Story Title |
I knew something had happened to Brian |
Story Available |
Yes |
Story Format |
Text |
Story Source |
Story contained in the book: An Crann / The Tree. (2000). Bear in Mind: Stories of the Troubles. Belfast: Lagan Press, and An Crann / The Tree. |
Interviewee Surname |
McKinney |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Margaret |
Interviewee Gender |
Female |
Religion |
Catholic |
Marital Status |
Married |
Birth Country |
Northern Ireland |
Victim 1 |
Brian McKinney |
Relationship Victim 1 |
Mother |
Status |
Civilian |
Story Abstract |
An account by Margaret McKinney of how her son Brian was abducted, killed and secretly buried by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1978. Brian was one of The Disappeared and his body was only recovered in June 1999. |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
The Disappeared |
Dates Mentioned |
25 May 1978 [1970s] |
Places Mentioned |
Andersonstown, Belfast, Northern Ireland. |
Organisations Mentioned |
Irish Republican Army (IRA) |