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Patrick Joseph Magee (born 1951) is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer, best known for planting a bomb in the Brighton Grand Hotel targeting Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet, which killed five people.
Mar 21, 2021 · As a member of the Irish Republican Army, I planted a time bomb at the Tory Party conference in 1984 and tried to kill Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Here’s what led me to that point — and why I believe in the peace process today.
Aug 13, 2023 · The writer is Patrick Magee, a former IRA volunteer, political prisoner and life-long Irish Republican. The centrepiece of the memoir is the Brighton Bomb, arguably one of the IRA’s most audacious and memorable operations.
Dec 18, 2022 · Their target was 34-year-old Patrick Magee, then the prime suspect for the Grand Hotel bombing in Brighton which had almost claimed the life of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher the previous year.
- Norman Silvester
Sep 29, 2021 · Patrick joined the provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) at the age of 19. He spent 14 years in prison for his role in the Brighton bombing and was released in 1999 as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
Dr. Patrick Magee. I was released from prison in 1999, having served 14 years under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. Whilst in prison I completed a PhD examining the representation of Irish Republicans in ‘Troubles’ fiction .
Apr 3, 2023 · It took more detective work to determine that Walsh’s real name was Patrick Magee, and still more—including a tense pursuit through Glasgow, vividly described by Carroll—to track him down.
