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About this book
David Burke uncovers the clandestine activities of Patrick Crinnion, a Garda intelligence officer who secretly served MI6 during the early years of the Troubles. As the Garda Síochána launched a manhunt for the Chief-of-Staff of the IRA, Crinnion found himself playing a crucial role in the effort to track him down.
Before his disappearance, Crinnion's actions exposed a web of secrets including those of another British spy in the Irish police, damaging intelligence leaks, gunrunning by Irish politicians, and a cover-up related to the murder of a Garda.
Burke reveals MI6's shady dealings, from attempts to smear Irish politicians to plans for using criminals as assassins and the secret surveillance of a key IRA member.
Crinnion fled into exile. The Puppet Masters not only reveals what became of him but also provides an insightful look into a turbulent period marked by covert operations, betrayal, and the power struggle that shaped modern Irish history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author's Note
- Dramatis Personae
- Organisations, terms, locations and acronyms
- Introduction – A Fog of Deceit
- 1. The Man from Mensa
- 2. The De Valera Bomb Plot
- 3. The Nerve Centre of Garda Intelligence
- 4. Serving Her Majesty
- 5. The Visitors from London
- 6. IRA Prince, IRA Pauper
- 7. Climbing the Republican Ladder
- 8. A Cuckoo in the Garda Nest
- 9. Sailing Close to Danger
- 10. The Director of IRA Intelligence
- 11. Northern Ireland, a Garda Blind Spot
- 12. MI6 in the Republic of Ireland
- 13. MacStíofáin's Friends in Saor Éire
- 14. Playing Catch Up
- 15. Ministers in Dublin Hatch a Plan
- 16. A Man Called Jock
- 17. SDU Tunnel Vision
- 18. The Parker-Hale Connection
- 19. MI6 and the Eltham Factory Sting
- 20. Crinnion Loses the Plot
- 21. The Truth about Knockvicar
- 22. The Rise of the Provisionals
- 23. MI6's Debt to Saor Éire
- 24. One of Crinnion's Darkest Secrets
- 25. The Cat Jumps Out of the Bag
- 26. The Midnight Postman
- 27. MI6 Links Fianna Fáil to Saor Éire
- 28. The Door Swings Open for the Provisionals
- 29. The State Betrays its ‘Confidential Sources'
- 30. Her Majesty's Loyal Correspondents
- 31. High-Priced Chaps
- 32. The House on the Thames
- 33. Colonel Lee of MI5 lectures the Gardaí
- 34. Oldfield's Gloves Come Off
- 35. The Rita O'Hare Windfall
- 36. The Straw that Broke the Camel's Back
- 37. Crinnion's Bedside Manner
- 38. Don Carlos Haughey
- 39. We have a Spy in the Camp, Find Him
- 40. Crinnion Blames the Provisionals
- 41. Offences Against the State
- 42. The Long Fuse that Blew Jack Lynch Out of Office
- 43. Deflection
- 44. The Third Man
- 45. The Spy left out in the Cold
- 46. ‘I Only Knew Wyman for a Short Time'
- 47. Wyman the Spyman
- 48. Panic inside 10 Downing Street
- 49. The Manuscript in the Governor's Safe
- 50. Spies in the Dock
- 51. The Crinnion Misnomer
- 52. Hung Out on the Bleachers
- 53. The Cache in the Attic
- 54. MI6 Ignores an Opportunity for Black Propaganda
- 55. Old Habits Die Hard
- 56. Crinnion's Veiled Threats
- 57. C3 Hoodwinks the Press
- 58. High Flyer
- 59. The Forgotten Man
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index