Gerry Conlon Dies In West Belfast

[@albertlepore1039]

My heart goes out to Gerry! May you rest in peace with you're father brother ! You surely unfairly paid the price! Was with you since the beginning and I'm still with you both!!!

[@irishstacker33]

Gerry served 15 years in jail, not "just over ten", like the narrator says.

[@adielstephenson2929]

No one's paid for this. It's outrageous.

[@thepoweroftruth3624]

God bless Gerry and his father. Great Men. They are sorely missed. I will always keep them in my heart and in my memory.

[@RobertLock1978]

Rest in Peace Gerry. None of you will be forgotten.

[@gerardmccann1203]

Gieuseppe Conlan and Gerry Conlan RIP Erin go brough

[@patrickomahony9679]

16 year wait for an apology? Just like Bloody Sunday , brits don’t like to look at themselves too closely,

[@peacehope7365]

Believe me, many ordinary British people are horrified by this terrible miscarriage of justice. It's the British establishment - the government, the police, the law etc who are the guilty ones...

[@iangarner8857]

Some of us do its an absolute bloody disgrace what happened. That poor man and his dad and his mates lost the prime years of their lives . I can't believe the police can do this and get away with it .

[@DLBMOS]

I remember that day so well.. So emotional seeing it again... Lovely man, so full of spirit...

[@maestroclassico5801]

Gerry himself blasted Blair's apology.....saying he was just trying to get Irish votes! 😑 RIP GERRY.

[@jgdooley2003]

Why we Irish must never allow any closer association with Britain and why we are independent of a larger and more powerful neighbour. An Irishman will never get a fair trial in an English legal system or with an English jury, too much suspicion and hatred can be drummed up and used by those in power against their perceived enemies.We may shared the same language and most of our culture is the same but our legal protections are not compatible.

[@AbandonEarth911]

Working men and women of all lands unite.

[@foxibot]

John Dooley My grandmother was Albritton, but I grew up a Louisiana Cajun as a kid speaking the language but we moved up to the Northern part of the state over 8 hours away & I always feel like a stranger in a strange land. No one up here speaks the language and the culture is totally different. We moved up here when I was a kid.My dad made me take French, which he is formal, not like the Cajun French which is a patois or dialect, up here they want you to just speak English. I would love to learn Gaelic or other older Irish language. I always say we have a mix of cultures here in Louisiana and we have a lot of Irish blood, we all are like Louisiana Gumbo, a little bit of everything. . People have always told me I look Celtic. I am blonde and fair with green eyes.That was so sad that his Da died & he & the rest of the family were in prison so long. I always feel a kinship to the Irish. See you later ma cher(that means my dear or love) We say hey cher, as a greeting. But sounds more like char or cha I guess. Not much r pronunciation.

[@bettymurphy6865]

We most definitely do not have a similar culture to England.

[@jaijai5250]

@@bettymurphy6865 I was surprised to see him make that statement, regarding similarities in culture. Assimilating into the culture of the dominant group, is very dangerous. I say that from the perspective of a woman born in the U.K. to Jamaican parents, who came over in the 1950’s at the invitation of the U.K. to help rebuild the county. Oh, how they’ve changed their tune!

[@ericjohnson8326]

I had lunch with him in Los Angeles in the late 90's. On Sunset Blvd at TNT a Greek cafe right next to book soup. He was at the table next to me with a couple of people they were shooting a part of a documentary. I noticed him from an interview I'd seen and we added the tables & had lunch. I asked him how bad it was being locked up he told me much worse than what you saw in the film. He seemed very upbeat & he smiled a lot. He looked youthful. I'm sorry to hear he died so young & to find out he only got $ 500 thousand from the government is insane. He was a tough guy to go through all that & have that disposition after 15:years in prison. His family should get compensated for his dad's false imprisonment as well.

[@dionisio7719]

Rip. Nothing forgotten .. An example for all . Gerry LIVES Forever

[@kevmccormack9857]

The term "Miscarraige of Justice" is loosely used to say the least. It would imply a mistake. There was no mistake made here. Just a fit up.

[@mauricepeck7147]

Rest in eternal peace dear Sir. God bless you and your family. Especially your Father.

[@Irishman0855]

God bless yous RIP🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@franciestokes7121]

Rest in peace jerry

[@heatherg3663]

It’s spelled Gerry

[@tommybrooks9344]

An apology from Tony Blair wow the biggest criminal of them all.

[@kellyannewright6121]

Bless you Gerry...rest in peace. 🙏

[@CosmicRingo]

The only reason Tony Blair apologised was to try and gain the UK Irish vote before the next General Election.

[@AJ-Themes-for-Great-Cities]

God bless them both and shame on the British government

[@BrianConneely]

This is still so so sad

[@jamesfulton8251]

One of the most important men in the history of Ireland, for all the years he spent in jail ge still had a smile on his face...God Bless you Gerry❤❤❤❤RIP, never forgotten 🎉

[@VijaySingh-oq2zv]

R.i p gerard conlan and God rest his soul God be with his family

[@someoneelse101]

Giuseppe would be proud

[@VijaySingh-oq2zv]

I want to write a book about them

[@justinoconnor3273]

Tony Blair is the only PM who has the balls to admit it

[@paulbrown2681]

because Blair is a Scot and they stick up for the Irish

[@someoneelse101]

For all his faults he had the courage to say something against it at least

[@someoneelse101]

@@paulbrown2681 Blair is a Scot??

[@abcdefg7435]

IT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR!

