Say Nothing

by Patrick Radden Keefe

  Hegarty, Frank, 282

  Hickey, Ellen, 198

  Hillsborough peace talks (April 1998), 252–3

  Hindley, Myra, 290–1

  Howes, David, 223–5, 225, 228

  Huckerby, Martin, 127–8, 138, 143

  Hughes, Brendan: as OC for D Company, 63–5, 72, 79–80, 114–16, 281; as soldier, not politician, 64, 71, 189, 236–7, 238–9; British hunt for, 65, 73, 123–4; quoting of Mao, 66, 80; MRF murder attempt, 66–8, 70, 72–3, 87; and the Armalite rifle, 67–8, 238; background of, 68–70; as peerless tactician, 70, 147, 186, 195; and Gerry Adams, 70–3, 71, 123–4, 150, 186–7, 189–90, 192, 236–7, 265–6, 305, 317; avoids internment sweep, 82; on MRF death list, 89; and 1972 ceasefire, 96–7; marriage to Lily, 97, 236; targeting of commercial property, 97–9; and Bloody Friday (July 1972), 98–9, 231, 267, 268; and Joe Russell shooting, 99–101, 102; and the Unknowns, 103, 274; Wright and McKee as triple agents, 114–16, 118–19; immunity promise to Wright and McKee, 115, 118, 121, 122; and Four Square Laundry, 119, 120, 123; arrest and interrogation of (July 1973), 123–4; in Long Kesh, 124, 186, 187, 189, 190, 191–2, 194–6, 195, 273–4, 367–8; on bomb making, 131; on London bombings, 144, 322; escape from Long Kesh, 146–50, 161–2; Arthur McAllister alter ego, 160–1, 162–4; second arrest of, 160–1, 163–4; wiretaps British army headquarters, 162–3; refuses to become informer, 164; return to Long Kesh, 186–7; and blanket/dirty protest, 191–2; hunger strike, 194–6, 195, 273–4, 367–8; and Father Reid, 220, 226; released from Long Kesh (1986), 236; trip to America (1986), 237–8; as left behind by history, 238–9, 265, 266, 269, 394; return to frontline IRA service, 238–9; and Anthony McIntyre, 263, 266–7; Belfast Project interviews, 263, 267–70, 273–5, 283–5, 297, 332, 358, 365, 367–8; break with Gerry Adams, 263, 265–6, 267–70, 297, 317; lives in Divis Flats, 264–7, 266, 314; hatred for Good Friday Agreement, 265, 267–70; health and alcohol problems, 265, 266, 273, 317, 326, 367; tortured introspection of final years, 267–9, 273–4, 329–30, 367–8, 395–6; sense of moral injury, 268–9, 329–30, 394, 395–6; shunned by Sinn Féin, 269; and McConville abduction, 275, 283–5, 297, 328, 331, 332, 334–5, 336, 357, 374–5; worries about spies, 305; visits Cuba, 317; death and funeral of (2008), 317–18; admires O’Rawe’s Blanketmen, 320; Moloney’s Voices from the Grave, 321–4; PSNI subpoena demands interview tapes, 337, 338–41

  Hughes, Kevin, 65, 69–70, 97

  Hughes, Terry, 317

  Hume, John, 226–7; secret meeting with Adams (11 January 1988), 227–8; and Clinton’s Derry speech, 251

  hunger striking tradition, 166–8, 194–5

  informers (touts), 276–85, 303–8, 376–7; as reviled by republicans, 80, 256, 276, 347–8, 364–5; IRA execution of, 122, 282, 283–5, 292–3, 304, 305, 307, 361; Hughes refusal, 164; tout narrative over McConville, 275, 283–5, 294–5, 331–5, 347–9; Gerry Adams on, 276, 307; ‘Stakeknife’, 303–4, 305–7, 309, 311, 376–7; loyalist, 309–12; ‘Boston College Touts’ graffiti, 364, 364–5

  intelligence and espionage: informants, 80, 256, 276–85, 292–3, 303–8, 309–12, 347–8, 364–5, 376–7; IRA execution of informants, 122, 282, 283–5, 292–3, 304, 305, 307, 361; state knowledge of Adams assassination plot, 234–5, 310; and Trevor Campbell, 276–81, 282; Belfast as small city, 277, 279; communication with informants, 277–8; Provo internal security unit (Nutting Squad), 281–2, 304–5, 306–7, 377; Castlereagh break-in by thieves, 301–3, 307, 363; ‘Stakeknife’, 303–4, 305–7, 309, 311, 376–7; state collusion with loyalist paramilitaries, 308–12, 378; Boutcher investigation into Stakeknife, 376–7

