Who was Bik McFarlane? The IRA figure linked to notorious kidnapping – The Irish Times
Brendan Bik McFarlane, who has died aged 74, was best known in republican circles as the officer commanding in the H-Blocks during the 1981 hunger strikes and for his role in the Maze prison escape of September 1983. Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald described him on Friday as a “great patriot who lived his … Read more