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Aug 31, 2014 · Father Alec Reid kneels in a Belfast car park as he administers the last rites over the bloodied, near naked body of a British soldier. Two British Army corporals had just been tortured and...
Nov 23, 2013 · Corporal Howes and his colleague Derek Wood had been dragged from their car and shot dead by the IRA in a week of murderous mayhem after they drove into the path of a republican funeral, and...
Nov 22, 2013 · Fr Alec Reid, who was a key figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, acting as a go-between between the IRA and politicians, has died.
Nov 22, 2013 · Fr Reid, 82, acted as a clandestine go-between ferrying messages to and from republicans and the British and Irish governments in the earliest stages of the peace process in the 1980s.
Apr 3, 2023 · The Secret Peacemaker charts the fascinating story of Father Alec Reid’s ambitious plan to bring an end to violence in Northern Ireland. Produced by New Decade with support from Northern Ireland Screen, the documentary airs on RTÉ One on Easter Sunday (9th April) at 10:30pm and BBC One Northern Ireland on Monday 10 th April at 11pm .
In an intense and emotional interview, Fr Reid recalled seeing the soldiers being taken from their car and dragged to a sports ground.
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Gandhi Foundation International Peace Award. Ordination. 1957. Alexander Reid CSsR (5 August 1931 – 22 November 2013) was an Irish Catholic priest noted for his facilitator role in the Northern Ireland peace process, [1] a role BBC journalist Peter Taylor subsequently described as "absolutely critical" to its success.
