Doubt he would be particularly linked with any 'faction'. He was a bit of a head case by all accounts, but also had the balls to take on the Brits in armed conflict. Along with another volunteer he did time for shooting up the barracks in Andytown, not long after the Provo ceasefire.

Heard from people active in Republican circles that he was a bit of a nutter though, and had been warned numerous times to leave Belfast - to the extent that no-one was surprised in the slightest to find him shot dead.