Sam Millar

[1][2] Millar joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) around the age of 15 after first seeing the events of Bloody Sunday and then, a few days after Bloody Sunday, learning a friend of his had been killed by the security forces, though it is not known whether this killing was committed by the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary), British Army or MRF (Military Reaction Force).

As a volunteer in the IRA, he was involved in the blanket protests of the mid 1970s, when special category status was removed for republican prisoners in Northern Ireland's jails and detention centres.

[3] In a 2022 video interview with Scottish Youtube personality James English, Millar claimed that during his incarceration in HMP Maze, he and other republican prisoners were subjected to extensive intimidation, interrogation and beatings.

Notable school classmates of Millar's included Joe Doherty, Maxie Maxwell, Hugh Connolly, and Tommy Denver.

In 2024, Millar teamed up with another former PIRA Volunteer, John Crawley (author of 'The Yank: My Secret Life in The IRA') and the pair visited Italy to promote their respective biographical novels.