Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alan McCullough (July 1981 – 28 May 2003) was a leading Northern Irish loyalist and a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). He served as the organisation's military commander for the West Belfast Brigade's notorious C Company which was then headed by Johnny Adair.McCullough was suspected of having organised the killing of South East Antrim brigadier John Gregg in February 2003. Gregg was a rival of Adair's but enjoyed much popularity in the loyalist community on account of his attempted assassination of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams in 1984. The killing provoked outrage amongst the other UDA leaders and as a result Adair and his associates including McCullough were forced to leave Northern Ireland. McCullough returned to Belfast in April 2003 but a month later he disappeared from his home in the company of two men. On 5 June his body was found in a shallow grave in Mallusk. The UDA claimed responsibility for the killing using their cover name Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).. }
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- Alan_McCullough_(loyalist) abstract "Alan McCullough (July 1981 – 28 May 2003) was a leading Northern Irish loyalist and a member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). He served as the organisation's military commander for the West Belfast Brigade's notorious C Company which was then headed by Johnny Adair.McCullough was suspected of having organised the killing of South East Antrim brigadier John Gregg in February 2003. Gregg was a rival of Adair's but enjoyed much popularity in the loyalist community on account of his attempted assassination of Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams in 1984. The killing provoked outrage amongst the other UDA leaders and as a result Adair and his associates including McCullough were forced to leave Northern Ireland. McCullough returned to Belfast in April 2003 but a month later he disappeared from his home in the company of two men. On 5 June his body was found in a shallow grave in Mallusk. The UDA claimed responsibility for the killing using their cover name Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF).".