The first episode of a new three part documentary ‘The Heiress and The Heist’ is set to begin on RTÉ One tonight.
Rose Dugdale, the subject of the new documentary, was involved in the attempted bombing of a RUC station with her partner, Donegal IRA man Eddie Gallagher.
The pair hijacked a helicopter in Donegal and dropped two milk churns packed with explosives on the Tyrone town. Neither bomb exploded.
Dugdale, now 82 and living in Cork, the daughter of a millionaire Lloyd’s of London insurance underwriter, became involved with the Provisional IRA after meeting Gallagher in London.
The Strabane attack happened just weeks after moving to Ireland in late 1973.
She was also involved in the Russborough House art heist in April 1974, with paintings stolen worth more than £100m in today’s money.
She was quickly caught and sentenced to nine years in prison.
Tune in to RTÉ One tonight at 9.35pm for the first episode.
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