Word: mountjoy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...floor, roofed only by filtered skylights, is the center's permanent exhibit, featuring the gems of MelIon's collection. It begins with two commanding portraits: Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and Sir Anthony Van Dyke's Mountjoy Blount, Earl of Newport. Indeed, the entire exhibit is heavily weighted with portraiture and landscapes. In one corner, the viewer can stare at the grayed elegance of a Gainsborough; in another, he is lulled by the peaceful countryside of a Constable. There is also a fine sampling of George Stubbs, including two huge works-both...
...council's release of Lennon's 17-page statement last week touched off new demands for a full parliamentary inquiry into British counterterrorist methods. A month ago, Kenneth Littlejohn, 32, a convicted bank robber, escaped from Dublin's Mountjoy prison. He set off a public clamor by claiming in a series of interviews that he had been hired by British intelligence to infiltrate the I.R.A. and stir up trouble in the Irish Republic, thereby forcing Dublin to crack down on terrorist sanctuaries. Littlejohn, who is still at large, said that he had been ordered by the British...
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...shuffling exercise routine in Mountjoy Prison was noisily disturbed when a helicopter suddenly settled in the yard, scattering prisoners in all directions. One Mountjoy warder thought it was a surprise visit from Defense Minister Patrick Donegan, who is fond of helihopping round the country. Instead, a masked man stepped down and trained a gun on the guards as three prisoners bolted forward and scrambled into the cabin of the chopper, which then whirred away. Freed in the daring daytime snatch, which took only a minute, were three top Provisionals: Seamus Twomey, 54, the former Provo chief of staff; Kevin Mallon...
Instead of snapping pictures, Leonard instructed Pilot Thompson Boyes to land at an isolated field located in the village of Stradbally. Leonard then bolted away as two armed, masked men approached. One gunman climbed aboard and ordered the pilot to fly to Mountjoy Prison. After the prisoners were liberated, the copter put down on a deserted race track outside Dublin; the I.R.A. men sped off in a hijacked taxi...