[@CosmicRingo]

Blair was trying to gain the UK Irish vote before the General Election that's why the apology was made.

[@paulconlon6068]

God rest Giuseppe conlon

[@justinoconnor3273]

rip legend make us proud

[@VijaySingh-oq2zv]

Such a shame irish are strong nation

[@Gonkawonga]

rest in Peace Gerry

[@drharoldshipman9348]

There is nothing worse than being wronged, but paradoxically forgiveness is Devine .

[@AnthonyKeegan-pe9ku]

Rest in peace gerry and ur dad❤ lreland

[@dinam5017]

and to think that the real criminals who fabricated all of this had nothing done to them..and lived happy and free

[@puterboy2]

I’m enraged too, but for what it’s worth, the police were under pressure and they had to blame it on someone…even if they were prejudiced.

[@andyboitomney4138]

The man that sentenced these lads should have sent 2 prison in his closeing speach he wid have hung these lads for a crime that was nothing 2 do with them

[@someoneelse101]

He should have been tried for treason

[@MarieCassidy-zd8sc]

​@@someoneelse101the judge should and those who lied and framed he and the Maguires

[@MarieCassidy-zd8sc]

​ Why? Is it not enough that the real bombers admitted their crimes for bombing Guildford and Woolwich. At their appeal the judges admitted they never were in Guildford.

[@paulconlon6068]

God rest Gerry conlon

[@SimonCraig-j7p]

What did the actual bombers get?

[@penguincommunity6218]

I don’t think Tony Blair was forced to apologize. I think he wanted to.

[@russellbishop5995]

That's not what Gerry Conlon said.

[@amina-pr8xt]

Requiescat in Pace Gerard Conlon & Carol Richardson

[@dennisgraham9663]

RIP SIR.

[@iloveboxing677]

Allah hu akbar. True definition of patience and faith. Masha Allah he was a good decen honest human being. Wake up people and see the oppression......

[@plusplus7743]

RIP Gerry

[@angelaprendergast6571]

people think the irish will back down no wY if we innocence

[@benjamincorilla9440]

Vuela alto junto con tu querido padre !! La venganza y la justicia es de Dios .. descansa en paz junto con tu padre !!

[@liamkeane9159]

They shud have this on late late show,pure injustice at the time, Britain left awful mark on the Irish

[@NaturaBreeze]

Did they get compensation?

[@someoneelse101]

@ZadZadrack Even so Dixon has probably carried that injustice to his grave knowing he fucked up astronomically.

[@jaijai5250]

@fabian. It would be interesting to know whether they received compensation. No amount of money, is as valuable as fifteen years of life, regardless of what the person did with their life. Money can’t heal a damaged, broken mind and spirit. All money does is smother salve and plasters over the damage. Look at the state of a lot of these so called celebrities.

[@damienmooney3342]

​@@someoneelse101 Dixon was a fictional character

[@someoneelse101]

@@damienmooney3342 Or whoever the officer in charge was. My point was he fucked up spectacularly and to my knowledge neither he nor the other officers involved were reprimanded.

[@lanabeth645]

typical for the Britt's!

[@TheAnn2shoes]

That kind of thing makes me ashamed to be a Brit.

[@kenwiles4721]

Typical of the British police, NOT the British people ... the crowds on the day of his release speak volumes. The fucking corrupt police force and judicial system over here, will stop at nothing to get what they want. Innocent or not! It is still going on today. RIP Gerry Conlon ... you are a legend. From a Btit!!

[@a81758]

Not in my name. I'm a British civilian, and I would not treat people this way.

[@susanwright4414]

Prison, fear, hatred tears us down. All I see in America is "Put them in jail!" (anyone who appears guilty). It’s really sick. We have little empathy or respect for conversion either...

[@ronburns6920]

pfft to the "apology"

[@forlannuye7632]

Respect

[@alanmurray5963]

We still need an apology for the ballymurphy massacre, Belfast. (1971). The British got away with murder during the Troubles. The Balcombe Street Gang were responsible, and told authorities that they had the wrong people in jail, but nothing was done about it. ☘️

[@Erinmcnamee2013]

did he did...wasn't made public...what a surprise

[@sonnymcdaid5421]

RIP

[@liammellows-hz3pf]

Right I'll put myself at the time when I was a young bhoy.Gerry Conlon got fucked out of Belfast for robbing meters,him and Paul Hill were on the same boat.Brendan moved them out..

[@MarieCassidy-zd8sc]

Was this before his imprisonment or after his release? ?????

[@alanmurray5963]

Before

[@justinoconnor3273]

Tony Blair you are a real man of peace

[@jonoessex]

Gerry Conlon became a republican activist after his release from prison. That makes me suspicious of his innocence.

[@a81758]

So his poor treatment didn't contribute to that?

[@jonoessex]

@@a81758 In the context of the time, no why should it!

[@MarieCassidy-zd8sc]

No, he wasn't because if you listen to Carrie Gracie's interview, he is highly critical of the violence committed by paramilitaries and any interviews that I heard him speak at he expressed the horror and outrage at the bombings and he was sympathetic about those who got killed in them... He represented loyalist groups too and he would have helped you too if you needed it

[@jonoessex]

@@MarieCassidy-zd8sc Conlon publicly describes the Ira as ‘honourable people who did bad things because there was a war on’. He hated the English and gave public speeches demonising them. He would only represent someone if he thought by doing so he could attack Britain.

[@jacquiewalton1996]

"Gerry Conlon became a republican activist " ??? Evidence ?

[@davidganning8699]

God rest Gerry being born Irish and catholic a crime in the uk