.

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Garda Síochána

An Garda Síochána (meaning "the Guardian of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí ("Guardians") or "the Guards", is the police force of the Republic of Ireland.

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Gerry Adams

Gerard Adams (Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the Leader of the Sinn Féin political party between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth since the 2011 general election.

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Gusty Spence

Augustus Andrew "Gusty" Spence (28 June 1933. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 5 April 2011. – 25 September 2011) was a leader of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and a leading loyalist politician in Northern Ireland.

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Henry McDonald (writer)

Henry McDonald is a writer and Ireland correspondent for The Guardian and Observer.

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History Ireland

History Ireland is a magazine with a focus on the history of Ireland rather than archaeology.

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Ian Paisley

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, Baron Bannside, (6 April 1926 – 12 September 2014), was a loyalist politician and Protestant religious leader from Northern Ireland.

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Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)

The Intelligence Corps (Int Corps) is a corps of the British Army.

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Irish National Liberation Army

The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during "the Troubles".

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Irish republicanism

Irish republicanism (poblachtánachas Éireannach) is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.

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Jack Holland (writer)

Jack Holland (4 June 1947 – 14 May 2004) was an Irish journalist, novelist, and poet who built a reputation chronicling "The Troubles" in his native Northern Ireland.

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Joe Cahill

Joe Cahill (Seosamh Ó Cathail; 19 May 1920 – 23 July 2004) was a prominent figure in the Irish Republican movement in Northern Ireland and former chief of staff of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).

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Kincora Boys' Home

The Kincora Boys' Home was a boys' home in Belfast, Northern Ireland that was the scene of serious organised child sexual abuse, causing a scandal and attempted cover-up in 1980, with allegations of state collusion.

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Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman

Leslie George Scarman, Baron Scarman (29 July 1911 – 8 December 2004) was an English judge and barrister, who served as a Law Lord until his retirement in 1986.

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Loyalist feud

A loyalist feud refers to any of the sporadic feuds which have erupted almost routinely between Northern Ireland's various loyalist paramilitary groups during and after the ethno-political conflict known as the Troubles broke out in the late 1960s.

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Martin Dillon

Martin Dillon (born 2 June 1949) is a Northern Irish author, journalist, and radio/television producer/broadcaster.

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Noel Doherty

Noel Doherty (26 December 1940 – 26 December 2008) was a Northern Irish loyalist activist who was close to Ian Paisley during Paisley's early years in politics.

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Ormeau Park

Ormeau Park is the oldest municipal park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, having been officially opened to the public in 1871.

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Protestant Unionist Party

The Protestant Unionist Party (PUP) was a unionist political party operating in Northern Ireland from 1966 to 1971.

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Red Hand Commando

The Red Hand Commando (RHC) is a small secretive Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).

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Republican Sinn Féin

Republican Sinn Féin or RSF (Sinn Féin Poblachtach) is an Irish republican political party in Ireland.

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Ronald Bunting

Major Ronald Terence Bunting (1924–1984) was a British Army officer and unionist political figure in Northern Ireland.

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Roy Garland

Roy Garland is a newspaper columnist for the nationalist Irish News and a member of the Ulster Unionist Party.

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Ruairí Ó Brádaigh

Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (born Peter Roger Casement Brady; 2 October 1932 – 5 June 2013) was an Irish republican political and military leader.

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RUC Special Branch

RUC Special Branch was the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and was heavily involved in the British state effort during the Troubles, especially against the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

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Samuel Stevenson

Samuel Stevenson was a British long-distance runner.

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Satanism

Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan.

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Shankill Defence Association

The Shankill Defence Association was a loyalist vigilante group formed in May 1969 for the defence of the loyalist Shankill Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland during the communal disturbances that year.

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Shankill Road

The Shankill Road is one of the main roads leading through west Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland.

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Tara (Northern Ireland)

Tara was an Ulster loyalist movement in Northern Ireland that espoused a brand of evangelical Protestantism.

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Templepatrick

Templepatrick is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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The Age

The Age is a daily newspaper that has been published in Melbourne, Australia, since 1854.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Troubles

The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) was an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century.

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Tim Pat Coogan

Timothy Patrick "Tim Pat" Coogan (born 22 April 1935) is an Irish historian, writer, broadcaster and newspaper columnist.

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Ulster Constitution Defence Committee

The Ulster Constitution Defence Committee (UCDC) was established in Northern Ireland in April 1966.

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Ulster Defence Association

The Ulster Defence Association (abbreviated UDA) is the largest Ulster loyalist paramilitary and vigilante group in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Independence Party

The Ulster Independence Party was an Ulster nationalist political party.

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Ulster loyalism

Ulster loyalism is a political ideology found primarily among working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland, whose status as a part of the United Kingdom has remained controversial.

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Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee

The Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee (ULCCC) was set up in 1974 in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster Workers Council Strike, to facilitate meetings and policy co-ordination between the Ulster Workers Council, loyalist paramilitary groups, and the political representatives of Ulster loyalism.

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Ulster nationalism

Ulster nationalism is a school of thought in Northern Ireland politics that seeks the independence of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom without joining the Republic of Ireland, thereby becoming an independent sovereign state separate from both.

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Ulster Protestant Volunteers

The Ulster Protestant Volunteers was a loyalist and fundamentalist Christian paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Volunteer Force

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Ulster Young Militants

The Ulster Young Militants are considered to be the youth wing of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Unionism in Ireland

Unionism in Ireland is a political ideology that favours the continuation of some form of political union between the islands of Ireland and Great Britain.

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United Kingdom general election, 1970

The 1970 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 18 June 1970.

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William McGrath

William McGrath (11 December 1916 – 1992) was a loyalist from Northern Ireland who founded the far-right organisation Tara in the 1960s, having also been prominent in the Orange Order until his expulsion due to his paedophilia.

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Winston Churchill Rea

Winston Churchill Rea (born 1950 or 1951), known as Winkie Rea, is the former leader of the Red Hand Commando (RHC) loyalist paramilitary organisation in Northern Ireland.

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Woodvale Defence Association

The Woodvale Defence Association (WDA) was an Ulster loyalist vigilante group in the Woodvale district of Belfast, an area immediately to the north of the Shankill Road.

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1969 Northern Ireland riots

During 12–17 August 1969, intense political and sectarian rioting took place in Northern Ireland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKeague

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