Paper Trail Free Library
Free Books and Reports on the Conflict in Ireland
Six investigative reports built from archive files, Freedom of Information releases and the testimony of families. Sign up once and you get the whole library free, plus new archive finds as we publish them.
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What's in the free library
Shooters: Britain's Military Reaction Force
The covert British Army unit deployed on the streets of Belfast in 1971, and the trail of dead civilians it left behind. Includes new evidence.
McGurk's Bar Bombing: Post-Script
New evidence missed or buried by earlier investigations, including a covert British military ambush operation near McGurk's Bar.
The Plot to Deceive Two Parliaments
Years of research into how Stormont and Westminster were misled about the truth of the McGurk's Bar Massacre.
The Murder of Martha Campbell, Schoolgirl
A forensic examination of the killing of a 13-year-old girl in West Belfast in May 1972.
The Murder of Michael Leonard
The killing of a Donegal civilian by an RUC patrol in 1973, and the evidence submitted to the Attorney General, Public Prosecution Service and Police Ombudsman.
Paper-Trailers
Short stories from people who lost loved ones or were injured in the conflict. Opens with an article by Lyra McKee.
Why these are free
Paper Trail is a small charity in Belfast that makes Freedom of Information requests and searches the archives for victims and survivors of the conflict, many of whom cannot do this themselves. We publish what we find so that it can't be buried again. Supporters pay for the archive trips and the research.
