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Martin Cahill

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Martin "The General" Cahill (23 May 1949 – 18 August 1994) was a prominent Irish criminal from Dublin. [1]

63 relations: Ben Briscoe, Billy Wright (loyalist), Blackrock, Dublin, Brendan Gleeson, Cannes Film Festival, Catholic Church, Churchyard, College Green, Congregation of Christian Brothers, County Offaly, Criminal Assets Bureau, Crumlin, Dublin, Daingean, Danske Bank (Ireland), Dáil Éireann, Deliverance, Delta Force 3: The Killing Game, Desmond O'Malley, Dictionary of Irish Biography, Dublin, Dublin Corporation, Extortion, Fence (criminal), Forensic science, Garda National Surveillance Unit, Garda Síochána, Harold's Cross, Industrial school, Irish people, James O'Donovan, John Boorman, John Gilligan (criminal), John Traynor (criminal), Kevin Spacey, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Lucchese crime family, Martin Doherty (Irish republican), Mercedes-Benz, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium, Mountjoy Prison, Music recording certification, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Paul Williams (media personality), Portadown, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Ranelagh, Rathmines, Requiem, Royal Navy, ..., Russborough House, Sinn Féin, Sobriquet, Sunday World, Tabloid (newspaper format), The General (1998 film), The Irish Times, Today Tonight (Ireland), Ulster loyalism, Ulster Volunteer Force, Veronica Guerin, Veronica Guerin (film), .357 Magnum. Expand index (13 more) »

Ben Briscoe

Ben Briscoe (born 11 March 1934) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician.

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Billy Wright (loyalist)

William Stephen "Billy" Wright (7 July 1960 – 27 December 1997) was a prominent Ulster loyalist paramilitary leader during the ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

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Blackrock, Dublin

Blackrock is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, northwest of Dún Laoghaire.

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Brendan Gleeson

Brendan Gleeson (born March 29, 1955) is an Irish actor and film director.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Festival (Festival de Cannes), named until 2002 as the International Film Festival (Festival international du film) and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Churchyard

A churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself.

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College Green

College Green is a three-sided plaza in the centre of Dublin, Ireland.

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Congregation of Christian Brothers

The Congregation of Christian Brothers (officially, in Latin: Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; members of the order use the post-nominal "CFC") is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice (later beatified).

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County Offaly

County Offaly (Contae Uíbh Fhailí) is a county in Ireland.

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Criminal Assets Bureau

The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) (An Biúró um Shócmhainní Coiriúla) is a law enforcement agency in Ireland.

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Crumlin, Dublin

Crumlin is a Southside suburb of Dublin, Ireland.

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Daingean

Daingean (or Daingean Ua bhFáilghe), formerly Philipstown, is a small town in east County Offaly, Ireland.

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Danske Bank (Ireland)

Danske Bank, formerly known as the National Irish Bank, is a bank operating in the Republic of Ireland.

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Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann (lit. Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann (the upper house).

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Deliverance

Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts.

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Delta Force 3: The Killing Game

Delta Force 3: The Killing Game, also known as Young Commandos and Delta Force 3, is a 1991 Cannon Film.

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Desmond O'Malley

Desmond Joseph O'Malley (born 2 February 1939) is an Irish former politician.

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Dictionary of Irish Biography

The Dictionary of Irish Biography is a biographical dictionary of notable Irish people and people not born in the country who had notable careers in Ireland, both north and south.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin Corporation

Dublin Corporation, known by generations of Dubliners simply as The Corpo, is the former name given to the city government and its administrative organisation in Dublin between 1661 and 1 January 2002.

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Extortion

Extortion (also called shakedown, outwrestling and exaction) is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from an individual or institution, through coercion.

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Fence (criminal)

A fence, also known as a receiver, mover, moving man, or thiefspawn, is an individual who knowingly buys stolen goods in order to later resell them for profit.

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Forensic science

Forensic science is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal procedure.

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Garda National Surveillance Unit

The National Surveillance Unit (NSU) (Aonad Faireacháin Náisiúinta) is the principal clandestine intelligence gathering and surveillance operations unit of the Garda Síochána, the national police force of Ireland.

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Garda Síochána

An Garda Síochána (meaning "the Guardian of the Peace"), more commonly referred to as the Gardaí ("Guardians") or "the Guards", is the police force of the Republic of Ireland.

