Rose Dugdale, an English heiress who became a member of the Provisional IRA and who took part in the Russborough House art theft, has died aged 83.
Nineteen paintings were stolen in 1974 by an IRA gang at a value of £8m. The haul included a Vermeer, a Goya, two Gainsboroughs and three Rubens.
Alfred Beit, the 71-year-old owner of the mansion, and one of his staff were struck with revolvers, before being tied up in the library, where they watched the gang cut rare paintings from their frames with a screwdriver.
Ms Dugdale was jailed for nine years over the art theft and the hijacking of a helicopter.
Ms Dugdale gave birth to a son while in prison and also married fellow republican Eddie Gallagher.
WATCH: Prisoners Rose Dugdale and Eddie Gallagher marry in Limerick Prison RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1978, https://t.co/15nn2cW1Rp, via @RTEArchives
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Ms Dugdale died peacefully in her sleep this morning at a nursing home in Dublin.
