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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".
Gerard Adams ( Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; [1] born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican politician who was the president of Sinn Féin between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth from 2011 to 2020.
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...
Feb 5, 2021 · FORMER Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has opened up about his painful family life and the shock and ‘sense of betrayal’ at finding out his father was a child abuser. The 72-year-old said he has taken a back seat in politics but shared his deep personal trauma relating to the discovery in a forthright discussion on Slipped Disk – an online ...
Dec 20, 2009 · The leader of Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein party, Gerry Adams, has revealed that his late father Gerry Adams Sr subjected family members to physical, emotional and sexual abuse. The news came as Mr Adams appealed to his brother Liam to hand himself into police after Liam's daughter made allegations that she was sexually abused.
Jun 26, 2022 · The eldest of 10 children, Mr Adams came from a staunchly republican family on the Falls Road in West Belfast. 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.
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Dec 21, 2009 · Sinn Fein's president Gerry Adams has revealed his late father subjected family members to emotional, physical and sexual abuse. The West Belfast MP said he found out 12 years ago that his...
