With the news that the remains of Charlie Armstrong, one of the so-called ‘Disappeared’ have been identified by DNA, another family will have their loved one’s remains returned to them for burial.
The disappeared include:
Victim |
Disappeared |
Attribution |
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| 1 | Joseph Lynskey | Summer 1972 | PIRA | |
| 2 | Seamus Wright | Oct 1972 | PIRA | |
| 3 | Kevin McKee | Oct 1972 | PIRA | |
| 4 | Jean McConville | Dec 1972 | PIRA | Body recovered 2003 |
| 5 | Peter Wilson | Aug 1973 | ||
| 6 | Eamon Molloy | Jul 1975 | PIRA | Body recovered 1999 |
| 7 | Columba McVeigh | Oct 1975 | PIRA | |
| 8 | Robert Nairac | May 1977 | PIRA | |
| 9 | Brendan Megraw | Apr 1978 | PIRA | |
| 10 | John McClory | May 1978 | PIRA | Body recovered 1999 |
| 11 | Brian McKinney | May 1978 | PIRA | Body recovered 1999 |
| 12 | Gerard Evans | May 1979 | ||
| 13 | Danny McIlhone | Jul 1981 | PIRA | Body recoverd 2008 |
| 14 | Charlie Armstrong | Aug 1981 | ||
| 15 | Eugene Simons | Jan 1984 | Body recovered 1984 | |
| 16 | Seamus Ruddy | May 1985 | INLA |
Further information about those who are still missing can be read here.
I hope that anyone who knows anything about the remains of those who have not been recovered will contact the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains – An Coimisiún Neamhspleách um Aimsiú Taisí Íospartach.
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