Mary Jennifer Guinness (''née'' Hollwey; 22 August 1937 – 23 January 2016), was an English-born Irish
socialite
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and member of the
Guinness family
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.
She was a keen sailor and a member of Howth Yacht Club.
Kidnapping
She was kidnapped for ransom in April 1986,
but rescued by the
Garda Síochána
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from a home on Waterloo Road in south Dublin eight days later.
At trial, brothers Michael and
John Cunningham were convicted, along with Anthony Kelly, after being arrested at the house on Waterloo Road.
Brian McNicholl was also convicted, with the judge accepting that his role was mainly to provide a location for Guinness to be held. Kelly died in 2005 from undisclosed causes; Michael Cunningham died in 2015, aged 65, after suffering a massive
heart attack
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at his home in Ballyfermot.
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Personal life
She married John Henry Guinness on 9 April 1959, and they had three children. Guinness and her family lived at Ceanchor House, Ceanchor Road, Baily, Howth
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, County Dublin.Snowdonia
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.[ Jennifer Guinness died on 23 January 2016, aged 78, following a long battle with cancer.][
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See also
*List of kidnappings
The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.
By date
* List of kidnappings befo ...
*List of solved missing person cases
Lists of solved missing person cases include:
* List of solved missing person cases: pre-1950
* List of solved missing person cases: 1950–1999
* List of solved missing person cases: post-2000
See also
* List of kidnappings
* List of murder ...
References
1937 births
2010s missing person cases
2016 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Ireland
Formerly missing Irish people
Jennifer
Jennifer or Jenifer may refer to:
People
*Jennifer (given name)
* Jenifer (singer), French pop singer
*Jennifer Warnes, American singer who formerly used the stage name Jennifer
* Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer
* Daniel Jenifer
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Irish female sailors (sport)
Irish socialites
Kidnapped Irish people
Missing person cases in Ireland
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
People from Howth
Sportspeople from County Dublin
20th-century Irish sportswomen
Formerly missing British people
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