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Columba McVeigh

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Irish murder victim

Columba McVeigh
Born	1956 Donaghmore,County Tyrone,Northern Ireland
Disappeared	1 November 1975 (aged 19)
Status	Missing for 49 years, 11 months and 21 days
Nationality	Northern Irish

Columba McVeigh (1956 – 1 November 1975) was a youth fromNorthern Ireland who was abducted and most likely murdered by theProvisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).^[1] He was listed as one of the "Disappeared" by theIndependent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains.

Disappearance

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A nineteen-year-old fromDonaghmore,County Tyrone, McVeigh disappeared in November 1975.^[2] The IRA claims he confessed to being aBritish Army intelligence agent ordered to infiltrate the IRA's ranks,^[3] but have never indicated what specific act prompted McVeigh's murder.^[4] Unsuccessful searches were carried out for the location of his body in 2003, 2011, and 2012.^[4] In September 2018 forensic archaeologists started searching Braggan Bog, nearEmyvale.^[5] That search ended without success in September 2019, having paused between November 2018 and June 2019. Senior investigator Joe Hill said, "If Columba had been here we would have found him."^[6]

Notes

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^"Columba Mcveigh · TheJournal.ie".TheJournal.ie. Retrieved23 September 2019.
^"Columba McVeigh".The Department of Justice and Equality. Retrieved5 April 2023.
^Rosie Cowan,"Adams 'at heart' of IRA's most shameful killing campaign",The Guardian, 30 September 2002.
^^a ^b"Search for teenage IRA victim resumes at Co Monaghan bog".The Journal. 18 September 2012.
^Carroll, Rory (17 September 2018)."Columba McVeigh: fresh search for remains of IRA victim".The Guardian. Retrieved18 September 2018.
^"Columba McVeigh: Search ends for disappeared teenager".BBC News. 23 September 2019. Retrieved15 September 2020.

External links

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The Disappeared of Northern Ireland: Columba McVeigh
Exhumed body isn’t that of teenage IRA victim The journal.ie, 12 August 2011

Provisional Irish Republican Army

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1970–1979	Battle of St Matthew's Falls Curfew 1970 Crossmaglen bombing Scottish soldiers' killings Red Lion bombing Balmoral showroom bombing Abercorn bombing Donegall Street bombing Battle at Springmartin Battle of Lenadoon Bloody Friday Claudy bombing Newry customs bombing Old Bailey bombing Honey Trap killings King's Cross & Euston bombings Coleraine bombings 1973 Westminster bombing M62 bombing Clogher attack Houses of Parliament bombing Tower of London bombing Guildford pub bombings Harrow School bombing Brooks's Club bombing Woolwich pub bombing British Airways bombing attempt Birmingham pub bombings London pillar box bombings Talbot Arms bombing Bristol bombing Telephone exchange bombings 1974 Oxford Street bombing Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings Mountainview attack Bayardo Bar attack Forkhill attack Caterham Arms bombing Tullyvallen massacre London Hilton bombing Piccadilly bombing Trattoria Fiore bombing Scott's Oyster Bar bombing Walton's Restaurant bombing Drummuckavall ambush Balcombe Street siege Kingsmill massacre West Ham station attack Olympia bombing Walker's Bar attack Stag Inn attack Garryhinch ambush JonesboroughGazelle downing La Mon restaurant bombing Crossmaglen ambush Warrenpoint ambush Brussels bombing Dungannon attack
1980–1989	Dunmurry train bombing Lough Foyle attacks Glasdrumman ambush 1981 Bessbrook attack Chelsea Barracks bombing Hyde Park & Regent's Park bombings Harrods bombing Royal Artillery Barracks bombing Brighton hotel bombing Ballygawley land mine attack Newry mortar attack Ballygawley attack Enniskillen mortar attack RUC Birches barracks attack Rheindahlen bombing Loughgall ambush Operation Flavius Corporals killings Lisburn bombing AughanduffLynx shootdown 1988 Netherlands attacks Glamorgan barracks bombing Inglis Barracks bombing Ballygawley bus bombing Jonesborough ambush Clive Barracks bombing Deal barracks bombing Mayobridge attack Derryard attack
1990–1991	DerrygorryGazelle downing South Armagh sniper Downpatrick roadside bomb Operation Conservation 1990 Wembley bombing Carlton Club bombing London Stock Exchange bombing Honourable Artillery Company bombing Lichfield gun attack RFA Fort Victoria bombing Proxy bombings Downing Street mortar attack Paddington & Victoria station bombings Mullacreevie ambush Glenanne barracks bombing Coagh ambush Musgrave Park Hospital bombing Crumlin Road Prison bombing
1992–1997	Teebane bombing Clonoe ambush London Bridge bombing Staples Cnr bombing Baltic Exchange bombing Sussex Arms bombing Cloghoge attack Coalisland riots Forensic Science Laboratory bombing Stoke Newington Road bomb 1992 Manchester bombing Night of the Long Knives 1993 Harrods bombing Warrington bombings Cullaville occupation Camden bombing Bishopsgate bombing Finchley Road bombings Battle of Newry Road Shankill Road bombing 1993 Fivemiletown ambush Heathrow attacks CrossmaglenLynx downing Drumcree conflict Docklands bombing Aldwych bus bombing 1996 Manchester bombing Hammersmith Bridge bombing Osnabrück mortar attack Thiepval barracks bombing Coalisland attack 1997 Northern Ireland riots