John Francis Green
John Francis Green (18 December 1946– 10 January 1975), was a leading member of the North Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He was killed in a farmhouse outside Castleblayney, County Monaghan, by members of the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). According to Intelligence Corps member Fred Holroyd, Special Reconnaissance Unit officer Robert Nairac was involved in Green's killing. Green's was one of the 87 killings attributed by the Pat Finucane Centre to the group of Ulster loyalist paramilitaries, Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers and Royal Ulster Constabulary officers known as the Glenanne gang. No one was ever prosecuted for the killing.
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Born | 18 December 1946 Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland |
Died | 10 January 1975 28) Mullyash, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland | (aged
Allegiance | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
Years of service | 1969–1975 |
Rank | Staff Captain and Intelligence Officer |
Unit | North Armagh Brigade |
Conflict | The Troubles |
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