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Eamonn Noel ″Nicky″ Kelly (born 9 January 1951) is an Irish politician from Arklow in County Wicklow. He was born Edward Noel Kelly from Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny. A member of Official Sinn Féin, later on he left it to join the new Irish Republican Socialist Party in 1974.〔"Round Up the Usual Suspects - Nicky Kelly & The Cosgrave Coalition", by Dunne, Derek & Kerrigan, Gene, ''Magill'', Dublin, 1984.〕 ==Early life== In the 1980s Kelly achieved fame throughout Ireland after he had been sentenced, in 1978, to 12 years in prison for his alleged part in the Sallins Train Robbery. The ensuing campaign to release him became a symbol of the 1980s with 'Free Nicky Kelly' graffiti posted throughout the country. The evidence of torture committed against him and his two co-accused, Osgur Breatnach and Brian McNally, galvanized a campaign for his release. There was a dedication to him in the 1983 Planxty album, ''Words & Music''. The future Workers' Party TD, Pat McCartan acted as his solicitor at this time, despite being on opposite sides in the Official Sinn Féin/IRSP split.〔(Adjournment Debate. - Nicky Kelly Case ), 22 October 1991〕 In 1984 Kelly was eventually released on "humanitarian grounds". He received a presidential pardon in 1992, along with over £1 million as compensation following campaigns by Amnesty and the ICCL. The events of Kelly's arrest and trial(s) were the subject of an edition of the RTE documentary series Scannal, broadcast 22 September 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicky Kelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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