  International Criminal Court, 111–12

  internment: August 1971 sweep, 80–1, 82–3; directed at only Catholics, 80–1; and Frank Kitson, 81–2; official end of (late 1975), 190–1

  Ireland, David, Cyprus Avenue, 383–4

  Irish Free State, 12

  Irish National Liberation Army, 193–4

  Irish News, 325, 326–8, 329, 331, 346, 359

  Irish People, 231

  Irish Press, 210

  Irish Republican Army (IRA): and Albert Price, 10, 16; as largely dormant in late 1960s, 16–17, 40–1; Chrissie Price stores weapons for, 39; Border Campaign (1956–62), 40; sells weapons (1968), 40; split (1969), 41, 203; war between two factions, 41, 64, 99, 100–1; USA as source of support, 238; disappearances during War of Independence, 299; see also Official IRA; Provisional IRA

  Irish republicanism: Price family commitment to, 9–11; Easter lilies, 11, 41, 180; Pearse’s blood sacrifice, 11–12; informers (touts) as reviled, 80, 256, 276, 347–8, 364–5; history of noble failure, 187–8; tradition of political ‘abstentionism’, 202–3, 218, 229; commodification of martyrs, 237, 288; absolutist aspect of, 243, 261; disillusionment after Good Friday Agreement, 265, 267–70; armed struggle sanitised and reified, 269; armed splinter groups, 287, 353–4, 385

  Irish Times, 210–11, 358, 369

  Irish War of Independence, 12, 299

  Jackson, Alvin, 393

  Jenkins, Roy, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178–9, 208

  Jordan, Neil, 241

  Keenan, Tara, 288

  Kelly, Gerry, 130, 132, 138, 166, 168, 173, 179, 366

  Kenwood House, Hampstead, 174

  Kenya, Mau Mau uprising, 74–7, 116, 117, 347

  Kerry, John, 343

  Khaled, Leila, 50, 154

  King, Dr Martin Luther, 14–15

  Kipling, Rudyard, ‘Ulster’, 18

  Kircubbin, De La Salle Boys’ Home, 182–4

  Kitson, Frank: in Kenya, 74–7, 76, 116, 117, 347; ‘counter-gang’ concept, 76, 116–18, 276; colonial insurgencies from 1957, 77; Low Intensity Operations, 77–8, 79, 85–6, 88; hearts and minds concept, 78; commands 39 Airportable Brigade, 79; quoting of Mao, 80; and internment, 81–2; and the MRF, 86–7, 276; as maestro of press manipulation, 88; on Provo death list, 88–9; at Bloody Sunday inquiry (2002), 378; lawsuit against (2015), 378

  Kitson, Lady Elizabeth, 378

  Knupfer, Geoff, 290–1, 382–3

  Leahy, William, 338, 344

  Lévi-Strauss, Claude, 379

  Libya, 372

  Lisburn, 78

  Lisnevin ‘training’ school, 184–5, 244

  London bombings (8 March, 1973), 142; telephone warning to The Times, 127–8, 133–4, 138, 143–4; Old Bailey bomb, 128, 133, 136, 138–9, 141–4, 150–1, 154; planning of, 128–31, 132; Gerry Adams and, 129–30, 274, 322; Dolours Price as OC, 130–1, 133, 134–6, 143–4, 322; cars used in, 132; implementation of plan, 132–4, 136; British Army recruiting centre bomb, 133, 141; British Forces Broadcasting Service bomb, 133, 141; New Scotland Yard bomb, 133, 136–7; leisure activities on eve of, 134–6; police response on morning of, 136–8; police tipped off about, 137–8; arrests at Heathrow, 139–40; bombers blame casualties on police, 143–4; bombers refuse prison uniforms, 144–5; Mansfield as Prices’ defence lawyer, 151–2, 154, 155, 157; trial at Winchester Castle, 152–9

