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In an intense and emotional interview, Fr Reid recalled seeing the soldiers being taken from their car and dragged to a sports ground.
- David Mckittrick
Nov 23, 2013 · The stomach-churning yet strangely inspirational picture of Fr Alec Reid's compassionate humanity will live long after the rest of the people who remember the heartless inhumanity of that...
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...
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- Peter Crutchley
Nov 22, 2023 · “Wednesday – November 22 – will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Father Alec Reid. It is a matter of wonderment that a decade has passed since he left us. Students of the Irish peace process will know that Alec was a central figure in our search for peace.
Mar 4, 2019 · Reid played right wing for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's (QMJHL) Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. But on and off the ice, Reid also battled epilepsy. And at 18 years old - he died from complications from the disease.
It will tell the inspiring story of a maverick Tipperary-raised Redemptorist priest, Father Alec Reid, whose vision and secret diplomacy helped bring an end to armed conflict in Northern Ireland.
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Nov 23, 2013 · In 1988, Fr Reid was pictured praying over the bodies of Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes who had been dragged from their car, beaten and shot by the IRA. The corporals had...
