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Biography. Gerard Conlon was born in Belfast and grew up at 7 Peel Street on the corner of Mary Street in the impoverished but close-knit community of the Lower Falls Road. He described his childhood as happy. His father was Giuseppe Conlon, a factory worker, and his mother was Sarah Conlon, a hospital cleaner.
Gareth Peirce. Sun 22 Jun 2014 15.34 EDT. When Gerry Conlon, who has died aged 60 of lung cancer, met survivors of the US's Guantánamo Bay detention camp, he found that their 21st-century ...
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Aug 14, 2023 · Director Lorenzo Moscia met Gerry Conlon two months before his death in 2014 and recorded In the Name of Gerry Conlon - an intimate documentary where Gerry shares the story of his wrongful ...
Dec 29, 2017 · 29 December 2017. PA. Gerry Conlon pictured in 1991, two years after his release. Guildford Four member Gerry Conlon wrote to the Irish government describing his "living hell" in prison ...
Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon is talking to Mary-Rachel McCabe. Gerry Conlon was released from prison on 19 th October 1989 after serving 15 years as an innocent man. In November 1974, the then 20-year-old was arrested in Belfast for his supposed part in the IRA pub bombings in Guildford, which killed five people and injured 65. Conlon had never been to Guildford.
Aug 1, 1993 · More than anything, this film is being made in the name of Guiseppe Conlon, the ultimate victim." Gerry Conlon's 1989 account, "Proved Innocent," has been the prime source for Mr. Sheridan and his ...
Jan 26, 1994 · Author and former British prisoner, Belfast-born Gerry Conlon. In his memoir, "In the Name of the Father," he tells the story of his wrongful conviction and fifteen-year imprisonment by the British Government for the 1974 terrorist bombings of two pubs near London. He was in prison with his father, Giuseppe, who was also falsely convicted as a co-conspirator in the bombings.
