Who was Jean McConville as Say Nothing released on Disney+
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?
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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 was shot dead in the back of her head and buried in a secret grave.
After years of searching, McConville's body was found on Shelling Hill beach in Co Louth, in the Republic of Ireland on August 27, 2003.
Why was Jean McConville killed?
It was often speculated Jean McConville was taken after being seen by neighbours helping an injured British soldier. The IRA claimed she was an informant, but this was denied by her family.
The allegation was also dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman.
Jean McConville became one of the Disappeared - people who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA during the Troubles.
Helen, and her husband, Seamus McKendry, had campaigned for many years demanding that the Provisional IRA admitted they killed the widow and share where her remains are.
After the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the IRA admitted in 1999 that it murdered nine of the Disappeared - including Jean McConville - and buried them at secret locations.
In 2003 and shortly after Jean McConville's body was discovered, IRA said it was sorry that the suffering of the families had continued for so long.
Jean's family said the IRA's apology meant nothing and had campaigned for the IRA to tell families of other victims where they were buried.
