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12/06/2019
Billy McKee Dies Aged 97
A former IRA leader has died at the age of 97.
Billy McKee died at his home in Belfast on Tuesday, 11 June.
He is believed to have joined the IRA in the 1930s.
He left and joined Sinn Féin in the 1980s.
(CD/MH)
Billy McKee died at his home in Belfast on Tuesday, 11 June.
He is believed to have joined the IRA in the 1930s.
He left and joined Sinn Féin in the 1980s.
(CD/MH)
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