Two Irishmen Dropped By Parachute From Nazi Plane Over Eire
LONDON, January 18
Two Irishmen who were recently dropped by parachute from a German plane over Eire, carried £6OOO in English and Irish notes and small wireless transmitters, reports the “Daily Mail.” They are: John O’Reilly, aged 28, and Patrick Kenny, 35. O'Reilly formerly broadcast over German radio as the Irish “Lord Haw-Haw.” The “Daily Express” says that O’Reilly and Kenny had instructions to carry out sabotage beginning at Foynes airport and also collect all war information possible to transmit to Germany. According to another report, O'Reilly was dropped three miles from his father’s home and was arrested after two days’ freedom. All papers permitting him to leave Germany and land in Eire were in order, including his exit permit signed by the - Irish Charge d’Affaires in Berlin. Kenny was seriously injured in landing and sent to hospital. Both men are now reported to be in Dublin gaol.
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Northern Advocate, 19 January 1944, Page 4
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