Jim Lynagh

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Councillor Jim Lynagh
Jim Lynagh mug shot (1973)
Born13 April 1956
County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Died8 May 1987 (aged 31)
Loughgall, Northern Ireland
Other names"The Executioner"
OccupationProvisional IRA Volunteer
Known forProvisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade Commander
Military career
AllegianceIrish Republic
Service/branchIRA
RankCommander
UnitEast Tyrone Brigade
Battles/warsIRA

James 'Jim' Lynagh (

Monaghan Town in the Republic of Ireland, who was killed by British special forces whilst attacking an R.U.C. station in Northern Ireland
.

Background

One of twelve children, Lynagh was born and raised on the Tully Estate, a

Maze Prison.[3] While imprisoned, he studied and became a great admirer of Mao Zedong.[4] After his release from prison in 1979 Lynagh was elected as a Sinn Féin councillor for Monaghan, and held this position when he was killed.[3][5]
At the time of his death, Lynagh had been living in a flat on Dublin Street in Monaghan Town.

East Tyrone Brigade

After his release from prison Lynagh became active in the IRA again, active with the

James, a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer, before burning down their home, Tynan Abbey, and shooting their way out through a police cordon.[3][6]

Lynagh was known as "The Executioner" by the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

Maoist military strategy, aimed at escalating the war against the British state in Northern Ireland. The plan envisaged the destruction of police stations and British Army military bases in parts of Northern Ireland to create "liberated" areas that would be thereby rendered under the domination of the IRA.[8] In 1984 he started co-operating with Pádraig McKearney who shared his views. The strategy began materialising with the destruction of an RUC police station in Ballygawley in December 1985 which killed two police officers, and in the attack on RUC Birches barracks in August 1986.[9]

Death

Lynagh was killed by the

Loughgall Ambush.[5]

Lynagh was buried at St Joseph's Cemetery (Latlurcan Cemetery) in

Garda Siochana officers were attacked by the crowd of mourners after they pursued three gunmen who had fired a volley over his coffin.[10][11][12]

Tablet erected for Jim Lynagh.

See also

References

  1. ^ CAIN Web Service
  2. ISBN 0-14-101041-X
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    ISBN 0-571-16809-4
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  4. ^ Armed Struggle: a History of the IRA by Richard English, page 254
  5. ^ a b Henry McDonald (29 September 2002). "True tale of IRA 'martyrs' revealed". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
  6. ^ "Donaldson 'killed to avenge SAS killing'". BreakingNews.ie. 9 April 2006. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2007.
  7. ^ Sean Rayment (5 November 2005). "SAS prevented an outrage but now fears prosecution". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 5 March 2007.[dead link]
  8. ISBN 0-14-101041-X
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  9. ^ "True tale of IRA 'martyrs' revealed". The Guardian. 29 September 2002.
  10. ^ "Three get 5 years for funeral attack on gardai". The Irish Times. 21 June 1988. p. 7.
  11. ISBN 0954294602
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  12. ^ Dáil Éireann – Volume 372 – 13 May, 1987 Statements. – Incident at Emyvale, County Monaghan Archived 7 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Dáil Éireann Debates
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