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‘Riveting . . . a triumph . . . intertwining personal narratives with wider themes of remembrance, loss, courage and blame’ Gary Murphy, Irish Examiner
November 1983. Early morning in suburban south Dublin. Businessman Don Tidey is snatched from his car and the IRA has its latest kidnap victim. Weeks later he is tracked down to an isolated Leitrim wood, but in saving Tidey’s life a recruit garda and a soldier lose theirs.
The Kidnapping is a brilliantly reported account of this landmark event by two accomplished journalists and Leitrim natives. Delving deep, they provide a chilling account of the lead-up to Tidey’s abduction, the massive manhunt that followed, his bloody rescue, the botched attempts to capture his abductors and the devastating fall-out – personal and national – that followed.
At the heart of The Kidnapping revealing interviews with Don Tidey – speaking about his experience in detail for the first time – and with the families of Garda Gary Sheehan and Private Patrick Kelly, provide a startling and moving testimony of the lasting impact of these traumatic events. It is both a gripping read and one that raises profound questions for today’s Ireland.
‘Vividly written, deeply insightful, extremely timely’ Business Post
‘A fascinating read . . . beyond that, it’s an important document’ Mick Clifford, The Mick Clifford Podcast
‘A harrowing story . . . [but] an enjoyable book’ Irish Mail on Sunday
‘An important reminder of our imperfect, contentious past’ Tommy Gorman, Irish Times
‘Vivid . . . [shows] a deep understanding . . . insightful and emotional’ Sunday Independent
‘A major page-turner . . . fascinating’ Nicola Tallant, Crime World podcast
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November 1983. The IRA has turned to kidnapping to fund its armed campaign in the north. The organisation has a supermarket boss in its sights – Quinnsworth chief executive, Don Tidey. As Tidey does the school run en route to his south Dublin office he pulls up at a garda checkpoint. Within moments he is dragged from his car, bundled into another car and driven away at speed. The ‘gardaÃ’ are terrorists in fake uniforms. The IRA has its latest victim. It is the start of a massive manhunt and a 23-day ordeal for Tidey. At the instant he is found, in an isolated Leitrim wood, his captors kill a trainee garda and a young soldier. After a tense stand-off with soldiers and gardaà and an exchange of fire, they escape and are never caught. It is, and will remain, the deadliest ever confrontation between the Irish security forces and the IRA.
| Weight | 0.463 kg |
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| Dimensions | 23.4 × 15.3 × 2.7 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 320 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 364.15409415 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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