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348:, killing Edmund Trainor and injuring a number of others. On 23 January 1998 he was also involved in the killing of Liam Conway on north Belfast's Hesketh Road, although McKeag was brought before the Inner Council of the UDA for this attack as the movement had declared a ceasefire a few hours earlier. McKeag claimed that the attack was in response to the continuing activity of the INLA, and his fearsome reputation meant that the Inner Council would not reprimand him, even though the murder resulted in the 284:. Other UDA members later confirmed that the Yellow Brick Road was McKeag's nickname for Lanark Way, a street linking the Shankill and Springfield roads and favoured by loyalist hitmen as an escape route from Republican West Belfast. An attack on 14 November 1992, launched by McKeag, under the orders of Johnny Adair, on a branch of Sean Graham's bookmakers on the Oldpark Road left three Catholics dead and a number of others, including some Protestants who also frequented the betting shop, injured. 391:(LVF) and on stage was applauded by all except his C Company comrades Adair and Gary "Smickers" Smyth. Smyth continued the resentment a few months later when, as McKeag received another "Volunteer of the Year" prize, he yelled "what about me" from the audience. With Adair in prison and Smyth in temporary command of C Company, McKeag fell out of favour and was soon ordered off the Shankill, ostensibly for becoming involved in fights between women at illegal UDA-run drinking dens on the Shankill. 291:. On 24 March 1993, Peter Gallagher, a 44 year old Sinn Féin member from Toomebridge, County Antrim was killed by McKeag when he arrived at his work at the Westlink Enterprise Centre, just off Distillery Street in West Belfast. Mr Gallagher was shot several times by a lone assassin which many now presume was McKeag. Mr Gallagher was a father to seven children and had recently became a grandfather before his death. 33: 493: 270: 519:. Some of his supporters continued to blame Adair, due to the love triangle which emerged between him and McKeag when Tracey Coulter started sleeping with Adair too. It was claimed that Adair's men had entered the house, attacked McKeag, who had fired the crossbow at them, and then forced quantities of cocaine down his throat to kill him. There was no evidence to support these claims. 310:
councillor who had been the target of the attack. However non-republicans continued to be targets and on 30 August he killed Marie Teresa Dowds de Mogollon in an attack on her home, although this murder was seen as extreme by UDA brigadiers outside C Company, resulting in it eventually being claimed
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and shot the proprietor Sean Hughes dead. Although brought to trial he was not convicted after eyewitness testimony did not stand up to scrutiny. The following day shopkeeper Michael Edwards was killed at his Finaghy home by McKeag and his unit and on 15 October McKeag killed Paddy McMahon after
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Physically McKeag, like Johnny Adair, was shaven-headed, muscular and heavily tattooed and he wore a miniature golden gun around his neck on a thick gold chain. Maintaining a number of girlfriends simultaneously, McKeag fathered four children by four different women – two daughters both called
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Following his killing of Catholic shop worker Philomena Hanna at a chemists near the Springfield Road on 28 April 1992, eyewitnesses reported that as McKeag and his driver sped back to the Shankill via Lanark Way they shouted and sang his favourite song, 'Follow the Yellow Brick Road' from
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McKeag became involved in 'C' Company of the lower Shankill – the most active unit of the UDA – around 1989, heading his own section of the company which was a hit squad (other sections concentrating on drug-dealing, money laundering and similar activities). According to
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and usually consisting of a trophy in the form of a model gun and plaque made by loyalists prisoners, was dominated by McKeag from 1990 onwards and helped to ensure that he became known as "Top Gun" both to his UDA comrades and his
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in December 1997, Adair, who was a strong admirer of "King Rat", told McKeag that he had carte blanche to avenge the murder. McKeag did so on 28 December when he entered the Clifton Tavern in north Belfast and opened fire with an
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he was planning against the UVF. McKeag however refused to take part and was severely beaten by Adair and his allies and cut off from organised loyalism altogether. Some within C Company, including
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estimated that McKeag was responsible for at least 12 killings of mostly innocent Catholic civilians, although the figure was placed higher by a number of his former paramilitary associates.
