Martin McGartland

Who is Martin McGartland?

Martin "Marty" McGartland is a former Provisional Irish Republican Army agent who joined the organisation in 1989 to pass information to British security forces. When he was exposed as a Royal Ulster Constabulary Special Branch agent in 1991 he was abducted by the IRA, but escaped and was resettled in England. His identity became publicly known after a minor court case. He was later shot six times by an IRA gunman, but recovered from the injuries. He has written two books about his life, Fifty Dead Men Walking: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret Agent Inside the IRA and Dead Man Running.