Martin “Marty” McGartland (born 30 January 1970 in Belfast, Northern Ireland)^[1] is a former British agent who infiltrated the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA)^[2] in 1989 to pass information to RUC Special Branch.

When he was exposed as an 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

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