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Harris Boyle (1953 – 31 July 1975) was an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier and a high-ranking member of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary organisation. Boyle was implicated in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings which left a total of 33 people dead.〔Jack Harper. (''The 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: the truth sold out for vested interests and dirty tricks'' ), irelandsown.net; accessed 2 April 2014.〕 Boyle took part in the attack at Buskhill, County Down when an armed UVF gang wearing British Army uniforms ambushed The Miami Showband at a bogus military checkpoint. The popular Irish cabaret band was driving home to Dublin after a performance in Banbridge. He was one of the two gunmen killed when the bomb they had loaded onto the band's minibus exploded prematurely.〔Peter Taylor (1999). ''Loyalists''. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. pp. 124, 147-49; ISBN 0-7475-4519-7〕 He is sometimes referred to as Horace Boyle.〔 ==Ulster Volunteer Force and UDR link== Boyle was born in Portadown, County Armagh, and grew up in the working-class Killycomain estate. He was raised as a Protestant〔(Cain: Sutton Index of Deaths - 1975 ), cain.ulster.ac.uk; accessed 2 April 2014.〕 and attended Edenderry Primary School. On an unknown date, Boyle joined both the Portadown company of the UDR (as a part-time member) and the Portadown unit of the UVF Mid-Ulster Brigade. He held the rank of major in the latter organisation, which at the time was commanded by Billy Hanna. Despite a vetting process, joint membership of the UDR and loyalist paramilitary organisations was common. Paramilitaries joined to obtain weapons, training and intelligence.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CAIN: Public Records: Subversion in the UDR )〕 Vetting procedures were carried out jointly by the military Intelligence Corps and the Royal Ulster Constabulary's Special Branch and if no intelligence was found to suggest unsuitability individuals were passed for recruitment and would remain as soldiers until the commanding officer was provided with intelligence enabling him to remove soldiers with paramilitary links or sympathies.〔 ''The Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre'' documentary about the Dublin and Monaghan bombings which was broadcast by Yorkshire Television in 1993 maintained that Boyle was second-in-command to Hanna.〔''The Barron Report'' (2003): Appendices, "The Hidden Hand: The Forgotten Massacre" transcript, p. 15; retrieved 16 January 2011.〕 The brigade formed part of what later became known as the Glenanne gang. This was a violent loyalist group which operated out of a farm owned by RUC reservist James Mitchell, and comprised rogue elements of Northern Ireland's security forces as well as the UVF and to a lesser extent, the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). This loose alliance carried out sectarian attacks and killings of Catholics, often, although not always, those seen as upwardly mobile, during the 1970s.〔("Collusion in the South Armagh/Mid Ulster Area in the mid-1970s" ), patfinucanecentre.org; accessed 2 April 2014.〕 Boyle was charged with the possession of weapons and ammunition in suspicious circumstances on 9 September 1972 when he was 19 years old.〔(''The Cassel Report'' (2006) ), p. 110.〕 He was implicated in the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974.〔''The Barron Report'' (2003)〕〔''Ireland's OWN History'': "The 1974 Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: the truth sold out for vested interests and dirty tricks", by Jack Harper〕 RUC Special Patrol Group officer John Weir named Billy Hanna, Robin Jackson and Davy Payne (UDA) as having planned and led one of the UVF teams that drove three bomb cars into Dublin's city centre during evening rush hour, killing 26 people. His allegations were published in 2003 in the ''Barron Report'' which was the findings of the official investigation into the bombings by Irish Supreme Court Justice Barron.〔 According to submissions received by Mr. Justice Barron, the Monaghan bomb (which exploded 90 minutes after the Dublin bombs), was assembled at Boyle's home in Festival Road in the Killycomain estate.〔"How Loyalists got the bombs to Dublin" by Donal O'Maolfabhail, Thepost.ie, 19 January 2003〕 ''Hidden Hand'' reported that Boyle (along with Jackson and Hanna) was run as an agent by Captain Robert Nairac, the Military Intelligence Liaison officer attached to 14th Intelligence Company.〔, pp. 136, 240.〕 The programme named Boyle as one of the prime suspects in the Dublin car bombings.〔, p. 134〕 Former British soldier and psychological warfare operative Colin Wallace confirmed that Boyle had "close social links" to Captain Nairac.〔, pp. 175-76〕 John Weir alleged that Boyle was part of the Glenanne gang who shot a PIRA volunteer (John Francis Green) dead near Castleblaney, County Monaghan on 10 January 1975.〔, p. 20〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harris Boyle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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