Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne was born in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, and had a colourful career – soldier, sportsman, and founding member of the Special Air Service. What was Mayne’s action-packed life like? What was the legacy of the so-called ‘Irish Lion’?

Peter Forbes has been a secondary school teacher for over thirty years, and has worked extensively on Paddy Mayne’s life contributing to books by Damien Lewis, the Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author of SAS Brothers in Arms (2022) and SAS Forged in Hell (2023).

A talk hosted as part of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum's 2024 Talks Programme.

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