Fallen Comrades of the Irish Republican Socialist Movement
Colm McNutt
Volunteer - Irish National Liberation Army
Killed in Action on 12 December 1977
Colm McNutt, age 18, was killed in a Derry car park on the edge of the Bogside near Butcher's Gate by an undercover unit of the British Army's Special Air Service. Circumstances suggested he was victim of a "shoot to kill" policy.
A memorial to McNutt and two other comrades was unveiled in the Bogside area of Derry on 13 July 2003.
Seamus Grew
Member - Irish Republican Socialist Party
Volunteer - Irish National Liberation Army
Assassinated on 12 December 1982
Seamus Grew, age 31, was killed along with Roddy Carroll when the car they were in was fired on by members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch's E4 surveillance unit at a checkpoint in Armagh City.
Both men were unarmed and were killed instantly. The RUC had been led to believe by an informer that their real target, INLA chief of staff Dominic McGlinchey, would be in the car as it crossed the border from an INLA meeting in County Monaghan in the 26 Counties.
RUC Constable John Robinson was put on trial for his role in the murders but was found not guilty. He claimed the RUC officers thought they had been shot at. When challenged with evidence that Grew and Carroll were unarmed, Robinson claimed instead that the two men had
crashed through a roadblock and the RUC officers were fearful of being run down by the car.
The judge said he was not concerned with an RUC cover up, only whether Robinson was guilty or not. Not surprisingly, he ruled that Robinson "honestly believed he was fired at and his life was in danger."
In 1979, Grew had been shot in the throat, captured, and sentenced to four years for INLA activities. He was released after serving two years, and survived an assassination attempt by loyalist gunmen two months before he was killed. His brother Dessie was a Provisional Irish Republican Army member killed by the British Army's Special Air Service at Loughgall, County Armagh in 1990.
Roddy Carroll
Volunteer - Irish National Liberation Army
Assassinated on 12 December 1982
Roddy Carroll, age 21, was killed along with Seamus Grew when their car was fired on by the Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch's E4 surveillance unit at a checkpoint in Armagh City. The British occupation forces alleged he was the INLA's top gunman in County Armagh.
Ronnie Trainor
Member - Irish Republican Socialist Party
Volunteer - Irish National Liberation Army
Assassinated on 15 December 1975
Ronnie Trainor, age 17, died from injuries received when his home in the Ballyoran Park area of Portadown, County Armagh was bombed by the Ulster Volunteer Force, a pro-British death squad.
His mother Dorothy was murdered by loyalists earlier in 1975. His brother Thomas, an INLA staff officer, was murdered by the UVF three years later.
They died as they lived: as Republican Socialists. Remember them with honour and pride.
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