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3 unusual facts about Tomás Ó Dubhghaill


Tomás Ó Dubhghaill

He died in St Luke's Hospital on 12 March 1962 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

Having devised the plan, in December 1939 he participated in the IRA's Dublin Brigade raid of the Irish Army magazine fort in the Phoenix Park, devised the IRA raid of the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park, when the entire stock of the Irish Army's ammunition was seized, a quantity of just over one million rounds, and removed in a dozen lorries.

Born in Drimnagh, Dublin, Doyle was educated at St James' Christian Brothers School in James' Street, Dublin.



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