-alan-
pfm Member
Just google captain Robert niarac
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nairac
The local version of events - take with whatever size of a pinch of salt you feel is appropriate given the vested interests/length of time since it all happened - was that Nairac did indeed endeavour to pass himself off as a local boy. If he did, his demise would have been entirely predictable. When it comes to the 'six degrees of separation' theory, Ireland as a whole probably has a maximum of two - and Northern Ireland perhaps even less Nobody trusts anybody until they know who they are and have reliable first hand knowledge of their provenance - preferably back to Grandparent level, and at least another half dozen brothers, sisters, cousins for good measure. Postive vetting, and then some. It's arguably still like that in many ways today - 20+ years down the line.
I definitely wouldn't have ventured into any of the pubs in the local towns he was in back in the day, even ones supposedly on 'my own side'. In Nairac's shoes, it would have been brave and foolhardy in equal measure.