Say Nothing has been released on Disney+ and covers the Troubles over a four-decade period. Say Nothing is based on the New York Times best selling book of the same name by Patrick Radden Keefe and is billed as "a gripping story of murder and memory in Northern Ireland during the Troubles". The new drama starts with the disappearance of Jean McConville, a single mother of ten from Belfast who was abducted from her home in 1972.
The widow was murdered by the IRA, with her body finally discovered on Louth beach in 2003 after an extensive search. Say Nothing explores the stories of various Irish Republican Army (IRA) members and explores the lengths some individuals will go to uphold their beliefs in a divided nation. But who was Jean McConville and why was she killed? Who was Jean McConville? Jean McConville was a mother-of-ten originally from east Belfast who converted to Catholicism after marrying former British soldier Arthur McConville.
Jean and her family moved from east Belfast over tensions in the community in 1971 and set up home in west Belfast. Her husband Arthur McConville died from cancer in January 1972. In November 1972, the 38-year-old was abducted from a bingo hall, taken to a house and beaten by an IRA member who accused her of being an informer.
In December 1971, Jean McConville was dragged away from her home by the IRA and her children never saw their mother again. She was bundled into a vehicle driven by Dolours Price and taken across the border where she wa.