Billy Wright (loyalist) (English Wikipedia)

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"Funeral for LVF leader Wright's father". UTV News. 2 October 2011 Archived 18 April 2013 at archive.today Retrieved 3 October 2011

bbc.co.uk

news.bbc.co.uk

"Loyalist killer gets 24 years". 9 April 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
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Mandy McAuley, 'Notorious loyalist was 'a state agent' - claims'. BBC News, 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024
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bbc.com

"Who was Billy Wright?". BBC News. 14 September 2010.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Billy Wright: the loyalist assassin too violent for his comrades "Billy Wright: the loyalist assassin too violent for his comrades". Belfast Telegraph. David McKittrick. 15 September 2010]. Retrieved 10 September 2011
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billywrightinquiry.org

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Moloney, Ed (31 March 2010). Voices from the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland. Faber & Faber. ISBN 9780571253203.
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crossexaminer.co.uk

Ireland Revisited Week 21. The Examiner. Paul Malone. 8 February 2011. Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 October 2011

cryptome.org

"More Police Files on Billy Wright Murder". cryptome.org.

dib.ie

Maume, Patrick. "Wright, William ('Billy')". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

fadooda.com

"Death of a Journalist". Cic Saor. 20 December 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2011

highbeam.com

Moriarty, Gerry (20 July 1996). "'King Rat' justifies atrocities as part of the war Hardline loyalist Billy Wright reckons he has spent a year under RUC interrogation. Gerry Moriarty profiles the man feared by Catholics and a hero to some working-class loyalists". Dublin, Ireland: The Irish Times via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
Vrazo, Fawn (17 September 1996). "Billy Wright, The King Rat, is a Protestant paramilitary member with a death declaration on his head. (Originated from Ridder-Knight Newspaper)". Farmington Hills, Michigan: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
MacKay, Neil (16 June 2002). "Killer of Rosemary Nelson named; Loyalist Mark Fulton is revealed as mastermind behind IRA lawyer's murder after he commits suicide". Glasgow, Scotland: The Sunday Herald via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2012.

independent.co.uk

McKittrick, David (15 September 2010). "'King Rat': the assassin too violent for his loyalist comrades". The Independent. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
"Anger and forgiveness as province buries its dead". The Independent. Steve Boggan. 31 December 1997. Retrieved 19 September 2011

independent.ie

"Henchmen's swaggering show of force shuts town". Irish Independent. 31 December 1997
Dowling, Kevin (4 June 1998). "Day of 'The Jackal' has finally drawn to a close". Irish Independent. Dublin. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

irish-association.org

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"Religion and Violence: the Case of Paisley and Ulster Evangelicals". The Irish Association – Paper presented by Steve Bruce. UK: University of Aberdeen. 11 October 2003 Retrieved 25 June 2012

irsm.org

The Starry Plough – March/April 1999 Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Page 10-11.

nationalarchives.gov.uk

webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk

"The Billy Wright Inquiry: transcript of the 28 January 2008 hearing". Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
Report of the Billy Wright Inquiry Chapter 15: Intelligence (Billy Wright and the Irish National Liberation Army): The Decision Taken by the INLA to Murder Billy Wright. p.373 Retrieved 6 September 2011
"The Billy Wright Inquiry: The Day of the Murder. p.332". Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
"The Billy Wright Inquiry: transcript of the 13 December 2005 hearing". Archived from the original on 10 December 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

"Bestie replaces Wright on mural".^{[permanent dead link]}

nuzhound.com

"No justice for mobile shop murder families after evidence is destroyed". Sunday World. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2018.

politico.ie

"Billy Wright: Dying by the sword". Politico. Emer Woodful. 1 February 1998. Retrieved 4 September 2011

questia.com

Kelly, Gary (20 October 1998). "'Wright tried to fight off attackers in prison van'. Court hears how loyalist leader died in a hail of bullets". Belfast: The News Letter.^{[dead link]}

