Damien O'Sullivan

This is 1957, when he was 21.

He was actually charged with attempting to shoot four civic guards with a revolver in Bray.

He was attempting to break into a garage and commit a robbery.

So he was arrested that morning and remained in prison for the few months awaiting trial.

At the trial, he was convicted of four charges.

Maliciously shooting at Gardaí with a loaded revolver.

He got five years for that charge.

unlawful possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, he got two years for that, possession of a revolver and ammunition without holding a firearm certificate, another 12 months with hard labour, and finally a conviction for breaking and entering, and he gets another 12 months for that.

So it came to a fairly hefty nine years of jail time in total.

This is from 1965, the Irish Independent.

A 20-year-old plumber was remanded for a week in custody at Dublin District Court.

He was charged with possession of a rifle and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

It didn't actually report the reason for it.

The follow-up from that in November of 65 was that this guy who pointed the rifle at him, he received a six-month prison sentence.