The Kincora scandal and related subjects

Tara, Colin Wallace, ‘Clockwork Orange’, Fred Holroyd and ‘the Dirty War’: a selective bibliography of Irish sources

Introduction

The Kincora scandal was exposed in 1980. ‘The troubles’ started in Northern Ireland over 20 years ago, resulting in the services of Colin Wallace and Fred Holroyd in their respective spheres. ‘Tara’ was originally formed in 1966. A reading list on these subjects is long overdue and this is a modest attempt to provide it. The sole criterion for inclusion in this listing has been that the article contains some factual information. For that reason I have not listed mere news reports. However, inclusion in this list does not mean that I believe the content of the article to be true. This caveat applies particularly to ‘blind’ (i.e. authorless) articles in Phoenix. Many articles overlap into two, three or (even) the four distinct subject areas, and I hope the reader will therefore bear with my classification.

Harry Irwin

The Kincora scandal

  • Sex racket at children’s homes — Peter McKenna, Irish Independent, 24 January 1980, p. 1.
  • Boys’ suicide brought Kincora scandal to light — Ed Moloney and Andy Pollak, Irish Times, 13 January 1982, p. 3.
  • Kincora complaint ignored for decade — Ed Moloney and Andy Pollak, Irish Times, 14 January 1982, p. 7.
  • INLA kills McKeague — News Letter, 30 January 1982, pp. 1-2.
  • John McKeague shot dead in Belfast shop — Andy Pollak, Irish Times, 30 January 1982, p. 1.
  • DUP chief rejects Kincora allegation — News Letter, 30 January 1982, p. 1.
  • Woman left church over alleged inaction by Paisley — Irish Times, 30 January 1982, p. 7.
  • McKeague a gay in private — a hate monger in public — John Hunter, Sunday World 31 January 1982 p. 3.
  • Kincora a smear campaign? No its…..blackmail and whitewash — Jim Campbell, Sunday World, 31 January 1982, p. 7.
  • Kincora vice ring link with boy’s brutal slaying — Jim Campbell and John Hunter, Sunday World, 28 February 1982, pp.1,4 and 5.
  • Kincora scandal (1) Ten unanswered questions (2) The case against William McGrath — Andy Pollak, Fortnight, March/April 1982, pp.4-5.
  • Why didn’t Joss reveal all on Kincora — John Carey, Sunday World, 16 May 1982, pp .28-29.
  • Sodom and Kincora — Phoenix, 7 January 1983, pp.12- 13.
  • Kincora leak hinges on spies’ story — Sunday News, 20 February, 1983, p. 1.
  • The beast who ran a boys’ home, a lodge and Tara…and the people who tried to expose him — Jim Campbell, Sunday World 10 April 1983, pp.18-19.
  • Why the Secret Service kept McGrath free — Jim Campbell, Sunday World, 17 April 1983, pp. 20-21.
  • Why did it go on for so long? — John Hunter, Sunday World, 24 April 1983.
  • British spy link with Kincora — Phoenix, 16 September 1983, pp.12-14.
  • Kincora link in my child’s slaying. The brutal murder that shocked war-torn Ulster — Jim Campbell and John Hunter, Sunday World, 2 October 1983, pp.1-2.
  • Curse of Kincora — Phoenix, 11 November 1983.
  • Kincora: spy’s blackmail bid uncovered — Frank Doherty, Sunday News, 22 April 1984, p. 9.
  • Paisley’s papist smoke screens — John Carey, Sunday World, 2 December 1984, pp. 6-7.
  • Kincora — Irish Communist, (a) November 1984, pp. 1- 18; (b) December 1984, pp.7-16.
  • Kincora ‘leak’ man to miss inquiry — Sunday World, 16 December 1984, p. 8.
  • Document claims RUC, Army knew all about Kincora in 1974 — Ed Moloney and Andy Pollak, Irish Times, 25 June 1985, p. 7.
  • MI5 knew about assault allegations, Kincora cover-up part of intelligence plot — Ed Moloney and Andy Pollak, Irish Times, 26 June 1985, p. 16.
  • The queer card — Phoenix, 8 November 1985, p. 9.
  • Epilogue on Kincora? — Phoenix, 14 February 1986, p. 7.
  • The unanswered questions that continue to haunt Kincora — James Lynch, Fortnight, 24 February 1986, pp. 4-5.
  • Who is shooting who? — Phoenix, 30 January 1987, p. 14.
  • Ulster gay set to blow lid on high society sex — Liam Clarke, Sunday World 14 February 1988, p. 7.
  • Red spy flew in for Kincora sex orgies — Jim Campbell, Sunday World, 9 April 1989, p. 2.
  • Kincora beast set to preach again — Martin O’Hagan, Sunday World, 30 April 1989, pp. 1-2.
  • MI5 and Kincora’s secrets of shame. The scourge of Kincora — Kevin Magee, Sunday Life, 4 February, 1990 pp. 1,8,28 and 29.
  • Mountbatten was ‘part of gay ring which was linked with Kincora’ — Frank Doherty and John Byrne, NOW, April 1990, pp. 13- 17.

