TROUBLES-ERA PARA & SAS man tells his story | Belfast RIOTS, South Armagh & more | Harry McCallion
Harry McCallion is an ex-paratrooper and SAS solider who served in the north during some of the troubles’ most violent years. Harry tells us about the brutal training regime they underwent before deployment, his thoughts on the mistakes that the British army made, his views on the “Ballymurphy Massacre”, his emotional state while policing violent riots and the effects that the job had on his mental health at the time.
Harry shares his insights on the uniques challenges of taking on a “guerrilla” army, rural vs urban warfare, his own personal relationship with violence/killing and much more..
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Joining the British Army (Paras) & becoming brutalized
12:45 Pre-deployment, does Harry consider N.I people to be British & do Irish people “live in the past” too much?
25:50 DEPLOYMENT TO NORTHERN IRELAND - Internment roundup
28:55 Thoughts on BALLYMURPHY MASSACRE & 2021 Inquiry
39:35 RIOTS - “absolutely terrifying”
APPEAL
51:15 Harry’s relationship with KILLING & violence
57:35 Does Harry know how many people he has killed?
58:40 Fist-fight w/ an INLA member
59:55 Joining the SAS
1:05:00 Loyalist dual membership of UDR & UVF/UDA
1:07:30 Were UVF/UDA as competent as the PIRA ?
1:12:50 SOUTH ARMAGH & TYRONE IRA
1:19:00 Gerry Adams story
1:23:00 Fighting against guerrilla soldiers
1:29:00 Protecting intel sources within the IRA
1:33:55 GUERRILLA OR TERRORIST ??
1:49:20 Rural or urban soldiering.. which was more difficult ?
1:52:00 The MRF
1:58:35 Harry’s latest book
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