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The Kidnapping - A hostage, a desperate manhunt and a bloody rescue that shocked Ireland (Paperback)
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'Garda Sheehan and Private Kelly were killed in front of me . . . I
survived in some miraculous way' Don Tidey Accomplished journalists
Tommy Conlon (Sunday Independent) and Ronan McGreevy (Irish Times)
grew up in 1980s Leitrim in the shadow of the Tidey kidnapping.
They have previously written award-winning and bestselling works of
biography (Conlon) and history (McGreevy). This is their first book
together. November 1983. The IRA has turned to kidnapping to fund
its armed campaign in the north. The organisation has a supermarket
boss in its sights - Quinnsworth chief executive, Don Tidey. As
Tidey does the school run en route to his south Dublin office he
pulls up at a garda checkpoint. Within moments he is dragged from
his car, bundled into another car and driven away at speed. The
'gardaí' are terrorists in fake uniforms. The IRA has its latest
victim.It is the start of a massive manhunt and a 23-day ordeal for
Tidey. At the instant he is found, in an isolated Leitrim wood, his
captors kill a trainee garda and a young soldier. After a tense
stand-off with soldiers and gardaí and an exchange of fire, they
escape and are never caught. It is, and will remain, the deadliest
ever confrontation between the Irish security forces and the
IRA.The Kidnapping opens with the dramatic story of Don Tidey's
rescue. What follows is a riveting account of the lead-up to the
kidnapping, the search for Tidey and the fall-out after his
release. No one emerges unscathed - not the rural community where
the IRA gang holds its captive, not the gardaí, not the state. And
especially not the man at the heart of the drama nor the families
bereaved when he is rescued.The Kidnapping is a powerful, intimate
and brilliantly reported account of an iconic episode in recent
Irish history. At its heart are a number of extraordinary
interviews with Don Tidey, who speaks in detail about his abduction
and its aftermath for the first time. Equally startling and moving
are interviews with the families of Patrick Kelly and Gary Sheehan,
who reveal the devastating impact of the two men's violent deaths
and the ongoing challenges of coming to terms with their
loss.Finally, The Kidnapping raises searching questions about the
shadow cast by these events over modern Irish politics, and the
Troubles' complicated legacy for today's Ireland.
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Imprint: |
Sandycove
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Tommy Conlon
• Ronan McGreevy
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Dimensions: |
234 x 154 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84488-663-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-84488-663-8 |
Barcode: |
9781844886630 |
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