Colin Wallace, ‘Clockwork Orange’

  • Jailed Kincora smear chief is questioned — John Carey, Sunday World, 14 March 1982, p. 14.
  • Wallace whoppers. the trail of trouble from the Kincora smear king. — John Carey, Sunday World, 7 July 1985, p. 24.
  • Black propaganda and bloody murder — Frank Doherty, Magill, December 1986, pp. 24-28.
  • MI5 — the Irish File — Phoenix 19 December 1986 pp. 3 and 11.
  • Wallace tells all — at last. — Jim Campbell, Sunday World, 1 March 1987, p. 4.
  • What MI5 told Maggie about Kincora — Liam Clarke, Sunday World, 10 May 1987, pp.6-7.
  • The MI5 smear — Liam Clarke, Sunday World, 17 May 1987, pp.20-21.
  • Framed? The spy caught up in his own web of intrigue. — Liam Clarke, Sunday World, 31 May 1987, p. 17.
  • Putting Wallace to the truth test — Liam Clarke, Irish News, 21 September 1987, p. 6.
  • Colin Wallace — Phoenix, 9 February 1990, p. 12.
  • ….not any more — Robin Ramsay, Fortnight, March 1990 pp. 12-13.
  • Just like clockwork — Eamonn McCann, Magill, March 1990, pp. 18-23.
Ireland Forever booklet cover published by Tara
Ireland Forever booklet cover published by Tara

TARA

  • Quarter-page advertisement supporting the UWC strike — News Letter, 23 May 1974.
  • Full-page advertisement, ‘Tara proclamation’, News Letter, 20 June 1974, p. 8.
  • Ireland Forever, n.d. circa 1976, Belfast. 29 page booklet outlining Tara philosophy and manifesto.
  • Drawn to fundamentalism — Roy Garland, Irish Times, 13 April 1982, p. 10.
  • Tara sets out to reconquer Ireland — Roy Garland, Irish Times, 14 April 1982 p. 12.
  • Your blood is on your own head now — Roy Garland, Irish Times, 15 April, 1982, p. 10.
  • The Kincora paramilitary — Andy Pollak, Fortnight, March 1983, pp. 5-7.
  • Tara goes to war — James McKnight, Fortnight, March 1983, p. 17.

Fred Holroyd, the ‘dirty war’

  • British spies in Ireland — David McKittrick, Irish Times, 22 April 1980, p. 12.
  • Information for sale — David McKittrick — Irish Times, 23 April 1980, p. 10.
  • Setting spy against spy — David McKittrick — Irish Times, 24 April 1980, p. 12.
  • Top Secret. The eye of intelligence — Frank Doherty — Sunday News, four parts: 22 May, 1983, p. 2; 29 May, 1983, p. 2; 5 June, 1983, p.2; 12 June, 1983, p.2.
  • The South African link — Sunday News, 24 July 1983, p. 9.
  • SAS dirty tricks — Phoenix, 9 December 1983, p. 14.
  • Edgar Graham — was he set up? — Frank Doherty — Sunday News, 18 December 1983, p. 11.
  • Spy tells of names in vice affair — Sunday News, 30 September 1984, pp. 1-2.
  • Her Majesty’s spies in Ireland — Frank Doherty — Phoenix, 8 May 1987, p. 6.
  • Secret Service blamed for Rev. Robert killing — Sunday World, 3 May 1987, pp. 1-2.
  • Arise, Sir Gay — Phoenix, 8 May 1987, p. 6.
  • A captain’s tale of horror — Mervyn Pauley, News Letter, 24 November 1989 pp. 8-9.
  • Licence to kill? — Sunday Life 4 February 1990, pp. 8-9.

Some addresses that may be useful:

  • Fortnight 7 Lower Crescent, Belfast BT7 1NR
  • Irish News 113 Donegal Street, Belfast BT1 2FJ
  • Sunday News and News Letter 51 Donegal Street, Belfast BT1 2FH
  • Sunday Life 124 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1EB
  • Irish Times 13 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2
  • Magill 14 Merrion Row, Dublin 2
  • NOW 15 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 2
  • Phoenix 44 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
  • Sunday World PO Box 645, Dublin 6.

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