  Long Kesh: building of, 82; opening of, 92–3; in Irish republican imagination, 93; Adams and Hughes arrive at (July 1973), 124; Gerry Adams in (1973–7), 124, 147, 186–90; Hughes’ escape from, 146–50, 161–2; ‘cages’ at, 186; Hughes returns to, 186–7; H Blocks, 187, 191–2, 194, 201–2; blanket and dirty protest, 191–2, 194; hunger strikes, 194–6, 195, 201–2, 203–4, 207–8, 270, 271–4, 318–19, 367–8

  loyalist paramilitaries, 173, 222, 234–5, 309–10, 321, 380; and Belfast Project, 258, 321, 323, 338, 340, 380; collusion with British authorities, 308–12, 378; murder of Pat Finucane, 310–11; informers, 309–12

  Lynskey, Joe, 54, 99, 101–2, 103–6, 241, 286, 291; Adams and disappearance of, 325, 326–7, 328, 359; not on list of disappeared, 325; search for body of, 382–3

  Mac Stíofáin, Seán, 45–6, 129, 131; secret talks with government (July 1972), 94, 95, 229; announces end of ceasefire (July 1972), 97

  MacIntyre, Darragh, 359

  Mackin, Desmond, 100–1

  MacSwiney, Terenc
e, 167, 168, 169, 178, 207

  Maguire, Frank, 202

  HMP Maidstone, 90–1, 270, 361; ‘Magnificent Seven’ escape from, 91–2

  Malaya, 77

  Mansfield, Michael, 150–2, 154, 155, 157

  Mao Zedong, 66, 77, 80

  Mason, Roy, 194

  Massereene Barracks murders (7 March 2009), 353–4

  McAleese, Mary, 355

  McAllister, Arthur, 159

  McArthur, Wilson, 258, 323, 338, 340, 344

  McCann, ‘Big Joe’, 65–6

  McCann, Eamonn, 22, 56–7, 254, 358; friendship with Dolours Price, 17, 51–2, 156, 211, 286, 320–1, 326, 367; graveside oration for Dolours Price, 367

  McClory, John, 291, 293

  McClure, Pat, 103, 129, 130–1, 274, 285, 347, 348, 350, 387–8, 391

  McConville, Agnes, 27, 107–9, 108, 181, 294, 300

  McConville, Anne, 5, 27, 181, 245

  McConville, Archie, 6–8, 27, 59–60, 110, 111, 181, 294, 294; arm broken by Provo youth wing, 60–1; identifies mother’s body, 314

  McConville, Arthur, 26, 26–8, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 295; death of, 5, 38, 58

  McConville, Billy, 5, 6, 27, 108, 108, 294, 296; taken into care, 181, 183–4; at De La Salle Boys’ Home, 183–4; death and funeral of (2017), 384–5

  McConville, Helen, 27, 58, 61, 107–8, 108, 109, 294, 300; at takeaway during mother’s abduction, 6, 62; and mother’s first abduction, 61, 62; at Nazareth Lodge orphanage, 181, 184; marries Seamus McKendry, 184; at Linen Hall Library press conference (1995), 244, 246; plans funeral of mother, 296; Adams visits (1995), 297; demands arrest of Adams and Price, 337; civil suit against Adams, 385

