![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/gangster-boss-prayed-to-god-for-forgiveness-after-being-shot-six-times-in-drive-by/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Gilligan-11JPGjp.jpg&description=Veteran Irish criminal John Gilligan, 70, has opened up on the horror experience of being shot six times and left for dead after an assassination attempt at his brother's home in Dublin An Irish mobster has who was shot six times in a gang attack has opened up on his notorious life in a new book. Criminal John Gilligan, 70, has described the terrifying moments he was the centre of an attempted assassination in a summation of his life with investigative journalist Jason O'Toole. John Gilligan - The Gilligan Tapes delves into Ireland's biggest crime boss in his own words and uncovers details how how he survived the March 2014 attack in Clondalkin, west Dublin and why he thinks he could be targeted again, the Irish Mirror reports. Speaking about one of the attacks on his life, he explained: "I said to myself, 'This is me out of this life. God, I'm sorry for all me sins, please forgive me. "I survived six bullets going into me. The next time I won't survive, you know, if there is a next time. I hope there's not a next time, but if there is, there is.' The mobster, who was charged with and later acquitted of the murder of crime reporter Veronica Guerin back in 1996, was targeted at his brother Thomas' home on March 1, 2014, just months after he walked out of prison for serving a 17 year sentence for smuggling millions of euros worth of cannabis to Ireland in the 1990s. Three months before this, he was meant to be the target of an assassination attempt, but was spared after the gang after him got the wrong pub. It was the same individuals who later tracked him down to his brothers home where he nearly lost his life and was forced to spend weeks recovering in a hospital before fleeing to England and then Spain. Describing the incident to Mr O'Toole, Gilligan said: 'They came bursting in. They kicked in the door as I was running down the hall. He shot me in the leg. When I was hopping down the hall, I tried to throw a dig. I said to myself, 'I'm gone! F***! I'll go out with){kind=link}
Veteran Irish criminal John Gilligan, 70, has opened up on the horror experience of being shot six times and left for dead after an assassination attempt at his brother’s home in Dublin
An Irish mobster has who was shot six times in a gang attack has opened up on his notorious life in a new book.
Criminal John Gilligan, 70, has described the terrifying moments he was the centre of an attempted assassination in a summation of his life with investigative journalist Jason O’Toole. John Gilligan – The Gilligan Tapes delves into Ireland’s biggest crime boss in his own words and uncovers details how how he survived the March 2014 attack in Clondalkin, west Dublin and why he thinks he could be targeted again, the Irish Mirror reports.
Speaking about one of the attacks on his life, he explained: “I said to myself, âThis is me out of this life. God, I’m sorry for all me sins, please forgive me.
“I survived six bullets going into me. The next time I won’t survive, you know, if there is a next time. I hope there’s not a next time, but if there is, there is.”