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 Ospaic the Old Norse personal name "Óspakr". "Mac Ospaic" is a masculine surname. The form of this surname for unmarried females is Nic Ospaic; this name translates into English as "daughter of the son of "Ospac". The form of this surname for married females is Bean Mhic Ospaic, or simply Mhic Ospaic; these surnames translate to "wife of the son of "Ospac". The surname has historically been Anglicised as "MacCosbey". Mac Ospaic Mac Ospaic is masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of "Ospac"". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers