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Mar 13, 2018 · Gerry Conlon continued to blame himself for his father's death after his release, said his sister Ann McKernan (right)
He described his childhood as happy. His father was Giuseppe Conlon, a factory worker, and his mother was Sarah Conlon, a hospital cleaner. In 1974, at age 20, Conlon went to England to seek work and to escape the everyday violence he was encountering on the streets of Belfast.
- Gerard Conlon, 1 March 1954, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Convicted on 22 October 1975 and sentenced to life imprisonment
- Guildford pub bombings on 5 October 1974
- Conviction quashed by Court of Appeal on 19 October 1989
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The film depicts Conlon's attempt to rebuild his shattered relationship with his father but is partly fictional, Conlon never shared a cell with his father. He is reported to have settled with the government for a final payment of compensation in the region of £ 500,000. [2]
He is the father of Gerry Conlon, who are both convicted of conspiring to bomb the Guildford pub, and spends time in prison fighting to get out. He is portrayed by the late Pete Postlethwaite, who also played Roland Tembo .
Jun 21, 2014 · The Maguire Seven. After Mr Conlon was jailed for the pub bombing, seven people were arrested because of a family connection to him. Among them was Mr Conlon's father Giuseppe, who was...
Jun 21, 2014 · Giuseppe Conlon died in prison in 1980, still protesting his innocence, and never saw his son freed. In June 1991, Giuseppe's sentence was posthumously overturned by the court of appeal along with ...
Aug 14, 2023 · The address reaches its crescendo as he refers to his late father, Giuseppe, likewise wrongly convicted. “I watched my father die in a British prison for something he didn’t do,” Conlon says...
