# Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape

> Three Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escaped from Mountjoy Prison in Dublin, Ireland, aboard a hijacked Alouette II helicopter, which briefly landed in the prison's exercise yard

**Wikidata**: [Q4366141](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4366141)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountjoy_Prison_helicopter_escape)  
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## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013