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This photograph, said to date from the day
after Seamus Ludlow's body was discovered in May 1976, shows
members of the Gardai investigation team in the lane at the
scene of the crime. Just what they were looking for remains a
mystery.
Second from right, in plain
clothes, is the now retired Dublin-based Garda murder
squad detective John Courtney. Mr. Courtney is reported
to have received a file, identifying at least three Loyalist
suspects for Seamus Ludlow's murder from the RUC in Belfast in
1979. The existence of this file was never made known to the
Ludlow family, who were still being told that there were no
other suspects. No action of any kind was taken against the
suspects by either the Gardai or the RUC until their arrest in
1998. | |
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Pictured here is the Lisdoo Arms public house on the
N1 road just north of Dundalk, the last place where Seamus
Ludlow was seen drinking on the night of 1 May 1976. There are
reports that in the days after his murder, the Gardai were
given information from a member of the public which identified
a British soldier who was inside this bar at around the same
time. They were also given the registration number of a car
with three men inside that was parked nearby. This information
was published by the late Michael Cunningham, in his book
Monaghan County of Intrigue in
1979. | |
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Right: In this
photograph, taken at Ravensdale's Catholic cemetery, north of
Dundalk, in County Louth, Kevin Ludlow, (left), the
only living brother of Seamus, stands with his nephew
Jimmy Sharkey at the grave of Seamus Ludlow. |
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Left: In this
newspaper photograph, Seamus Ludlow, dressed as Santa
Claus, poses with his sister-in-law Kitty Ludlow (now
deceased) and two of her sons Peadar and Brendan. Seamus
often played the role of Santa Claus around Dundalk at
Christmas time. One newspaper at the time of his murder
headlined its story with "Who killed Santa
Claus?" | |
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The following photographs
of the late Seamus Ludlow's mother, a brother and a step brother who
are now deceased. They lived with the pain of his loss but they did
not see compassion from the authorities. They all died without
justice, and without hearing of the true extent of the cover-up that
protected Seamus Ludlow's Loyalist killers.
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Annie Ludlow R.I.P., died January 1978,
mother of Seamus Ludlow. Mrs. Ludlow was elderly and ill when
her son was murdered. She died without ever being told the
truth of her son's death. To spare her even greater
heartbreak, she was instead told that he was killed in a
traffic accident. She was predeceased by her husband James in
1967. |
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Paddy
Ludlow R.I.P., Seamus Ludlow's brother, who died on 8th.
November 1991, aged 66 years. Paddy lived at Marian Park,
Dundalk. He was predeceased by his wife Kitty, on 22 January
1981. Paddy was one of the first witnesses to arrive at the
scene of his brother's murder on the afternoon of 2 May 1976.
Accompanied by his brother Kevin, who still leads the Ludlow
family's campaign for a public inquiry and justice, Paddy went
out searching for his brother that Sunday morning. Neither he
nor his brother were present at the inquest on 19 August 1976.
Their absence was due to the family's exclusion from the
proceedings. |
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Barney Larkin, R.I.P., Seamus
Ludlow's step brother, who died on 3rd. September 1994, aged
72 years. Barney, who lived at Bachelors Walk, Dundalk, passed
away only a few weeks after his wife Margaret ("Peggy"), who
died on 27th. July of that
year.
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