Rose Dugdale: The English heiress who gave away her money and joined the Provisional IRA
Rose Dugdale in 1980, after her release from Limerick Prison.
On the night of April, 26 1974, 19 prized masterpieces were stolen at gunpoint from Russborough House, Co Wicklow, the home of Alfred Beit, a former Conservative MP and South African mining heir.
The haul included paintings by Goya, Velázquez, Vermeer, Rubens, Hals, Gainsborough and Guardi. It was one of the largest art heists in history. The IRA gang had tricked their way into the stately home, led by a woman pretending to be a French tourist whose car had broken down.
