After the bombing attempt on Strabane, Rose and her accomplice, Eddie Gallagher, flee to the Republic of Ireland and go into hiding. Wanted posters with Rose’s picture are released to the public in connection to the bombing. Around the same time, a Vermeer painting was stolen from Kew Gardens. A ransom note states the painting will be returned in exchange for the release of the Price sisters – two IRA volunteers who had been charged with the Old Bailey bombing and were being forced-fed whilst in prison. Nothing came from the ransom demand, except perhaps to inspire Rose and Eddie’s plan to steal a collection of paintings from Russborough House. The country estate in a rural area of County Wicklow housed one of the biggest art collections in the country – including several old masters, like Vermeer, Goya and Gainesborough. It was also the summer home of Lord and Lady Beit. Rose and Eddie, with two accomplices, were able to steal 19 paintings from Russborough House. They presented a rans