IRA members, but the authorities refused to grant any concessions. The siege ended on 7 November when Herrema was released, and Coyle and Gallagher were arrested. Gallagher and Coyle were sentenced to twenty years' and fifteen years' imprisonment respectively, and in 1978 Gallagher and Dugdale received special dispensation to marry. The wedding took place on 24 January 1978 inside Limerick Prison, and was the first wedding between convicted prisoners in the history of the Republic of Ireland. Dugdale was released from prison in October 1980. Later life After her release from prison, Dugdale was active in the campaign in support of protesting Irish republican prisoners during the 1981 Irish hunger strike. She is a veteran activist in the political party Sinn Féin. In 2007, she spoke out in support of the Shell to Sea campaign against the proposed construction of a high-pressure raw gas pipeline through Rossport by Shell, saying the Shell contract was invalid and needed "to be renegotiated on behalf of the people of Ireland". She is also a director at Dublin Community Television. In 2011, she was the honouree at the annual Dublin Volunteers event, which each year acknowledges a person for their contribution to Irish republicanism. In an interview with the republican newspaper An Phoblacht before the event, Dugdale said she believed "the revolutionary army that was the IRA had achieved its principal objective, which was to get your enemy to negotiate with you. They did that with amazing skill and ability, and I can't help but respect what was done in terms of the Good Friday Agreement." On her involvement in the IRA, she added: "I did what I wanted to do. I am proud to have been part of the Republican Movement, and I hope that I have played my very small part in the success of the armed struggle." In 2012, she was the subject of a TG4 documentary entitled Mná an IRA (Women of the IRA). Further reading Amore, Anthony M. The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Art Heist. Pegasus Crime, 2020. References Sources Citations 1941 births Living people Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford Alumni of the University of London Art thieves English rebels British debutantes Hijackers Irish republicans Mount Holyoke College alumni People from Axminster Provisional Irish Republican Army members Republicans imprisoned during the Northern Ireland conflict