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George de Meo was an Italian-American arms dealer, most famous for supplying weapons to the Irish Republican Army (IRA) 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. Having mafia connections, De Meo supplied guns not only to the IRA, but also to Cuban rebels. George De Meo was convicted of federal charges of conspiring to send arms to the IRA, in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1980.

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1. "Western People - 2005/02/23: The rebel with a cause…". archives.tcm.ie. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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• The rebel with a cause…. Western People (Ireland). 23 February 2005.
• Robert D. McFadden. (6 November 1982). 5 are acquitted in Brooklyn of plot to run guns to I.R.A. The New York Times

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