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Harold's Cross

Harold's Cross is an urban village and inner suburb on the south side of Dublin, Ireland.

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Industrial school

In England, the 1857 Industrial Schools Act was intended to solve problems of juvenile vagrancy, by removing poor and neglected children from their home environment to a boarding school.

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Irish people

The Irish people (Muintir na hÉireann or Na hÉireannaigh) are a nation and ethnic group native to the island of Ireland, who share a common Irish ancestry, identity and culture.

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James O'Donovan

Dr James O'Donovan was, until his retirement in 2002, the senior forensic scientist to the Garda Technical Bureau of the Garda Síochána (Irish police).

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John Boorman

John Boorman, CBE (born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker who is best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama and Queen and Country.

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John Gilligan (criminal)

John Gilligan (born 29 March 1952) is a convicted Irish criminal.

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John Traynor (criminal)

John "The Coach" Traynor (born 1948) is an Irish criminal, who was one of the contacts in the criminal world for murdered Irish journalist Veronica Guerin.

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Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor, producer and singer.

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Lord Mayor of Dublin

The Lord Mayor of Dublin (Ardmhéara Bhaile Átha Cliath) is the honorific title of the chairman (Cathaoirleach) of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland.

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Lucchese crime family

The Lucchese crime family (pronounced) is one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).

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Martin Doherty (Irish republican)

Martin "Doco" Doherty (11 July 1958 – 21 May 1994) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), who was shot dead while attempting to prevent a bombing by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) at a pub in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

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Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz is a global automobile marque and a division of the German company Daimler AG.

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Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church.

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Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium

Mount Jerome Cemetery & Crematorium (Reilig Chnoc Ieróim) is situated in Harold's Cross on the south side of Dublin, Ireland.

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Mountjoy Prison

Mountjoy Prison (Príosún Mhuinseo), founded as Mountjoy Gaol and nicknamed The Joy, is a medium security prison located in Phibsborough in the centre of Dublin, Ireland.

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Music recording certification

Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units.

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Ordinary Decent Criminal

Ordinary Decent Criminal is a 2000 crime comedy film, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, written by Gerard Stembridge, and stars Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino.

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Paul Williams (media personality)

Paul Williams (born 1964) is an Irish media personality and writer on crime.

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Portadown

Portadown is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

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Provisional Irish Republican Army

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA or Provisional IRA) was an Irish republican revolutionary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate the reunification of Ireland and bring about an independent socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland.

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Ranelagh

Ranelagh (locally pronounced) is a residential area and urban village on the south side of Dublin, Ireland in the postal district of Dublin 6.

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Rathmines

Rathmines is an inner suburb on the southside of Dublin, about 3 kilometres south of the city centre.

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Requiem

A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead (Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead (Latin: Missa defunctorum), is a Mass in the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Russborough House

Russborough House is a stately house situated near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Ireland, between the towns of Blessington and Ballymore Eustace and is reputed to be the longest house in Ireland, with a frontage measuring 210 m/700 ft.

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Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin (isbn) is a left-wing Irish republican political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Sobriquet

A sobriquet or soubriquet is a nickname, sometimes assumed, but often given by another.

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Sunday World

The Sunday World is an Irish newspaper published by Sunday Newspapers Limited, a division of Independent News & Media.

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Tabloid (newspaper format)

A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet.

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The General (1998 film)

The General is a British-Irish crime film directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who pulled off several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the Garda Síochána, IRA, and Ulster Volunteer Force.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper launched on 29 March 1859.

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Today Tonight (Ireland)

Today Tonight was an Irish news and current affairs programme noted for its in-depth analysis, robust cross-examination of senior politicians and investigative reporting.

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Ulster loyalism

Ulster loyalism is a political ideology found primarily among working class Ulster Protestants in Northern Ireland, whose status as a part of the United Kingdom has remained controversial.

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Ulster Volunteer Force

The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland.

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Veronica Guerin

Veronica Guerin (5 July 1958 – 26 June 1996) was an Irish crime reporter who was murdered by drug lords.

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Veronica Guerin (film)

Veronica Guerin is a 2003 American-Irish-British biographical crime film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Cate Blanchett in the title role.

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.357 Magnum

The.357 S&W Magnum (9×33mmR), or simply.357 Magnum, is a revolver cartridge with a.357-inch (9.07 mm) bullet diameter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cahill

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