Martin McGartland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martin McGartland

Irish spy

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1970

Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Profession: writer, spy

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Martin McGartland (born 30 January 1970) is a former British informer who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch. When he was exposed as an informer 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 a 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.