Cahill, Martin, 1949-1994

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Name (Hebrew)
קאהיל, מרטין, 1949-1994
Name (Latin)
Cahill, Martin, 1949-1994
Other forms of name
Cahill, Martin
Date of birth
1949-05-23
Date of death
1994-08-18
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 34096133
Wikidata: Q1388506
Library of congress: no 99075104
HAI10: 000663868
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, viewed June 11, 2020(Martin "The General" Cahill (May 23, 1949-August 18, 1994; born: Dublin, Ireland) was a prominent Irish criminal from Dublin. Death by assassination.)
  • The general, c1999:container and program notes (Martin Cahill; infamous Irish gangster, operating primarily in the 1980s)

Wikipedia description:

Martin Cahill (23 May 1949 – 18 August 1994) was an Irish crime boss from Dublin. Known as "The General", Cahill masterminded a series of burglaries and armed robberies in Ireland throughout the 1980s and 1990s. He was shot and killed in 1994 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.

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