This book is not yet featured on Listopia. However, Jim Wilson, an east Belfast community worker and former Red Hand Commando, called the criticism unfair and said many people still saw McKeag as a hero. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive, Uploaded by ", "I don't challenge the claim he's a hero because he's a hero to some people in the community.". Jumped around a little. Republican mural depicting former north Belfast IRA leader Martin Meehan revealed in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, A new UVF mural is being painted in Willowfield, The UVF mural painted over one of George Best at Inverwood Court in east Belfast, Going back: The absurd psychology of paramilitarism fixating on UVF gunmen and Bobby Sands instead of icons like George Best, shows their mawkish self-mythologising. Be the first one to, cccmcma-Inside_Cape_Cod_-Don_McKeag_Author, Advanced embedding details, examples, and help, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKbs1_QdY8, Inside_Cape_Cod_-Don_McKeag_Author.asr.vtt, Inside_Cape_Cod_-Don_McKeag_Author.en.vtt, Inside_Cape_Cod_-Don_McKeag_Author.es.vtt, Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014). ", But SDLP MLA Clare Hanna said: "I don't think it's something to celebrate, and I apply the same principle to all paramilitaries and all murals. This mural is a backward step. A Thomas Devlin murder appeal poster beside a UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) mural in the Mount Vernon area of North Belfast opposite the flats where one of his killers had lived. 2/4/06, Fading Memories. We’d love your help. The old loyalist paramilitary mural close to a Catholic church which was the scene of weekly protests in the 1990s was removed at the weekend. Parade commemorating Brian Robinson - Shankill Road, Belfast, Born identity: The UDA mural in east Belfast where many young Protestants say pride in the British Army, and anger at flag protests, have reinforced their sense of Britishness, One of the mural, "Bernadette" in the Bogside. On one occasion in September 1993, McKeag walked into a hairdresser's on the Donegall Road and killed owner Sean Hughes. 3 and a half stars. A mural of David Healy at Carnforth Street, east Belfast, A project recording experiences of key figures from the Troubles and the peace process has been launched. The Shankill Star Flute Band in Belfast carries a Lambeg drum dedicated to the memory of Brian Robinson, a UVF terrorist who shot Paddy McKenna dead at Ardoyne in 1989, Murals down the years ... A huge UFF mural was beamed to the world as cyclists passed it during May's Giro d'Italia. Rumaan Alam began writing Leave the World Behind with a series of tweets on a secret Twitter account he started two years ago. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of. I don't think this is someone to remember with pride. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Supplied Picture, A Loyalist mural on the Newtownards road in Belfast. There was a furious backlash this week against the mural on a Housing Executive property in Belfast's lower Shankill area, which features an image of Stephen 'Top Gun' McKeag with the words "remember with pride".

", The Belfast Telegraph is a member of IPSO and subscribes to its Editors' Code of Practice File photo dated 03/05/07 of a Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) wall mural in north Belfast. View Don Mckeag’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Reading this book was just like sitting down and listening to Don McKeag, Rumaan Alam's Uncannily Prophetic Page-Turner. He earned the 'Top Gun' nickname for frequently being named the UDA's volunteer of the year, given to members who carried out the most murders.

Don McKeag Oct 6, 2015; 0; Facebook; Twitter; SMS; Email; Print; Save “Well At Least I Owned a Rolls Royce” is a new memoir written by former Falmouth resident Don McKeag. "I don't regard him as a sectarian killer. ", Journalist Hugh Jordan told Mr Wilson during the show: "There is nothing about Stephen McKeag worth remembering with pride. Tomorrow marks the anniversary of McKeag's death after a drug overdose in 2000. Murals down the years ... republican mural depicting former north Belfast IRA man Martin Meehan is revealed in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.