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20-707: Thomas McMahon may refer to: Thomas McMahon (Irish republican) (born 1948), IRA member Thomas McMahon (bishop) (born 1936), Roman Catholic bishop of Brentwood Thomas A. McMahon (1943–1999), novelist and professor of applied mechanics and biology at Harvard University Thomas John McMahon (1864–1933), Australian photojournalist Thomas J. McMahon (1948–1969), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient Sir Thomas McMahon, 2nd Baronet (1779–1860), commander-in-chief of Bombay, 1840–1847 Sir Thomas Westropp McMahon, 3rd Baronet (1813–1892), British Army officer Tom McMahon (Democratic operative) , executive director of

40-520: A 15-year-old crewmember Paul Maxwell. McMahon was arrested by the Gardaí at a Garda checkpoint between Longford and Granard on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle two hours before the bomb detonated. The IRA claimed responsibility for the bombing in a statement released immediately afterwards that said: "This operation is one of the discriminate ways we can bring to the attention of the English people

60-558: A BBC report, McMahon has said that he had left the IRA in 1990. He has twice refused to meet Paul Maxwell's father, John, who has sought him out to explain the reasons for his son's death. In an interview for The Telegraph in 2009, Maxwell stated that he had "made two approaches to McMahon, the first through a priest, who warned me in advance that he thought there wouldn't be any positive response. And there wasn't. I have some reservations about meeting him, obviously – it might work out in such

80-780: A Special Surveillance Unit (SSU), called the Tango Squad , to specifically target and monitor Cahill's gang on a permanent, 24/7 basis. Cahill was given the callsign Tango-1. In February 1988, a Today Tonight report identified Cahill as the man behind the Donovan bomb plot, the Beit robbery, and the robbery of O'Connors jewellery depot. As a result, PD leader Desmond O'Malley raised the revelations that Cahill owned such expensive property in Cowper Downs , despite having never worked, sarcastically remarking that Cahill must have needed

100-544: A cross-border safe-haven by IRA members. Despite security advice and warnings from the Gardaí, on 27 August 1979, Lord Mountbatten went lobster-potting and tuna-fishing in the 30 feet (9.1 m) wooden boat, the Shadow V , which had been moored in the harbour at Mullaghmore. IRA member Thomas McMahon had slipped onto the unguarded boat that night and attached a radio-controlled fifty-pound (23 kg) bomb. When Mountbatten

120-454: A technicality in June 1984. The main prosecution witness in the case, admitted under cross-examination that she had not been in fear for her life during the robbery, a point on which conviction for armed robbery hinged. Nobody was ever convicted for the failed assassination attempt on Dr Donovan's life. In December 1987, on the orders of newly appointed commissioner Eamonn Doherty, the Gardaí set up

140-472: A way that I would regret having made the contact. On the other hand, if we met and I could even begin to understand his motivation. If we could meet on some kind of a human level, a man to man level, it could help me come to terms with it. But that might be very optimistic. McMahon knows the door is open at this end." His wife has stated, "Tommy never talks about Mountbatten, only the boys who died. He does have genuine remorse. Oh God yes." As of 2009, McMahon

160-578: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Thomas McMahon (Irish republican) Thomas McMahon (born 1948) is a former volunteer in the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), and was one of the IRA's most experienced bomb-makers. McMahon was convicted of the murder of Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others off

180-535: The Democratic National Committee Tom McMahon (mayor) , American politician and former mayor of Reading, Pennsylvania Tom McMahon (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1975), Australian footballer for South Melbourne and Melbourne Tom McMahon (footballer, born 1918) (1918–2005), Australian footballer for Footscray Tom McMahon (American football) (born 1969), American football coach [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

200-673: The Republic of Ireland. He was convicted on 23 November 1979 and sentenced to life imprisonment. After serving almost 20 years in prison, McMahon was released in 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement . After his release, Toby Harnden in Bandit Country reported that McMahon was holding a tricolour in the first rank of the IRA colour party at a 1998 IRA meeting in Cullyhanna . However, according to

220-677: The United States, he joined the civilian science service of the Garda Síochána. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma usually holidayed at his summer home, Classiebawn Castle , in Mullaghmore , a small seaside village located on the coast of County Sligo in the west of Ireland. The village was only 12 miles (19 km) from County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland , and near an area known to be used as

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240-462: The bomb detonated, having been initially stopped on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle. He was tried for the murders in the Republic of Ireland , and convicted by forensic evidence supplied by Dr O'Donovan that showed flecks of paint from the boat and traces of nitroglycerine on his clothes. McMahon was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder on 23 November 1979, but was released in 1998 under

260-416: The coast of Mullaghmore, County Sligo , in the west of Ireland . McMahon planted a bomb in Shadow V , a 27 feet (8.2 m) fishing boat owned by Mountbatten at Mullaghmore, County Sligo, near Donegal Bay . Lord Mountbatten was killed on 27 August 1979 by the bomb blast along with three other people: Doreen Knatchbull (Mountbatten's elder daughter's mother-in-law); his grandson Nicholas Knatchbull; and

280-412: The continuing occupation of our country." McMahon was identified as a possible suspect in the assassination almost immediately. Garda senior forensic scientist Dr. James O'Donovan examined the clothes McMahon had been wearing at the time of his arrest and was able to uncover flecks of paint from Mountbatten's boat and traces of nitroglycerine. Based on these findings, McMahon was charged with murder in

300-543: The plot immediately fell on both the IRA and the INLA , members of which Dr. Donovan was due to give evidence against in the following weeks. However, evidence quickly pointed to an association with Cahill. At the time, Cahill and an associate named Christy Dutton were facing charges related to an armed robbery in January 1981. Dr Donovan was testifying against Cahill and Dutton in the trial. Both Cahill and Dutton were acquitted on

320-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_McMahon&oldid=1097666989 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

340-486: The shore. Others killed by the blast were Nicholas Knatchbull, his elder daughter's 14-year-old son, and Paul Maxwell, a 15-year-old from Enniskillen in County Fermanagh , who was a crew member. The Dowager Lady Brabourne , his elder daughter's 83-year-old mother-in-law, was seriously injured in the explosion and died from her injuries the following day. McMahon was arrested by the Gardaí two hours before

360-454: The terms of the Good Friday Agreement . In January 1982, fearing the increasing role that forensic science could play in detecting his robberies, Martin Cahill had a bomb placed under the bonnet of the car of Dr. Donovan, at his Belgard, Dublin , home. Having suffered very serious but not life-threatening injuries, he was taken by ambulance to St. James's Hospital , Dublin. Suspicion of

380-463: Was aboard en route to Donegal Bay , the bomb was detonated just a few hundred yards from the shore. It is not known who activated the radio-controlled bomb as McMahon had been arrested earlier at a Garda checkpoint between Longford and Granard . The boat was blown to pieces by the force of the blast. Mountbatten, then aged 79, was fatally wounded. He was pulled alive from the water by nearby fishermen, but died from his injuries before being brought to

400-620: Was living with his wife in a hillside bungalow in Lisanisk, Carrickmacross , County Monaghan . He has two grown sons. He helped with Martin McGuinness 's presidential campaign in 2011, erecting posters for McGuinness around Carrickmacross, and also canvassed for Sinn Féin's Matt Carthy in the 2014 European Parliament elections . James O%27Donovan After gaining science degrees in Ireland and training in Ireland, London, and

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