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Martin Cahill (23 May 1949 – 18 August 1994) [1] was an Irish crime boss from Dublin. He masterminded a series of burglaries and armed robberies. He was shot and killed while out on bail for kidnapping charges. The Provisional Irish Republican Army took responsibility for Cahill's murder but no one was ever arrested or formally charged.
The General is a crime film written and directed by John Boorman about Dublin crime boss Martin Cahill, who undertook several daring heists in the early 1980s and attracted the attention of the Garda Síochána, Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) .The film was shot in 1997 and released in 1998.
18 August – Prominent Dublin criminal Martin Cahill (45), known as The General, is shot dead in his car by the IRA at the road junction where Oxford Road meets Charleston Road in Rathmines. The IRA alleged that Cahill had connections to the UVF and had sold the group stolen paintings.
Ordinary Decent Criminal is a 2000 crime comedy film, directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan, written by Gerard Stembridge, and stars Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino.The film is loosely based on the story of Martin Cahill, a famous Irish crime boss.
In May or June 1973, Ulster Defence Association (UDA) leaders decided that the organization should use the covername "Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF) when it wished to claim responsibility for its attacks. [8] This was spurred by fears that the government would outlaw the UDA. The "UFF's" first attacks were in response to the Coleraine bombings. [8]
When questioned about the film's similarities to The General and Ordinary Decent Criminal, producer Sue Austen emphasised; "Ours isn't just the Martin Cahill story. It's a story about a Dublin gangster coming up against an IRA operative and a policeman, both of whom we've invented, and the three of them constantly circling each other.
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These included a UFF gun attack which badly injured McAliskey and her husband, [50] [51] the assassination of Miriam Daly by the UDA while her house was under military observation, [47] and, of the Irish Independence Party, John Turnley's death at the hands of the UVF.