George de Meo
George de Meo was a Corsican-American arms dealer, most famous for supplying weapons to the Irish Republican Army through their operative George Harrison.
De Meo lived near Harrison in Brooklyn, having moved there with family in 1949, and owned a gun store in the city. De Meo supplied guns not only to the IRA, but also to Cuban rebels.
Sources
- The rebel with a cause…. Western People (Ireland). 23 February 2005.
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