BATT NI: New British Army Tracker Tool Unlocks Operation Banner Records

Blog, Media, Research / By Ciarán MacAirt

BATT NI: New British Army Tracker Tool Unlocks Operation Banner Records Paper Trail has launched BATT NI – the British Army Tracker Tool Northern Ireland, a free, publicly accessible, web application that allows users to search the Northern Ireland deployment records of regular British Army units during the conflict and Operation Banner. BATT NI is […]

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The British Prime Minister and his Killer Gang – MRF

Archive Find, Blog, Media, Research / By Ciarán MacAirt

What the British Prime Minister was told about his killer gang, the Military Reaction Force (MRF). Paper Trail is publishing a secret minute and comprehensive note to the Prime Minister, Edward Heath, in late November 1972. These regard the history, formation and eventual rolling up of the unit. The MRF left in its wake a trail

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In Memoriam Niall Ó Murchú

Blog, Media / By Ciarán MacAirt

Paper Trail marks the untimely passing of its Chair and our great friend, Niall Ó Murchú, today, the 26th November 2024. Niall was a Gael from Ardoyne in North Belfast. He loved his country and its people. He immersed himself throughout his life in our Gaelic language, culture and sports. At the heart of this

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Kingsmill Massacre: The Secret British Army Files

Archive Find, Research / By Ciarán MacAirt

Massacre at Kingsmill: The Secret British Army Files The Kingsmill Massacre was one of the most vicious, nakedly sectarian attacks of the conflict. A man waving a red light stopped a work van on a cold night and lonely Kingsmill road outside Whitecross, County Armagh. Armed men with blackened faces, wearing camo-gear, surrounded it. They

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British Authorities Denied and Delayed in Murder of Civilian

Media, Blog, Podcast, Publication / By Ciarán MacAirt

The family of Donegal civilian, Michael Leonard, who was shot and killed by a Royal Ulster Constabulary patrol in 1973, held an hour-long meeting with officials from the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs (Omagh, Wednesday 1st February 2023).

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