Sixth dig to find Disappeared Columba McVeigh begins

An expert team searching for the Disappeared victims of the Troubles has begun a sixth dig for the remains of a teenager murdered by the IRA in November 1975.

Five previous searches covering a total of 21 acres, the most recent ending in September 2019, have been carried out in the area since 1999. Sixth search for body of Columba McVeigh, abducted, murdered + secretly buried by the IRA in 1975, is under way in Bragan Bog near Emyvale in Co Monaghan. His brother Oliver says the family hopes they will soon finally be able to bring him home @rtenews pic.twitter.com/6y6hVmckcR

He added:"We've always been content that Columba McVeigh was murdered and buried on Bragan Bog, and hopefully one of these days we can recover his remains and return them to the family.""In total, it's approximately two acres. The first part of it we're starting today is open bogland, but if we have to proceed beyond that, there are some trees to worry about, but we'll deal with that when we get there.

"We are working with a highly experienced team of contractors and archaeologists and we will do our utmost to bring this search to a successful conclusion for the McVeigh family. We all know how much it would mean to them." She said the families of the Disappeared"have had to endure a particular cruelty, facing not only the tragedy and injustice of losing a loved one to murder, but not knowing for decades where that loved one was buried."

Did they check Mary Lou's back garden?

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Let's hope they are successful and bring some closer for this family.

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