Jim Lynagh

Jim Lynagh
Jim Lynagh
Born	13 April 1956 County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland
Died	8 May 1987 (aged 31) County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Other names	Séamus Ó Laighneach "The Executioner"

Jim Lynagh (13 April 1956 – 8 May 1987) from Monaghan Town, County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, was a volunteer in the East Tyrone Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was an Irish republican and socialist.

One of twelve children, Lynagh was born and raised in Tully Estate, County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. He joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army in the early 1970s. In December 1973 he was badly injured in a premature bomb explosion, arrested, and spent five years in the Maze Prison. While imprisoned, he studied and became a great admirer of Mao Zedong. After his release from prison in 1979 Lynagh was elected as a Sinn Féin councillor for Monaghan, and held this position when he was killed.

After his release from prison Lynagh became active in the IRA again, serving with the Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade. He quickly became a unit commander and gradually built up his ruthless reputation. After a series of Ulster loyalist attacks against Irish nationalist politicians in late 1980 and early 1981, Lynagh was suspected of involvement with an attack on the Stronge estate near Middletown. The IRA killed the retired Ulster Unionist Party Stormont speaker, Sir Norman Stronge, and his son James, a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) officer, before burning down their mansion, Tynan Abbey, and shooting their way through a police cordon.

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