{"id":404912,"date":"2026-03-26T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/404912\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:50:09","slug":"son-of-ira-murder-victim-jean-mcconville-passes-away-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/404912\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of IRA murder victim Jean McConville passes away \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A son of IRA murder victim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/jean-mcconvile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/jean-mcconvile\">Jean McConville<\/a> has passed away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">James Brown (Jim) McConville was one of the surviving children of Ms McConville &#8211; the Belfast mother of ten who was abducted and murdered by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/ira\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/tags\/ira\">IRA<\/a> in 1972.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Mr McConville, of Alexandra Park Avenue in north Belfast, passed away peacefully in hospital on Monday, March 23, surrounded by his family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is survived by his sons James, Nathan, Curtis and L.Jay according to a death notice.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/son-of-ira-murder-victim-jean-mcconville-passes-away-5FMPJ6BOV5A7LJI3CDJUEICUQM\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Son of IRA murder victim Jean McConville passes away\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TKTY5I4R3ZGATCMFVT5ZGZHDZ4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/northern-ireland\/i-dont-feel-safe-in-ni-mum-of-murdered-belfast-woman-says-something-seriously-wrong-with-generation-of-men-CB7JPC77HZFL7HD22KN3WIQBAE\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"&#x2018;I don&#x2019;t feel safe in NI&#x2019;: Mum of murdered Belfast woman says &#x2018;something seriously wrong&#x2019; with generation of men\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/K343YXIREFP4RMCQSWXS4XLFC4.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">His remains will be removed from his home on Saturday at 12.30pm to Holy Family Church, Newington Avenue, Belfast, for 1.00pm Requiem Mass.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jim is the sixth of Ms McConville\u2019s children to die and the fifth to pass away in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jim\u2019s brother Thomas \u2018Tucker\u2019 McConville died in 2024, his brother Archie in October 2021, his sister Agnes in November 2018, his brother Billy in July 2017 and his sister Ann died in 1992.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dr Sandra Peake, chief executive of the WAVE Trauma Centre, said: \u201cThe thoughts and prayers of everyone at WAVE are with the McConville family on the passing of Jim.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cJim is the sixth of Arthur and Jean McConville\u2019s children to die, five of them before they were 60 years old. The pain that has been inflicted on the McConville family is almost beyond comprehension.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A son of IRA murder victim Jean McConville has passed away. 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