IRA bomber Rose Dugdale has been remembered as a “rebel in search of a cause” following her death on Monday, aged 83.
The English heiress had grown up surrounded by wealth in a London townhouse, while also having a 600-acre estate in Devon, before becoming involved with the IRA in the aftermath of Bloody Sunday.
“They embarked on this incredibly reckless escapade to hijack a helicopter in Donegal and start dumping milk churns full of explosives to try and hit the Strabane RUC Barracks,” he said. “Dugdale and Gallagher were two mavericks who didn’t get sanctioned from anybody – they took it upon themselves.”Mr Collins said the pair gained notoriety for robbing paintings from Russborough House in Wicklow, in 1974.
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