Hugh McVeigh

Recorded Details

Circumstances

McVeigh, Hugh (36) Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Association (UDA), Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Abducted while delivering furniture somewhere in the Shankill area, Belfast. Found shot, on information supplied to the British authorities, buried in wasteland, Gobbins, Islandmagee, County Antrim, on 1 September 1975. Ulster Defence Association (UDA) / Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) feud.

Sources

This record is compiled from the following historical datasets:

• CAIN Sutton Index of Deaths (Ulster University)
• The McKeown Troubles Deaths Database

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