  McConville, Jean, 26; abduction of (December 1972), 5–8, 62, 107–8, 110–12, 275, 283–5, 289, 294–5; early life of, 25–6; marries Arthur, 26–7; lives at Avoniel Road, 27, 28; driven out of East Belfast home, 30–1; anxiety over children during Troubles, 37; depression after husband’s death, 58–9; in Purdysburn psychiatric hospital, 59; suicide attempts, 59; helps wounded British soldier, 59–60, 295, 332, 336; declines ‘the chain’, 61; abducted and beaten, 61–2, 334; media coverage of disappearance, 107–9; Gerry Adams and abduction/murder of, 275, 284–5, 296–7, 322, 328, 337, 350–1, 365, 374–5; tout narrative, 275, 283–5, 294–5, 331–5, 347–9; Price’s role in disappearance of, 285, 289, 296–7, 327, 328, 329, 334, 336–7, 347–51; search for body of, 293–6, 300; discovery of body (2003), 313–14; funeral of, 314, 314; murder of as still open criminal case, 315; on list of disappeared, 325; O’Loan report on death of (2006), 331–3, 334–6; timeline of disappearance, 334–6; PSNI subpoena to Boston College, 343–5, 379–80; murder of, 349–50, 387–8, 389–90; arrests over abduction/murder, 352, 357–8, 360–2; trial of Ivor Bell, 371–2, 373–4, 375, 385; cited ‘ideal victim’ of the Troubles, 379

  McConville, Jim, 5, 6, 27, 108, 110, 294; taken into care, 181, 183–4; at De La Salle Boys’ Home, 183–4; adult life, 244, 294, 296

  McConville, Mary (Granny), 26–7, 31, 108–9, 181

  McConville, Michael (Mickey), 27, 108, 294; childhood, 28, 32–3, 35, 36–8, 60, 61, 108, 110, 111, 181–6; asthma of, 61; stabbed in the leg by IRA youths, 111; realises mother is dead, 112; taken into care, 181, 182–3; at De La Salle Boys’ Home, 182–3; at Lisnevin ‘secure’ facility, 184–5; leaves Lisnevin, 185–6, 244; adult life, 244–5, 295, 296, 300, 396; meeting with Adams, 297; rejects idea of mother as informer, 332, 333–4; requests meeting with Price, 337; and menace of Big Bobby’s words, 363–4; civil suit against Adams, 385

  McConville, Robert, 27, 58, 59, 181, 294

  McConville, Susan, 27, 181, 294

  McConville, Tucker, 27, 108, 108, 181, 182–3

  McCoy, Eugene, 292–3

  McDonald, Mary Lou, 392

  McFarlane, Bik, 319

  McGrory, Barra, 375, 378

  McGuigan, Francie, 44, 82–4, 85, 147

  McGuigan, John, 83, 85

  McGuigan, Mary, 82–3

  McGuinness, Martin, 94, 233, 255, 259, 362–3; and informants, 282; shakes Queen’s hand, 355–6; death of, 393

  McIlhone, Danny, 291

  McIntyre, Anthony (Mackers), 257–8, 270–1, 317, 318, 322, 332–3; secrecy over Belfast Project, 258, 261, 262–3; disillusioned by peace process, 261, 262, 285; record-keeping in Belfast Project, 262–3, 345, 373–4; and Brendan Hughes, 263, 266–70, 283–5; friendship with Dolours Price, 285, 287, 288–9, 329; The Blanket magazine, 287; and access to Project archive, 323, 324; and PSNI subpoena, 338, 339, 340, 341–6; menaced over Belfast Project, 364, 365; and Ivor Bell trial, 374; criticism of PSNI, 380–1, 382; records his own oral history, 381–2

  McKee, Billy, 41, 69, 241

  McKee, Kevin, 116–19, 121–2, 281, 291, 325, 327, 359; trauma suffered by mother of, 298–9; discovery of body (2015), 383

  McKee, Maria, 298–9

  McKendry, Seamus, 184, 244, 245, 247, 297, 298

  McKenna, Sean, 195–6, 273

  McKinney, Brian, 291, 293

  McKinney, Margaret, 245–6, 293

  McLarnon, William, 154

  McMillen, Liam, 41

  McNearney, Roisin, 130, 133, 134, 155–6, 157–8, 159

  McShane, Roy, 281

  McVeigh, Columba, 246, 291

  Megraw, Brendan, 291

  Metropolitan Police, London, 136–7

  Milltown Cemetery murders (1988), 221–2

  Milton, Frederick, 143

  Mitchell, senator George, 252

  Molloy, Eamon, 291, 292–3, 298–9

  Moloney, Ed, 254–7, 258, 260, 267, 272, 319, 340; A Secret History of the IRA, 255; and Anthony McIntyre, 257–8, 262; Voices from the Grave, 321–4, 331, 341, 344; and access to Project archive, 323, 324, 344; and Barnes’ Sunday Life article, 328–9; believes McConville to be informer, 332, 333; and PSNI subpoena, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341–6, 380; interviews with Dolours Price, 346–52, 361, 365, 387–8, 389–90; and Ivor Bell trial, 374; attacks PSNI for bias, 380

