Dominic McGlinchey

Dominic McGlinchey (1954 10 February 1994) from Bellaghy, County derry was an INLA member.

McGlinchey was born in a large Bellaghy family with a strong Irish Republican background. He was dubbed "Mad Dog" by the press, but he disliked the name.

n August 1971, at the age of 17, he was interned without charge for ten months in the prison camps of Ballykelly and Long Kesh. After his release, he was imprisoned again in 1973 on arms charges.

After his next release, he joined a South Derry Independent Republican Unit along with Ian Milne and future Provisional IRA hunger strikers Francis Hughes and Thomas McElwee (some members of the independent unit would later join the IRA). Their activities led the Royal Ulster Constabulary to take the unusual step of issuing wanted posters.

McGlinchey was arrested by the Gardaí in 1977 and charged with hijacking a police vehicle, threatening a police officer with a gun, and resisting arrest. In 1982, while serving time in Portlaoise Prison, he clashed with the Provisional Irish Republican Army leadership and was expelled for indiscipline.

McGlinchey joined the INLA in 1982 as Operations Officer for South Derry and became Chief of Staff within six months. His impact was immediate, as he put an end to dissent within the organisation and built it up throughout the country.[8] After the British intelligence agencies decided that he had masterminded the Droppin Well bombing in Ballykelly, County Londonderry, it has been alleged that he was targeted for assassination by The 'Det'. However the attempt to kill him on 12 December 1982 failed with Roddie Carroll and Seamus Grew being killed instead. (Their deaths were subsequently investigated by John Stalker as part of his investigation into the Shoot-to-kill policy.

In March 1984 McGlinchey was wounded in a shoot-out with the Gardaí and arrested. He was extradited to the north and sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of murder. This conviction was overturned in October 1985 by the Belfast Appeals Court on the grounds of insufficient evidence, and McGlinchey was returned to the Republic of Ireland where he was sentenced to ten years imprisonment on firearms charges.

His wife Mary was killed in Dundalk on 31 January 1987 by fellow members of the INLA. McGlinchey was unable to attend her funeral as he was still imprisoned in the Republic of Ireland. After being released from prison in March 1993, he investigated claims that Irish criminals were involved in money laundering with the (UVF). He survived an assassination attempt made by UVF member Billy Wright in June 1993.

On 10 February 1994, McGlinchey was making a call from a phone box in Drogheda when two men got out of a vehicle and proceeded to shoot him fourteen times. No-one has ever been charged with his murder and it is not known which group, whether loyalist, republican, state-security service or criminal carried out the assassination. After his death, INLA activity decreased and its organisational capability was nearly eliminated

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[diarmuid10]

R.I.P. Dominic, one the bravest and finest Volunteers to ever have fought for freedom.

[SouthDownIPLO]

he was a republican legend sadly killed by his own people

[hassannassaralah]

he was one of the bravest but he got over his head with a family from cullovill and he and his wife paid the price.sad coz mc glinchy was sum operator

[Caxton1488]

RIP Dom and Mary............

[DanielM2910]

Proudly to be a mcglinchey <3 God Bless u

[TranceInMyPants21]

R.I.P Dominic 'Mad dog' McGlinchey..Great Volunteer

[inisboy1]

say wat u want bout this man, but ill tell u one thing he would ent say us out like the scum sein fein

[jetpackxx13]

@jackcashel thats sucks u dirty scum u should realise wot he did for irish history

[BrotherLeader]

Top man...!

[11mgpeter]

R.I.P one of finest freedom fighters