Claim: Paudge Behan was the son of the Chief of Staff of the IRA and was himself involved in the youth branch of the IRA Fianna Éireann.
Evidence: The son of IRA Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding and Beatrice ffrench-Salkeld, the widow of playwright Brendan Behan, Paudge Behan worked briefly as a journalist for a Dublin newspaper before turning to acting. As a teenager, Goulding was involved with the IRA youth wing Fianna Éireann.