Tiede Herrema
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Dr Tiede Herrema (born 21 April 1921) is a Dutch businessman. He was born in Zuilen.
In the 1970s, Herrema ran a wire factory, Ferenka, in the city of Limerick, Ireland. At the time, this was the city's biggest employer, with approximately 1,400 workers. On the morning of 3 October 1975 Herrema was abducted having just left his home in Castletroy near Limerick by two members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, Eddie Gallagher and Marion Coyle.[1] The kidnappers demanded the release of three IRA prisoners, including Rose Dugdale.[2]
After a massive security operation, the kidnappers were eventually traced on 21 October 1975 to a house in Monasterevin, County Kildare. After a further two-week-long siege, Herrema was released, shaken but unharmed.[3] He left Ireland soon after.
He eventually returned to present an episode of Saturday Live.[citation needed][when?] He and his wife Elizabeth were made honorary Irish citizens in 1975,[4] and he was made a Freeman of the city of Limerick.
In 2005, he donated his personal papers to the University of Limerick.[3]
References
External links
- 1975: IRA kidnappers release industrialist — BBC News retrospective
- Kidnapped - The Herrema Diaries 2005 Interview with Tiede Herrema from the RTÉ Radio Documentary On One series (RealAudio)
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2009
- Vague or ambiguous time from June 2009
- 1921 births
- Living people
- Dutch businesspeople
- Dutch expatriates in Ireland
- History of County Limerick
- Kidnapped Dutch people
- People from Limerick (city)
- People from Utrecht (city)
- Provisional Irish Republican Army actions
