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• Dónal_Donnelly abstract "Dónal Donnelly (born 8 September 1939) was the only man to escape from Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast during “Operation Harvest” which was also called “The Border Campaign” from 1956–1962. He escaped from the high security prison on St. Stephen’s Day ( Boxing Day) 26 December 1960 . He had been sentenced to ten years in prison, at the age of 18, on the charge of membership of the Irish Republican Army (deemed an illegal organisation) on 22 October by Lord Chief Justice MacDermott. A second charge of conspiracy to cause explosions which destroyed several B Special drill halls in County Tyrone was dropped in January 1958 as there was insufficient evidence to support it. Dónal, also known as “Danny” grew up in Omagh, County Tyrone, where he was born in September 1939. He was the youngest of six sons born to Peter Donnelly, a station foreman in Omagh's GNR (Great Northern Railway) station and his wife Margaret (née Doherty) from a small farming family in Newtownstewart. Dónal was educated at the Christian Brothers Mount St. Columba Grammar School. While in jail, he convinced London University to designate Crumlin Road Prison as an examination centre in 1958 and successfully sat six GCE (General Certificate of Education) subjects before he escaped.Accompanying Donnelly on his escape was Belfast Republican, John Kelly (1936–2007), aged 24 at the time. Kelly was serving eight years, having been captured in possession of arms with three others during the early days of “Operation Harvest”. Kelly was recaptured during the escape and served additional time in prison for this escape attempt. He became a defender of his community during the early years of “The Troubles” which began in the streets of Belfast in 1969. He and his brothers, along with others, created “Defence Committees” which eventually led to the importation of arms and the subsequent Arms Trial in which John Kelly, Capt. James Kelly, Albert Luyx, Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney – the latter two Government Ministers in the Irish Government led by Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Jack Lynch – were acquitted of having acted illegally.In 2010, Donnelly published his memoirs as Prisoner 1082 - Escape From Crumlin Road, Europe’s Alcatraz. The prison was so called as it was regarded during those years as an impregnable fortress with its high walls, security regime and armed police gun turrets at each corner and armed warders in the grounds. The newspapers of the day recorded that 12,000 Royal Ulster Constabulary and B Specials hunted Donnelly in the biggest manhunt ever witnessed in Northern Ireland. In his book he describes the historical, political, social and family influences that brought him to the top of that prison wall. Donnelly was an active participant although only a teenager, in the election campaign of 1955, during which two IRA jailed candidates were elected. They were Tom Mitchell, MP for Mid Ulster and Philip Clarke, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. The British Westminster Parliament unseated them as “Felons” and Tom Mitchell was elected again by a greater majority in 1956 only to be unseated again. The British and Unionist action of ignoring the democratic will of the people of Tyrone and Fermanagh coupled with gross discrimination in jobs, housing and other injustices gave great support to a militant campaign which attracted Donnelly and other young men. Donnelly was secretary of the local Sinn Féin Cumann (Club) in 1956 when the Stormont Government declared it an illegal organisation. (Stormont Government was later prorogued by Ted Heath’s Conservative Government in 1972 — sixteen years later — as being unfit to govern. Stormont did not return until 1998, in a vastly different form.) Donnelly was never re-captured and lived the rest of his life in Dublin, since there was at the time no extradition. Donnelly lived and worked in Cork for several years, then moved to Dublin where he worked for Urney Chocolates in Tallaght and later in H.B. Ice Cream and subsequently as purchasing/planning manager for Unilever’s Food Division in Ireland. He was elected president of his professional body, The Irish Institute of Purchasing & Materials Management (IIPMM), on two occasions. During these years he was elected as the sole Irish Unilever Representative to one of the first European Works Councils mandated by law in 1994. He was very active in the “Save the West” (of Ireland) Campaign in the 1960s and 1970s with author, agitator, editor and founder of The Bell magazine Peadar O’Donnell. He married Caitríona McConnell, a grand niece by marriage of Michael Mallin, who had been executed in 1916 for leading the St. Stephen’s Garrison on behalf of the Citizen Army. They have four children, Eoin, David, Úna and Deirdre. In later years, he became active in his own community in south County Dublin and was honoured by being elected Mayor of Dundrum (Dublin) by the Dundrum Arts and Cultural Festival.".
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• Dónal_Donnelly comment "Dónal Donnelly (born 8 September 1939) was the only man to escape from Crumlin Road Prison, Belfast during “Operation Harvest” which was also called “The Border Campaign” from 1956–1962. He escaped from the high security prison on St. Stephen’s Day ( Boxing Day) 26 December 1960 . He had been sentenced to ten years in prison, at the age of 18, on the charge of membership of the Irish Republican Army (deemed an illegal organisation) on 22 October by Lord Chief Justice MacDermott.".
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