John Francis Green

John Francis Green
John Francis Green
Born18 December 1946
Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died10 January 1975(1975-01-10) (aged 28)
Mullyash, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
AllegianceProvisional Irish Republican Army
Years of service1969–1975
RankStaff Captain and Intelligence Officer
UnitNorth Armagh Brigade
ConflictThe Troubles

John Francis Green (18 December 1946[1]– 10 January 1975), was a leading member of the North Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army.[2] He was killed in a farmhouse outside Castleblayney, County Monaghan, by members of the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).[3][4] According to Fred Holroyd, Special Reconnaissance Unit officer Robert Nairac was involved in Green's killing.[5][6] Green's was one of the 87 killings attributed by the Pat Finucane Centre to the group of Ulster loyalist paramilitaries, Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers and Royal Ulster Constabulary officers known as the Glenanne gang.[7] No one was ever prosecuted for the killing.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference An Phob 17 Jan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ The Barron Report (2003): The murder of John Francis Green, p.1
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  7. ^ Collusion in the South Armagh/Mid Ulster Area in the mid-1970s. "Collusion in the South Armagh / Mid Ulster Area in the mid-1970's". Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.. Retrieved 15-12-10