Andy Tyrie

Andy Tyrie
Born
Andrew Tyrie

(1940-02-05) 5 February 1940 (age 84)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
EducationBrown Square School
OccupationGardener
EmployerBelfast City Council
OrganizationUlster Defence Association
Notable workThis is It (1982)
TitleChairman of the UDA
Term1973–1988
PredecessorCharles Harding Smith and Jim Anderson
Successorposition abolished

Andrew Tyrie (born 5 February 1940[1]) is a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader who served as commander of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) during much of its early history. He took the place of Tommy Herron in 1973 when the latter was killed, and led the organisation until March 1988 when an attempt on his life forced him to resign from his command.

  1. ^ "Biography on CAIN site". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2008.