Joe O'Connell (Irish republican) security wing of Portlaoise Prison, Ireland, in early 1998. They were presented by Gerry Adams to the 1998 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis as 'our Nelson Mandelas', and were released together with Brendan Dowd and Liam Quinn in 1999 as part of the Belfast Agreement. Joe O'Connell (Irish republican) Martin Joseph O'Connell (born 1951), better known as Joe, is an Irish republican and a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is most noted for having been a member of the Balcombe Street gang. O'Connell was born in Kilkee, in rural County Clare, 'a stronghold of Gaelic-speaking inhabitants
Mac Torcaill various Anglicised forms. "Mac Torcaill" translates into English as "son of "Torcall"". Variant forms of the surname include "Mac Thorcaill", and "Mac Thurcaill". These surnames originated as patronyms, however they no longer refer to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name "Torcall" is a Gaelic derivative of the Old Norse personal name "Þórkell", which is a shortened form of "Þorketill". "Mac Torcaill", "Mac Thorcaill", and "Mac Thurcaill" are masculine surnames. The form of "Mac Torcaill" and "Mac Thorcaill" for unmarried females is "Nic Thorcaill", whereas the feminine form of "Mac Thurcaill" is "Nic Thurcaill"; these names translate into