  Moors Murders, 290–1

  Morris, Allison, 326–8, 329, 346

  Morrison, Danny, 189, 203, 322–3

  Mountbatten, Lord Louis, 193

  MRF, 86–8, 89, 276; attempt to murder Hughes, 66–8, 70, 72–3, 87; Palace Barracks compound, 89, 115–16; the ‘Freds’, 116–19, 281; massage parlour in Antrim Road, 119, 120; as behaving like terror group, 309

  Murray, Monsignor Raymond, 213, 366

  Nairac, Robert, 246, 291

  Neave, Airey, 193–4

  Nelson, Brian, 309–11

  New York Times, 339, 387

  Northern Bank robbery (2004), 363

  Northern Ireland: as ‘North of Ireland’ to republicans, 12; rituals of commemoration, 12; anti-Catholic discrimination in, 14; Catholic emigration, 14; devolved political system, 14; Belfast to Derry civil rights march (January 1969), 14–16, 17–20, 21–3; Special Powers Act, 19, 80–1; arrival of British Army (1969), 33; direct rule imposed (March 1972), 57; tranquilliser use in, 58; Price sisters returned to, 179–80; Villiers report on paramilitaries (2105), 369, 371; as a still divided society, 369–71; long-run demographic issues, 394; implications of Brexit, 395; see also Belfast; Derry; the Troubles

  Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, 107

  Notarantonio, Francisco, 311–12

  Ó Conaill, Dáithí, 94

  Ó Fiaich, Tomás, 206

  O’Doherty, Malachi, 393

  Official IRA: ‘Stickies’ label, 41, 58; war with Provisionals, 41, 64, 99, 100–1; murder of ‘Big Joe’ McCann by Army, 65–6; shebeens in Belfast, 100–1

  O’Flaherty, Liam, The Informer, 275

  O’Hanlon, Fergal, 122

  O’Loan, Nuala, 331–3, 334–6

  O’Neill, Bob, 262, 324, 338, 339, 340–1, 345, 351, 373; planning of Belfast Project, 254, 257, 258; writes preface for Voices from the Grave, 321; lack of support on campus, 344

  O’Neill, Terence, 18

  O’Rawe, Ricky, 270–3, 318–19, 321, 364; Blanketmen, 319–20


  Orde, Hugh, 354

  Paisley, Ian, 18, 20–2, 28, 135, 209, 234, 255, 356

  Partition, 12

  Pearse, Patrick, 11–12, 16, 243, 261

  People’s Democracy, 17, 19

  pigeons, 37, 396

  Pinochet, Augusto, 291

  Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), 259, 301, 337, 339–40, 351–2, 379–80; Belfast Project subpoenas, 337, 338–46, 379–80, 381–2; ‘legacy’ unit, 375–6; and McIntyre (Mackers), 380–2

  Price, Albert, 9–10, 16, 40; prison terms, 12; provides guns for IRA, 43; on murdered British soldiers, 56; avoids internment sweep, 82; at trial of Dolours and Marian, 156; supports Dolours and Marian’s hunger strike, 173, 176, 177

  Price, Chrissie, 9–10, 21, 24, 45, 47; prison term, 10–11; stores weapons for IRA, 39; accompanies Dolours to Castlereagh, 52–3; at trial of Dolours and Marian, 156; supports Dolours and Marian’s hunger strike, 173, 176; appeals for return of stolen Vermeer, 174; death of, 180

