Patrick Magee

Patrick Joseph Magee (born 1951) is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer, 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. Early life and IRA career Patrick Magee was born in Belfast and moved with his family to Norwich when he was two years old. He returned to Belfast at the age of 18 in 1969 and later joined the Provisional IRA. He was interned without trial at Long Kesh between June 1973 and November 1975. Brighton hotel bombing