Gabriel Megahey

Released
Date of birth:1943
Age:83
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:New York
Support
Irish Republicanism Anti-Imperialism Irish Republican Army
Gabriel Megahey

Biography

Irish republican activist convicted in federal court in the 1982 "Brooklyn Five" case for conspiring to ship surface-to-air missiles to the IRA in Northern Ireland. Held at FCI Otisville in New York. Documented in PFOC Breakthrough magazine.

Case

FCI Otisville
Charges: Conspiracy to export weapons (surface-to-air missiles) to the IRA — Brooklyn Five case
Arrested: Jun 19, 1982
Sentence: 7 years
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: New York

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