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calling for him to deliver a pizza to a derelict house. McKeag was held in prison soon after this attack for the Hughes trial and the mantle of top hitman in C Company temporarily passed to
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bolt embedded into the wall nearby, and it was initially assumed that he had been killed; however a post-mortem found that his death was caused by a lethal combination of painkillers and
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and married young to a woman named Alison. His active interest in Christianity would diminish as he became more involved in the UDA, whilst his marriage also broke up. Along with
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to the UDA and it has been claimed that McKeag was their main point of contact with the organisation. McKeag was also dating Tracey Coulter, daughter of the UDA's
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One of McKeag's earliest attacks occurred on 11 March 1990 when he shot and killed Eamon Quinn outside his Kashmir Road home in the Clonard district of the
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In June 1998 McKeag, a keen motorcyclist, suffered serious injuries when a motorbike he was riding collided with a car being driven by a member of the
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in the east of the city in front of around 1,000 mourners, including Adair, Smyth and UVF/RHC representatives, with floral tributes sent by
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Outside of his loyalist activities McKeag also had a reputation for having unusual hobbies. An animal lover, McKeag variously owned a
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and Jim Cusack, the UDA gave an annual "Volunteer of the Year" award to the organisation's top hitman. The award, presented on the
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cover name. This was followed on 7 September 1993 when McKeag and two other UDA members entered a hairdresser's shop on the upper
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until his then live-in girlfriend prevented him from doing so. He had an extensive collection of electronic gadgets and mixed
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being excluded from all-party talks. By this time McKeag was effectively in command of C Company whilst Adair was in prison.
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Stephanie and two sons both called Stephen. In the case of one child, McKeag even delivered it himself after his
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A celebrated figure within loyalism for his exploits, cracks began to show in 1999, notably at an event at the
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with which he festooned his house every December, including flashing lights and plastic reindeer on the roof.
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When Adair returned to the Shankill in the summer of 2000 he brought McKeag back to use him for the
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and other younger figures, McKeag helped to fill the power vacuum left in the UDA by the deaths of
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gangs that existed on the Shankill and which were co-opted into the UDA's youth wing
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McKeag was found dead by family members at his home at Florence Court off the
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As well as civilian Catholics, McKeag was also involved on attacks upon
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activist, was killed by McKeag at the home of Sinn Féin's councillor
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Fury at new Belfast mural of UDA mass murderer Stephen McKeag
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on Belfast's Carlisle Circus, a junction at the base of the
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As a youth, McKeag's first group affiliation was with the
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on 24 September 2000. His face was heavily bruised and a
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Mad Dog: The Rise and Fall of Johnny Adair and C Company
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A mural commemorating McKeag on Hopewell Crescent, off
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Lanark Way, known to McKeag as the "Yellow Brick Road"
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He was also known for the flashy 311:as an accident when it was claimed under the UDA's 1787: 1738:Ulster Loyalist Central Co-ordinating Committee 1006: 139:(1 April 1970 – 24 September 2000), nicknamed 992: 625: 623: 621: 619: 999: 985: 31: 1821:Drug-related deaths in the United Kingdom 937: 935: 552:UDA – Inside the Heart of Loyalist Terror 387:where McKeag was mobbed by fans from the 646: 644: 616: 609: 607: 605: 603: 593: 591: 589: 587: 547:, Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2004 491: 268: 1552:Paddy Wilson and Irene Andrews killings 472:, and had even attempted to purchase a 1788: 1451:North Antrim & Londonderry Brigade 932: 487: 980: 863:from the original on 24 October 2021. 641: 600: 584: 571: 381:Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes 851:"Strange death of loyalist assassin" 453:, later murdered in a UDA/UVF feud. 372:damage and for a time had to wear a 1588:Attack on James Murray's bookmakers 306:home of his father Bobby Lavery, a 294:On 1 May 1993 Alan Lundy, a former 13: 1806:Ulster Defence Association members 1688:Combined Loyalist Military Command 759:McDonald & Cusack, pp. 237–238 14: 1837: 831:McDonald & Cusack, p. 295-296 550:Henry McDonald & Jim Cusack, 1582:Sean Graham bookmakers' shooting 920:Lister & Jordan, pp. 121–122 873:Lister & Jordan, pp. 295–296 786:Lister & Jordan, pp. 155–156 739:. 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Index


Belfast
Ulster Defence Association
C-Company, West Belfast Brigade
The Troubles
loyalist
paramilitary
Ulster Defence Association
Irish republicans
Shankill Road
Belfast
neo-nazi
white power skinhead
Ulster Young Militants
born-again Christian
Johnny Adair
John McMichael
Jim Craig
Andy Tyrie
Tommy Lyttle
Henry McDonald
Shankill Road
republican
RUC
Falls Road
Springfield Road
Belfast City Council
Jim Sullivan
Workers' Party
The Troubles

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