Monastrevin siege 1970s.

bobbyss

Was reading a piece about this recently. Whatever became of Gallagher, Marion Coyle and Rose Dugdale too?
Is that house in monastrevin still there and lived in I wonder?

Del.Monte

bobbyss wrote: »

Was reading a piece about this recently. Whatever became of Gallagher, Marion Coyle and Rose Dugdale too?
Is that house in monastrevin still there and lived in I wonder?

Gallagher and Dugdale were married in prison and had one child. Coyle was released from prison in 1985 and Gallagher in 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Coyle . As for the house, it was in a terrace so I imagine it's still there and lived in.

Del.Monte

There was a moving statue in a nearby grotto a few years later - the only two things to have ever happened in the town AFAIK.

Raheem Euro

Unfortunately, Monasterevin is still there.

beertons

Same in the 90's.

Thankfully, it's bypassed now.

pablo128

Rose Gallagher was my English teacher in secondary School in the late 80s/early 90s. A lovely woman and was very open about her past.

tabby aspreme

Del.Monte wrote: »

There was a moving statue in a nearby grotto a few years later - the only two things to have ever happened in the town AFAIK.

Hold on there now, wasn't there a lad almost lynched there last year when a Facebook mob thought he was a paedophile. Monsterevin is a happening place

Del.Monte

I was up and down on the train a couple of times during the siege and you could get a fine view of the army positions - all the vehicles were drawn up adjacent to the railway.

bobbyss

I had googled them but didn't find anything about what they're up to nowadays. Herema himself is 97 I think. They all keep very quiet.

Del.Monte

Here's an Irish Times piece about the siege.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/tiede-herrema-the-kidnappers-were-nervous-so-was-i-1.2403610

bobbyss

pablo128 wrote:

Rose Gallagher was my English teacher in secondary School in the late 80s/early 90s. A lovely woman and was very open about her past.

Am surprised at that. Former IRA member, bomber and art heister. How is that even possible?

elperello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czlVSwwuLJc

More about Rose Dugdale.

Del.Monte

Del.Monte wrote: »

Here's an Irish Times piece about the siege.

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/tiede-herrema-the-kidnappers-were-nervous-so-was-i-1.2403610

Dutch resistance in ww2, then kidnapped here.

Mr Herrema is as hard as diamonds!

corner of hells

bobbyss wrote: »

Am surprised at that. Former IRA member, bomber and art heister. How is that even possible?

Sure wasn't Martin McGuiness Minister for education.

sligojoek

bobbyss wrote: »

I had googled them but didn't find anything about what they're up to nowadays. Herema himself is 97 I think. They all keep very quiet.

I think he was on hte radio with Darcy or Tubbs last year.

Could be on the RTE archives.

dense

Google maps will show you how the estate looks today...

10000maniacs

I remember that too as a child. It was the first wall to wall coverage of an event RTE ever did. It replaced children's tv programmes on RTE Television for days.

bobbyss

dense wrote:

Google maps will show you how the estate looks today...

I tried to locate the actual house in the estate on maps but ended up in some alleyway. The number also may have changed or not on the door in any event.

Sir Oxman

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0427/1135121-tiede-herrema/

99 years old, RIP.

washman3

R.I.P to Mr. Herrema.
Came across as a true gentleman.
Never showed an ounce of resentment towards this country after his ordeal.
Forgave his captors, a true measure of the man.

anewme

washman3 wrote: »

R.I.P to Mr. Herrema.
Came across as a true gentleman.
Never showed an ounce of resentment towards this country after his ordeal.
Forgave his captors, a true measure of the man.

That's so very sad. His wife only passed away about 10 days ago.

Both himself and his wife visited Ireland many times since and had an apartment in Dublin, I believe.

RIP, very brave couple with true strength of character.

Very strong couple.

un5byh7sqpd2x0

bobbyss wrote: »

I tried to locate the actual house in the estate on maps but ended up in some alleyway. The number also may have changed or not on the door in any event.

It's the one here with the blue transit out front.

https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.1446156,-7.0593504,3a,60y,104.79h,81.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skpN9sndmSO1w4jGbHXrHYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Above picture was taken from about here - https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.1452437,-7.0590965,3a,75y,158.06h,75.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seutEzUgXyCqVPhHHKMNtBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 - houses on the right didn't exist then.

Harry Palmr

Two people who were far bigger than those who held them.

suicide_circus

lovely town

washman3

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Two people who were far bigger than those who held them.

He was kidnapped, his wife was not.