The acclaimed Disney series Say Nothing delves into the harrowing story of the Price sisters, devout IRA members involved in the Provos' campaign of terror and the fate of the Disappeared. The show examines the IRA's abduction, torture, and execution of 17 individuals, who vanished during the conflict in Northern Ireland. It explores the case of Jean McConville, a mother of ten, who was accused of being an informer and killed by the IRA. The series also sheds light on the lasting impact of these events on the families of the victims and the search for truth and justice.
The smash hit Disney series Say Nothing is one of the best programmes I've seen so far on the Troubles .
In case you didn't know, the Disappeared are a group of 17 people who vanished off the face of the earth during the conflict in the north and many were missing for almost 50 years.READ MORE: 'Like so many others, I'm captivated by murder suspect Luigi Mangione - here's why' The IRA had accused her of passing information for food and money to the British Army, an accusation her family vehemently denied. They claimed she identified IRA members in the Divis flats where she lived to the Brits.
Most of the Disappeared were killed in the period from 1972-75. For years their families had no idea what happened to them, where they were buried or how they died. They all knew they were never coming back but they each had no grave to go to, to pay their respects or to grieve for their loss. There are still three unaccounted for. They are 19 year old Columba McVeigh, from Tyrone, Seamus McGuire from Lurgan and former British Army Captain Robert Nairac who was kidnapped by the IRA from a pub in south Army while working undercover.
The Say Nothing series shined a spotlight on some of the darkest days of the Troubles and also shows the zero tolerance policy of the IRA leadership when it came to informers. It also contradicts former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams' lifelong denials that he was a member of the IRA.
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