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Buried in Deansgrange

IRA volunteer Hugh Coney was shot dead by a British soldier after the republican POW had tunneled his way out of Long Kesh in 1974 and attempted to escape across fields.

Staft Capt. O'Callaghan was on one of the Republican Army's special patrols to counter recent bombings of Nationalist Ghetto areas in Belfast.

He died defending the people he loved and in whom he had put so much faith.

I visited the grave of Volunteer Paddy Kelly in Killenard, County Laois this afternoon to pay my respects.

He was convicted in 1993 of conspiracy to cause explosions after a 3.2 tonne lorry bomb was discovered in England.

He suffered from skin cancer and the British authorities refused him treatment in prison in England. He was eventually transferred to Portlaoise where he received treatment but it was too late. He died on on 11 June 1997 aged 45 years.

The Irish Republican Digital Archive holds almost 100 issues of the Starry Plough, beginning with the first issue in 1975 and continuing into the 2000s. This represents the most comprehensive publicly accessible digital collection of the publication and is among the most visited sections of the archive.

https://republicanarchive.com/2024/09/15/the-starry-plough/

Download the full paper at

https://republicanarchive.com/2025/08/28/nov-aprn-1987-1997-misc/

Date unknown but possibly 1976

The photos first appeared in the February 1994 issue of Saoirse and the Irish Press. It marked the emergence of the Continuity IRA.