Talk:Billy Fox
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[edit] Circumstances surrounding murder
The article states that "On 12 March 1974, while visiting the home of his fiancé in rural county Monaghan, he accidently stumbled across an IRA arms dump and was shot dead." I recall reading in an article in Magill that the IRA raided his fiancé's home because they suspected that her family were storing weapons for the UDA or the UVF. They didn't find any weapons stored there, but shot Billy Fox as he approached the house. I don't have that article handy (or access to back issues of Magill or newspapers from this period) so I won't make any edits in case my memory is faulty. Can somebody who has access to reliable sources of information check this? Additionally, after this is checked, this part of the article should be reworded to make it clear that he was killed by the IRA.(posted by M.Lane 30 March 2006)
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- You are correct. There was no IRA arms dump. 13 IRA men lay in wait for him to visit his girlfriend. The IRA falsly claimed that George Coulson (his girlfriend's father) was a quartermaster for the UVF. The IRA burned the house and the mobile home. ClemMcGann 09:52, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
