Rose Dugdale

Rose Dugdale
Born
Bridget Rose Dugdale

(1941-03-25)25 March 1941
Honiton, Devon, England
Died18 March 2024(2024-03-18) (aged 82)
Dublin, Ireland
Education
OccupationEconomist
OrganisationProvisional IRA
Criminal penalty9 years' imprisonment
Spouse
Eddie Gallagher
​
(m. 1978)​
Children1

Bridget Rose Dugdale (25 March 1941 – 18 March 2024) was an English debutante who rebelled against her wealthy upbringing, becoming a volunteer in the militant Irish republican organisation, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).[1] As an IRA member, she took part in the theft of paintings worth IR£8 million, a bomb attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) station using a hijacked helicopter,[2] and developed a rocket launcher and an explosive.[3]

  1. ^ "Rose Dugdale: The English heiress who joined the IRA". BBC News. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Jackson, Richard; Jarvis, Lee; Gunning, Jeroen; Breen-Smyth, Marie (2011). Terrorism: A Critical Introduction. Macmillan International Higher Education. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-230-36432-5.
  3. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (10 March 2024). "The enigma of Rose Dugdale: what drove a former debutante to become Britain and Ireland's most wanted terrorist?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.