Former IRA bomber - who ran in the Local Elections in Tipperary - passes away
Ella O'Dwyer, late of Killarney Street, Dublin 1, Dublin and Gortnaskeha, Curraguneen, Roscrea passed away on June 6, 2024 at the Mater Hospital Dublin.
A former IRA bomber - who ran in Local Elections in Tipperary in the Nenagh area in 2004 - has passed away.
Ella O'Dwyer, late of Killarney Street, Dublin 1, Dublin and Gortnaskeha, Curraguneen, Roscrea passed away on June 6, 2024 at the Mater Hospital Dublin.
Ella served over 13 years of a life sentence, nine of which were spent in English jails and the remainder in Maghaberry Prison.
Sentenced in 1986 after being arrested in Glasgow the previous year with Martina Anderson, Gerry 'Blute' McDonnell, Peter Sherry and Pat Magee (The Brighton Bomber), she was released in 1998 under the Good Friday Agreement.
Her incarceration began when she was arrested in Scotland for conspiracy to cause explosions.
Predeceased by her beloved parents Nora and William and brother Martin.
She will be sadly missed by her loving brothers and sister Gerry, Philip, Bill, Patrick and Marian, sister-in-law Joan, nieces Ciara, Maria & Emma, nephew Pierce, Ciara's husband Emmet and their children, grandnieces and grandnephews, cousins, relatives, neighbours and friends.
People have posted tributes on rip.ie:
Our sincere sympathy to the O'Dwyer family on the sad loss of Ella, a lovely woman, a friend and a true Irish patriot who gave her all, we have fond memories of her when we all worked together in Dominick Court, Pat and Catherine.
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Sincere sympathy to the family of Ella. Only on reading An Poblact have I seen the service Ella gave to her country and the friend she was to many. For that, a genuine thank you. May you Rest in Peace now.
I did not know Ella personally but I knew enough about her to know she was a brave patriotic Irish republican lady. And from her photograph what an absolutely gorgeous lady. Slan fo foill Ella, rest easy with the Angels and the Saints of Ireland.
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