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Unfortunately there were no documented thoughts on what people think about McDonagh using real-life deaths in his play that I could find. His wife, Diana, had already passed away in 1992, and if his children had a reaction to the use of his murder in the play, it is not published.

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The reference to Airey Neave in the play could mean one of two things: either McDonagh wants to make light of his murder by making Neave the butt of a joke by saying he died not because of his political power but because he has a funny name or because McDonagh wants to remind those who read/see the play that it is not just about some made up terrorist group and a crazy, cat-loving man but a play that has real-life significance and context connected to it. I believe that it is the second option. McDonagh give his play power by subtly critiquing the need for terrorist and political violence that is underlying the plot of TLoI.

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JOEY: I'd never joined the INLA in the first place if I'd known the battering of cats was to be on the agenda. The INLA has gone down in my estimation today. Same as when we blew up Airey Neave. You can't blow up a fella just because he has a funny name. It wasn't his fault.

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"A second IRSP spokesman, Willie Gallagher, said the INLA would not apologise for one of its most infamous attacks, the under-car bombing that killed Mr Neave as he left the House of Commons in 1979... a former INLA prisoner, said: 'Airey Neave was a casualty of war. We have no regrets whatever about that particular action.'"

"'We viewed Airey Neave as an enemy combatant and a casualty of war. Of course, we do sympathise with his family, like all families that have been bereaved on both sides.

'We do regret all deaths, but we believe that deaths such as Airey Neave were necessary in the conflict and our prosecution of the war'" (Daily Mail Reporter, "INLA Decommissions")

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He served in the British Army from 1935 to 1951 as Lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Artillery. He also served in WWII in the Battle of France.

Entered into office to be the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on February 18, 1975. Shadow Secretaries are members of the British Shadow Cabinet and are responsible for the scrutiny of the Secretary of  State for Northern Ireland as well as their department, the Northern Ireland Office.

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Born in Knightsbridge, London, England on January 23, 1916.

Died in Westminster, London, England on March 30, 1979 at the age of 63.

As of this Friday, it will be 39 years since he died.

Married to his wife Diana and had three children
1) Marigold Elizabeth Cassandra Neave
2) Richard Patrick Sheffield Neave
3)William Robert Sheffield Neave

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"The Irish National Liberation Army claimed they carried out the killing and said Mr Neave was targeted because he was engaged in '"rabid militarist calls for more repression against the Irish people'" (“BBC ON THIS DAY").

Neave held heavy anti-IRA political views. "Neave rejected devolution, power-sharing and political negotiation with Republicans and Nationalists; he believed that Republican paramilitaries could be targeted and wiped out using intelligence and military strategy" (Llewellyn and Thompson, "Airey Neave")

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"The inquest into Airey Neave's death was told the bomb was attached to the car by magnets and the timer started by a wrist watch. A tiltswitch was used to activate the bomb when the car started" (“BBC ON THIS DAY"). This was in front of the House of Commons, which is the lower house of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

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Full Name: Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave