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    John Adair (born 27 October 1963),[citation needed] better known as Johnny Adair or Mad Dog Adair, is a Northern Irish loyalist and the former leader of...
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  • the apex of its notoriety during the 1990s when Johnny Adair emerged as its leading figure. Under Adair's direction the West Belfast Brigade in general...
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    outspoken critic of former Ulster Freedom Fighters' notorious brigadier, Johnny Adair. He joined the UDA in 1972 about a year after it was formed in Belfast...
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  • between the UVF and West Belfast brigadier Johnny Adair. Nonetheless he was not keen to antagonise Adair and so, along with McFarland, McDonald and Jimbo...
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    have a commonly used nickname. Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair—West Belfast (1990–2002) An active figure in the UDA/UFF, Adair rose to notoriety in the early 1990s...
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  • financier of JA Ranch in the Texas Panhandle Johnny Adair (born 1963), Northern Irish paramilitary leader John Adair (author) (born 1934), UK consultant and...
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  • Johnny Adair during Adair's time as leader of the UDA West Belfast Brigade and remained one of the last of the "C Company" members to support Adair....
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  • singer Johnny Adair (born 1963), loyalist paramilitary leader in Northern Ireland John Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist Johnny Anfone (born...
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  • the Shankill Road which in the early 1990s came under the command of Johnny Adair who was made West Belfast brigadier. On 10 August 1992, the UDA was proscribed...
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  • McCrory formed a racist skinhead gang along with future UDA Brigadiers Johnny Adair and "Fat" Jackie Thompson. He was knee-capped by the UDA for assaulting...
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  • Democratic Party (UDP). Always a close ally of Johnny Adair, White was run out of Northern Ireland when Adair fell from grace and is no longer involved in...
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  • The UDA's West Belfast brigade, and its commander Johnny Adair, played a key role in this. Adair had become the group's commander in 1990.[citation needed]...
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  • number of years a close ally of Johnny Adair. Frequently serving as head of the West Belfast Brigade during Adair's spells in prison, Dodds later split...
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  • was a leading figure in Johnny Adair's C Company, one of the most active sections of the UDA, before later falling out with Adair and serving as West Belfast...
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  • musician at the Noon Show on WSM-TV and on The Johnny Cash Show from 1969 to 1971. On the Cash show, Adair accompanied performers such as Dinah Shore, Peggy...
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  • Shoukris, like many of their contemporaries, looked instead towards Johnny Adair, head of the neighbouring UDA West Belfast Brigade, as a real leader...
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  • John Ronald Shafto Adair (1893–1960), Australian businessman and aviator Johnny Adair (born 1963), Ex-Loyalist Paramilitary Joseph Adair (1877–1960), Canadian...
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  • appointing Johnny Adair to the role of military commander. By late 1991 Spence had begun to resent the power and influence enjoyed by Adair and he feared...
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    more involved in the UDA, whilst his marriage also broke up. Along with Johnny Adair and other younger figures, McKeag helped to fill the power vacuum left...
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    described as being a close ally of UDA brigadier and leading loyalist Johnny Adair. He resided in St Mary's Court, a side street between the Shankill Road...
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  • Brigadier Johnny Adair, who had grown weary of the Northern Ireland peace process and the Good Friday Agreement, and the UVF leadership. Adair by this time...
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    UDA, including Johnny Adair and John Gregg, whilst Jim Gray, Billy "Twister" McQuiston and Michael Stone were Tartan Gang members. Adair and a number of...
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  • women's unit. Along with contemporaries such as his brother Herbie, Johnny Adair, Sam McCrory, "Fat" Jackie Thompson and Donald Hodgen, Millar was part...
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  • Alternative Ulster – Featuring interviews with Christy Dunne, "Mad Dog" Johnny Adair, Sam "Skelly" McCrory, Joe Doherty, Billy "Buffalo" Clare, Wayne Hart...
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  • school as future leader Johnny Adair, Somerdale Secondary School on Somerdale Park (Barrett was, however, a few years above Adair). Barrett joined the UDA...
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  • 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...
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  • ordered the attack, although suspicion also fell on West Belfast brigadier Johnny Adair who, even at this stage, was seeking to extend his influence beyond his...
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  • terms with West Belfast commander Johnny Adair, and in July 1992 he provided a bolt-hole in Taughmonagh from which Adair and his men were to launch an attack...
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  • brigadier Johnny Adair, were having a meeting. The IRA's Intelligence was faulty and the meeting had been cancelled; instead of wiping out Adair and his...
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  • Wright, Fulton had always been on good personal terms with UDA chief Johnny Adair as the two had socialized together on and off since the early 1990s....
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