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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rory Carroll

Grisly secrets of the ‘disappeared’ of Anglo-Irish war uncovered by research

Suspects being searched in Dublin in 1920 during the Irish war of independence
Suspects searched in Dublin in 1920 during the Irish war of independence. The Irish and British authorities have drawn a veil over the worst period for abductions and killings. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

The Irish Republican Army’s executioners shot and secretly buried their victims in fields and bogs, leaving them to decay and enter the ranks of Ireland’s “disappeared”.

Some were British soldiers, others were suspected informers or turncoats. Uncertainty about their fate and the location of their remains added a cruel twist to a brutal conflict.

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