What the records say
- When
- 31 Oct 1973
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 53.36° N, 6.27° W
- Description
- Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape: Three IRA prisoners escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin in a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison yard.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape.
Summary
Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape: Three IRA prisoners escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin in a hijacked helicopter that landed in the prison yard
Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape
1973 escape of three Provisional IRA volunteers from a prison in Dublin, Ireland
The Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape occurred on 31 October 1973 when three Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland, by boarding a hijacked helicopter that briefly landed in the prison's exercise yard.
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