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The Guildford pub bombings occurred on 5 October 1974 when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound (2.7-kilogram) gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, Surrey, England. The pubs were targeted because they were popular with British Army personnel stationed at Pirbright barracks. Four soldiers and one civilian were ...
Jun 21, 2014 · Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon dies. 23 June 2014. PAcemaker. Gerry Conlon, pictured with his sisters after being released at the Old Bailey in 1989. Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the ...
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Dec 29, 2017 · 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, declassified documents have ...
Nov 29, 2022 · The Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were the collective names of two groups whose convictions in English courts in 1975 and 1976 for the Guildford pub bombings of 5 October 1974 were eventually quashed after long campaigns for justice.
Jun 21, 2014 · Gerry Conlon, one of the so-called Guildford Four who were wrongly convicted over an IRA pub bombing in 1974, has died aged 60. He was jailed for life the following year - along with Paul Hill ...
Mar 6, 2020 · Guildford Four: how the innocent were framed and the truth buried. Gerry Conlon leaving the Old Bailey. On October 5, 1974 two public houses in Guildford, Surrey were bombed by the IRA without warning causing five deaths and over 60 injuries of varying severity. The bombs were placed in the pubs with timing devices to detonate when the bomb ...