  Price, Clare, 10

  Price, Damian, 10

  Price, Dolours, 15; personality of, 9, 15–16, 210, 242, 285–6, 367; childhood, 9–10, 12–13, 16; Belfast to Derry march (January 1969), 15–16, 17, 22, 23, 24; youthful questioning of armed struggle, 16–17; and Burntollet Bridge ambush, 23, 24, 43, 135, 151, 347; carries IRA weapons, 39; on wartime siege mentality, 42; further education of, 42–3, 49; joins Provisional IRA, 43, 45–7; Mac Stíofáin on, 45; at training camp in the Republic, 47–8; as IRA courier, 48–9; rejects ‘honey trap’ operations, 50; and ‘rebel chic’, 50–1, 153–4, 156; folklore about, 51; glamorous image of, 51–2, 52, 156, 326; dashing outlaw fantasy, 52, 53, 56, 57; arrested by RUC, 52–3; as bank robber, 53; interrogated at Castlereagh, 53; James Brown rescue mission, 53–4, 55–6; and Gerry Adams, 54–6, 71, 93, 287–8, 296–7, 318, 325–30, 350–1, 358, 365, 374–5; speaks in Milan (March 1972), 57; and Brendan Hughes, 64, 71; avoids internment sweep, 82; on MRF death list, 89; on Joe Lynskey, 101–2, 326–7; drives Lynskey to his death, 103–4, 105–6, 241, 286, 328; in the ‘Unknowns’, 103–4, 121, 205, 241, 274, 285, 347, 350, 387–8, 391; and 1972 ceasefire, 104; delivers Wright and McKee for execution, 121, 298; and London bombings (8 March, 1973), 128, 129–31, 132, 133, 134–6, 137–8, 274, 322; and Stephen Rea, 135, 211, 212, 212, 213, 215–17; arrested at Heathrow, 139–40; blames London casualties on police, 143–4; in custody after London bombings, 144–5; mug shot of, 152; trial at Winchester Castle, 152–9; gendered media reporting at trial of, 153–4; in Brixton Prison, 159, 165–6, 167–78, 200–1, 210–11; hunger strike, 159, 166, 167–78, 200–1, 367–8; force feeding of, 169–71, 172, 174, 175–6, 200–1, 208; appeals for return of stolen Vermeer, 174–5; art thefts and kidnapping in cause of, 174–5; end of hunger strike, 179; returned to Northern Ireland, 179–80; in Armagh jail, 197–200, 199, 204–6; draws back from republican movement, 199–200, 204–5, 210–11; embraces nonviolence, 200, 205, 211, 218; resigns from IRA, 200, 211; suffers eating disorder, 200–1, 204, 205, 206–7, 209, 210, 285; appeals to Thatcher over, 205–6; in Musgrave Park Hospital, 206–7; released ‘on medical grounds’ (April 1981), 207, 209; and death of Sands, 207–8; moves to Dublin, 209–10; as writer and journalist, 210–11, 240, 286, 287, 320, 325; marries Stephen Rea, 213, 217; and Field Day theatre company, 214–15; in Maida Vale with Rea, 215–17; continued support for republicanism, 218; children of (Danny and Oscar), 239, 286, 287, 327, 366, 367, 368; Miranda Richardson on, 241; in New York with Rea (1992), 242; and 1994 ceasefire, 243; disaffection after Good Friday Agreement, 285, 286–8, 354; end of marriage to Rea, 285; role in McConville’s disappearance, 285, 289, 296–7, 327, 328, 329, 334, 336–7, 347–51; suffers PTSD, 286, 320, 346; tortured introspection of final years, 286–7, 320–1, 325–7, 329–30, 347–51, 367–8, 395–6; sense of moral injury, 286–7, 329–30, 395–6; Belfast Project interviews, 288–9, 328–9, 345–52, 358, 361, 365, 387–8, 389–90; and ‘Stakeknife’ rumours, 304; at Hughes’ funeral, 317, 318; alcohol and drug addiction, 320–1, 365–6; impulse to set matters straight, 326–8; Morris’ article on the disappeared, 326–8, 329, 331, 346; treatment at St Patrick’s Hospital, 327, 346; PSNI subpoena demands interview tapes, 337, 338–41, 342–6; murder of Jean McConville, 349–50, 374–5, 387–8, 389–90; ‘Free Marian Price!’ campaign, 355; on Northern Bank robbery, 363; death, funeral and inquest of (2013), 366–8; New York Times obituary, 387