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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gerry_Adams_SrGerry Adams Sr. - Wikipedia

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   Occupation. Belfast Irish Republican Army. Spouse. Anne Hannaway. Children. 13; including Gerry. Gerard Adams Sr. (1926 – 17 November 2003) was a Belfast Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who took part in its Northern Campaign in the 1940s.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Gerry_AdamsGerry Adams - Wikipedia

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   Gerry Adams Sr. joined the IRA at age 16. In 1942, he participated in an IRA ambush on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) patrol but was shot, arrested and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. Adams's maternal great-grandfather, Michael Hannaway, was also a member of the IRB during its bombing campaign in England in the 1860s and 1870s.

4. www.irishcentral.com › news › gerry-adams-revealsGerry Adams reveals his father was a child sex abuser

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   Dec 20, 2009 · Adams' father, Gerry Sr., was a member of the IRA who served time for shooting a policeman. He was one of the founders of the Provisional IRA and a defining influence on his son.

5. www.irishpost.com › news › gerry-adams-speaks-aboutGerry Adams speaks about 'sense of betrayal' at discovering ...

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   Feb 5, 2021 · The abuse came to light back in December 2009 when the former politician revealed that his father, Gerry Adams Sr, had subjected family members to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. Mr Adams, at 50 years of age, also made the shocking discovery that his father had abused some of his own children.

6. www.theguardian.com › uk-news › 2019Liam Adams, brother of ex-Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, dies

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   Feb 25, 2019 · Liam Adams, the brother of the former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, has died in custody while serving a 16-year sentence for raping his own daughter. The 63-year-old had cancer and was...

7. www.pressreader.com › ireland › the-irish-mail-onForever he’ll be remembered for his bone-chilling quote: ‘The ...

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   Jun 26, 2022 · His father, Gerry Adams Sr, was an IRA man, wounded by the RUC in 1942 and sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted murder. According to his account, Mr Adams sold firewood on the streets to buy stale cakes from a local bakery and carried them home at dawn in a pillow slip.

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   Who was Gerry Adams father?

   • His father, Gerry Adams Sr, was an IRA man, wounded by the RUC in 1942 and sentenced to eight years in prison for attempted murder. According to his account, Mr Adams sold firewood on the streets to buy stale cakes from a local bakery and carried them home at dawn in a pillow slip.

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   How old was Gerry Adams when he joined the IRA?

   • Gerry Adams Sr. joined the IRA at age 16. In 1942, he participated in an IRA ambush on a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) patrol but was shot, arrested and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment.

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   Who is Gerry Adams?

   • The former IRA member was convicted in 2013 for raping and sexually assaulting his daughter Áine between 1977 and 1983 when she was aged between four and nine. The case piled pressure on Gerry Adams to explain why he did not alert authorities when he learned of the abuse in 1987.

   Liam Adams, brother of ex-Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, dies

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   Who was Gerard Adams?

   • Gerard Adams Sr. (1926 – 17 November 2003) was a Belfast Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who took part in its Northern Campaign in the 1940s. He has also been described as "important in the emergence of the Provisional IRA in 1970".

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9. www.britannica.com › biography › Gerry-AdamsGerry Adams | Biography, Books, IRA, & Troubles | Britannica

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   Apr 24, 2024 · Gerry Adams (born October 6, 1948, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is the former president of Sinn Féin, long regarded as the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), and one of the chief architects of Sinn Féin’s shift to a policy of seeking a peaceful settlement to sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.