The Disappeared

There were sixteen people who ‘disappeared’ during ‘the troubles’ in Northern Ireland.  To date, six bodies have been recovered, but the burial sites of the remaining nine are unknown.  PIRA admitted responsibility for eleven of the sixteen, while one was admitted by the INLA.  No attribution has been given to the remaining four.

	Victim	Disappeared	Attribution
1	Joseph Lynskey	Summer 1972	PIRA
2	Seamus Wright	Oct 1972	PIRA
3	Kevin McKee	Oct 1972	PIRA
4	Jean McConville	Dec 1972	PIRA	Body recovered 2003
5	Peter Wilson	Aug 1973
6	Eamon Molloy	Jul 1975	PIRA	Body recovered 1999
7	Columba McVeigh	Oct 1975	PIRA
8	Robert Nairac	May 1977	PIRA
9	Brendan Megraw	Apr 1978	PIRA
10	John McClory	May 1978	PIRA	Body recovered 1999
11	Brian McKinney	May 1978	PIRA	Body recovered 1999
12	Gerard Evans	May 1979
13	Danny McIlhone	Jul 1981	PIRA	Body recoverd 2008
14	Charlie Armstrong	Aug 1981
15	Eugene Simons	Jan 1984		Body recovered 1984
16	Seamus Ruddy	May 1985	INLA