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Albert Luykx
Born
Albert Luykx

1917
Lommel, Belgium
Died1978 (aged 60/61)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityBelgian, Irish
Known forArms Crisis/Arms Trial
SpouseMaria Luykx [1]
ChildrenHuibrecht Luykx
RelativesBianca Luykx[2]

Albert Antoine Luykx (born 1917, Lommel, died 1978, Dublin)[3][4] was a Flemish businessman, living in Ireland, who was involved in the 1970 Arms Crisis.

Luykx was a member of the SS during World War II. After the war, he was convicted and sentenced to death.[5] The sentence was later commuted to twenty years imprisonment. In 1948 he escaped to Ireland under the alias "Francis J. Faes" in October 1948.[3]

An acquaintance of Neil Blaney, he was approached by Captain James Kelly, and asked to help in acquiring arms in Germany with the intention of arming the Irish Republican Army.[6] Luykx was subsequently tried, together with Kelly and Charles Haughey. He claimed that the operation was sanctioned by the Minister for Defence, Jim Gibbons. All four were acquitted.[7] Journalist Vincent Browne, writing of the Arms Crisis in July 2003, said "the gravest injustice was done to Albert Luykx...who never had reason to believe that in lending money to the operation and giving otherwise of his services, he was not acting on behalf of the Irish state".[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "LUYKX Maria : Death notice - Irish Times Family Notices".
  2. ^ "Bianca's doctor in the house". 25 February 2007.
  3. ^ a b Dermot Keogh, Jack Lynch, A Biography, Gill & Macmillan Ltd, 2009, page 269
  4. ^ "Arms trial defendant dies". Irish Independent. 20 February 1978. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (Resumed). – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil) – Tuesday, 3 Nov 1970 – Houses of the Oireachtas".
  6. ^ Dillon, Martin (2012). The Dirty War. Random House. p. 17. ISBN 9781407074801. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
  7. ^ Dillon (2012), p. 20
  8. ^ Browne, Vincent (20 July 2003). "Lies, arms and the (wronged) man". Sunday Business Post.
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