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==="The Ulsterman"=== In 2014, Douglas Goody claimed to journalists that "The Ulsterman" was Patrick McKenna, at the time of the robbery a 43-year-old postal worker living in [[Salford]], [[Lancashire]]. McKenna, who was originally from [[Belfast]], met Goody four times in 1963. Goody alleged that he found out McKenna's name only when he saw it written inside his spectacles case. It is not known what became of the share McKenna allegedly received, but his children were "flabbergasted" on hearing the claim of their father's involvement. It was surmised that McKenna either donated his share to the [[Catholic church]] over the years or had had the money stolen from him.<ref name="Tracy McVeigh">{{cite news|title=The quiet Great Train Robber reveals identity of the gang's mystery insider|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/28/great-train-robber-douglas-gordon-goody-reveals-identity-mystery-inside|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=28 September 2014|first=Tracy|last=McVeigh|date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715230822/http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/28/great-train-robber-douglas-gordon-goody-reveals-identity-mystery-inside|archive-date=15 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> This alleged identification of McKenna as "The Ulsterman" has been disputed; not least because McKenna appears to have had no criminal record or associations and died poor. It has been suggested<ref name="telegraph.co.uk"/> that a known associate of the convicted robbers, Sammy Osterman, was part of the gang, and his "Ulsterman" soubriquet was simply the result of mishearing his surname.
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