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Search for Columba McVeigh remains continues in Bragan bog

Nov 21, 2025 15:28
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Search for Columba McVeigh remains continues in Bragan bog

The 50th anniversary of his murder and secret burial was marked earlier this month.

The search for the remain of Columba McVeigh is continuing several weeks on from the search began in a bog in Co Monaghan.

Columba was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975.

The 50th anniversary of his murder and secret burial was marked earlier this month. A search that began in the Bragan Bog in Co Monaghan in August is continuing, as investigators moved their focus to a new section of the bog in recent weeks.

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The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains confirmed to Northern Sound that the search is on-going at this time.

Anyone with information on any of the four outstanding ICLVR Disappeared cases —Joe Lynskey, Columba McVeigh, Robert Nairac and Seamus Maguire— should contact the ICLVR. All information is treated in the strictest confidence. The ICLVR can be contacted by telephone: +353 1 602 8655

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