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Provos in crisis talks to try to restrain hardliners Archived 1 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Irish News, 29 December 1997

thefreelibrary.com

"The Cult of King Rat". Sunday Mirror. Ted Oliver. 18 October 1998.

theguardian.com

McKay, Susan (17 November 2001). "Death of a reporter". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
Hopkins, Nick (8 December 2001). "Failures leave special branch's future in doubt". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
Cowan, Rosie (27 December 2000). "Ceaseless quest of King Rat's father". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
McKay, Susan (17 November 2001). "Faith, hate and murder". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
"Billy Wright assassin: Maze security was 'a joke'". The Guardian. 13 September 2010.
"Murder in the Maze". The Observer. 3 December 2000. Retrieved 23 September 2011

u.tv

"Wright retaliations were 'necessary evil'". UTV News. 14 September 2010 Archived 18 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 October 2011
"Funeral for LVF leader Wright's father". UTV News. 2 October 2011 Archived 18 April 2013 at archive.today Retrieved 3 October 2011

ulst.ac.uk

cain.ulst.ac.uk

The Billy Wright Inquiry – Report, chaired by The Right Honourable Lord MacLean. 14 September 2010. pp.56–57. Retrieved 6 September 2011
McKay, Susan. (2000). Northern Protestants: an unsettled people. Retrieved 29 September 2011
"Cory Collusion Inquiry Report: Billy Wright. p.61" (PDF).
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ulster.ac.uk

cain.ulster.ac.uk

"CAIN: Sutton Index of Deaths". cain.ulster.ac.uk.
"The Billy Wright Inquiry - Report" (PDF). Conflict Archive on the Internet. The Stationery Office. 2010. pp. 55–56.
"The Billy Wright Inquiry - Report" (PDF). Conflict Archive on the Internet. The Stationery Office. 2010. p. 50.
"The Billy Wright Inquiry - Report" (PDF). Conflict Archive on the Internet. The Stationery Office. 2010. p. 59.
"The Billy Wright Inquiry - Report" (PDF). Conflict Archive on the Internet. The Stationery Office. 2010. p. 57.
"The Billy Wright Inquiry: Billy Wright's Influence From Prison. p.40" (PDF).

web.archive.org

"The State sanctioned the murder of my son". Sunday Herald. Chris Anderson. 5 September 1999. Retrieved 5 September 2011, via HighBeam.com
"The Irish Association – Steve Bruce". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
Steve Bruce. "Religion and violence: The case of Paisley and Ulster evangelicals". The Irish Association for cultural, economic and social relations. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
"No justice for mobile shop murder families after evidence is destroyed". Sunday World. 22 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Moriarty, Gerry (20 July 1996). "'King Rat' justifies atrocities as part of the war Hardline loyalist Billy Wright reckons he has spent a year under RUC interrogation. Gerry Moriarty profiles the man feared by Catholics and a hero to some working-class loyalists". Dublin, Ireland: The Irish Times via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
Vrazo, Fawn (17 September 1996). "Billy Wright, The King Rat, is a Protestant paramilitary member with a death declaration on his head. (Originated from Ridder-Knight Newspaper)". Farmington Hills, Michigan: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
The Starry Plough – March/April 1999 Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Page 10-11.
"Wright retaliations were 'necessary evil'". UTV News. 14 September 2010 Archived 18 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 1 October 2011
Ireland Revisited Week 21. The Examiner. Paul Malone. 8 February 2011. Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2 October 2011
The Billy Wright Inquiry: The August Riot and the Loyalist Volunteer Force's Return to H-Block 6: Background. p.286
Provos in crisis talks to try to restrain hardliners Archived 1 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine Irish News, 29 December 1997
"Billy Wright Inquiry". Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
MacKay, Neil (16 June 2002). "Killer of Rosemary Nelson named; Loyalist Mark Fulton is revealed as mastermind behind IRA lawyer's murder after he commits suicide". Glasgow, Scotland: The Sunday Herald via HighBeam Research. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2012.

worldcat.org

Hopkins, Nick (8 December 2001). "Failures leave special branch's future in doubt". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 December 2017.