John McKeague | |
|---|---|
 McKeague in a BBC interview in 1976 | |
| Born | 1930 Bushmills, County Antrim |
| Died | 29 January 1982 (aged 51–52) Albertbridge Road, Belfast |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Shopkeeper |
| Notable work | Loyalist Song Book |
| Title | Leader of the Red Hand Commando |
| Term | 1972–1973 |
| Predecessor | new position |
| Successor | Winston Churchill Rea |
| Political party | Protestant Unionist Party Ulster Independence Association |
| Movement | Ulster Protestant Volunteers Shankill Defence Association Red Hand Commando |
John Dunlop McKeague[1] (1930[1] – 29 January 1982) was a Northern Irish loyalist and one of the founding members of the paramilitary group the Red Hand Commando in 1970.[2][3] A number of authors on the Troubles in Northern Ireland have accused McKeague, a homosexual paederast, of involvement in the Kincora Boys' Home scandal but he was never convicted.[4] He was shot dead by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in Belfast in January 1982.[5]
- ^ a b WD Flackes & Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland A Political Directory 1968–1993, The Blackstaff Press, 1994, p. 222
- ^ "Northern Ireland – development of loyalism". Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2006.
- ^ Martin Dillon, The Dirty War, p. 200
- ^ Henry McDonald, The Observer, 13 August 2000, "Rough justice for Ulster's 'paedophiles'" Archived 22 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Revised and Updated Extracts from Malcolm Sutton data at CAIN website". Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2006.