Patrick Magee (Irish republican)
Patrick Magee | |
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Magee in 2014 | |
| Born | Patrick Joseph Magee 1951 (age 73–74) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Known for | Brighton hotel bombing |
Patrick Joseph Magee (born 1951) is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who is best known for planting a bomb in the Brighton Grand Hotel targeting Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Cabinet, which killed five people. He is often referred to as 'the Brighton bomber'.