Rose Dugdale: From a life of privilege to cog in IRA murder machine

Former heiress, who has died at 83, was revealed to have been a complex figure

Rose Dugdale has died at the age of 83

Garrett Hargan

She was the former debutante who once curtseyed to Queen Elizabeth, only to rebel against her wealthy upbringing and become an expert bomb-maker in the Provisional IRA.

The story of Rose Dugdale, who died in her sleep in a Dublin nursing home yesterday morning at the age of 83, is as enigmatic as it is unusual.