John Francis Green, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Irish Republican
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Place of Birth: Lurgan, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
About John Francis Green
- John Francis Green (18 December 1946– 10 January 1975), was a leading member of the North Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, holding the rank of Staff Captain and Intelligence Officer.
- He was killed in a farmhouse outside Castleblayney, County Monaghan, by members of the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF).
- According to Secret Intelligence Service operative Captain Fred Holroyd, British Army Captain Robert Nairac was involved in Green's killing.
- Evidence published in 2015 however clears Nairac of involvement.
- Green's was one of the 87 killings attributed by the Pat Finucane Centre to the group of loyalist extremists known as the Glenanne gang.
- No one was ever prosecuted for the killing.
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