Tony Connelly: A Hidden History

RTE One

2:30 AM to 3:25 AM

Thursday 10 October

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Armed with a few fading photos and a handful of family stories, the journalist sets out to uncover the astonishing life of his grandfather. Michael Connelly was a constable in the highly controversial Royal Irish Constabulary during the War of Independence, and later a sergeant in Northern Ireland's newly formed - and mainly Protestant - police force