Search for Joe Lynskey, who was murdered and secretly buried by IRA in 1972, takes place in County Monaghan
A grave south of the Northern Ireland border has been exhumed by experts searching for the body of a former monk more than 50 years after he was killed and “disappeared” by the IRA during the Northern Ireland Troubles.
Joe Lynskey, a former Cistercian monk from Belfast who later joined the IRA, was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1972, one of 17 victims who disappeared without trace decades ago.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/27/grave-joe-lynskey-exhumed-northern-ireland-border-hunt-ira-disappeared
Author : Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin
Publish date : 2024-11-27 10:38:22
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