Billy Fogarty

The Great Tate Caper

By Aidan Lonergan
April 14, 2017

April 13, 2017 by 1 Comment

On April 12, 1956, two young Irish men walked into the Tate Gallery in London with one brazen objective in mind – to seize an £8 million impressionist masterpiece in the name of their country. Dubliner Paul Hogan and his mate Billy Fogarty from Galway believed that the painting, Berthe Morisot’s Jour d’Été, was the property of Ireland and had been unjustly obtained by the … [Read more...] about The Great Tate Caper

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