Maguire had also been contacted by supporters of Gerry Adams, then and now President of Sinn Féin, and a supporter of the change in the Provisional IRA constitution.

Maguire's stature was such that a delegation from Gerry Adams sought his support in 1986, but was rejected.

Sinn Féin vice-president Gerry Adams said of Mountbatten's death:

Adams convinced Gerry to reenter politics after the Boston Port Act closed that city's port, and Marblehead became a port to which relief supplies could be delivered.

President Adams appointed Gerry to be a member of a special diplomatic commission sent to France in 1797.

In March 1995, Major refused to answer the phone calls of United States President Bill Clinton for several days because of his anger at Clinton's decision to invite Gerry Adams to the White House for St Patrick's Day.

* 1984 – Gerry Adams, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

Donaldson had been entrusted by Gerry Adams with the running of Sinn Féin's operations in the U. S. in the early 1990s.

McShane, a former IRA member, had been Gerry Adams ' personal driver for many years.

* 17-Gerry Adams, Sr, 77, Irish Republican Army volunteer, father of Gerry Adams.

This came as Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams admitted one of the men was the party's representative in Cuba.

* March 14 – Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams and 3 others are seriously injured in a gun attack by the UVF.

* October 6 – Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician

Gerry Adams (; born 6 October 1948 ) is an Irish republican politician and Teachta Dála ( TD ) for the constituency of Louth.

Adams ' parents, Gerry Adams, Sr. and Annie Hannaway, came from republican backgrounds.

Adams ' grandfather, also called Gerry Adams, had been a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood ( IRB ) during the Irish War of Independence.

The delegation included Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, Sean Mac Stiofain ( IRA Chief of Staff ), Daithi O ' Conaill, Seamus Twomey, Ivor Bell and Dublin solicitor Myles Shevlin.

In 1978, Gerry Adams became joint vice-president of Sinn Féin and a key figure in directing a challenge to the Sinn Féin leadership of President Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and joint vice-president Dáithí Ó Conaill.

Gerry Adams at the Fermanagh Commemoration.

The 1982 election was followed by the 1983 Westminster election, in which Sinn Féin's vote increased and Gerry Adams was elected, as an abstentionist, as MP for Belfast West.

It was in 1983 that Ruairí Ó Brádaigh resigned as President of Sinn Féin and was succeeded by Gerry Adams.

Some of this reputation was founded on the core of talent brought together for the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ) who subsequently worked together on series and feature films for Gerry Anderson.

He would be replaced by Gerry Hunsicker, who until 2004 would continue to oversee the building of the Astros into one of the better and most consistent organizations in the Major Leagues.

Evans ' basement apartment had become the meeting place for several young musicians and composers such as Davis, Roach, pianist John Lewis, and baritone sax player Gerry Mulligan who were unhappy with the increasingly virtuoso instrumental techniques that dominated the bebop scene.

Setting aside Peary's claim, the first confirmed surface conquest of the North Pole was that of Ralph Plaisted, Walt Pederson, Gerry Pitzl and Jean Luc Bombardier, who traveled over the ice by snowmobile and arrived on April 19, 1968.

The present owner is the former circus proprietor Gerry Cottle who purchased the site for around £ 6million.

Sight Acts, Magicians and Illusionists who appeared on the show include Tim Ellis, Ross Skiffington, Sam Angelico, Zig & Zag, Ron Challinor, Chris Kirby, Ron Blasket and Gerry Gee, Syd Heylen Jnr, Marty Coffey and Hubert the Super Magician.

Cooder's spot was eventually filled for a short spell by Gerry McGee, who had played with The Monkees.

Roy Thomas and Gerry Conway, who co-created Man-Thing for Marvel Comics a year and a half earlier, thought that this origin was too similar to that of their character, and Wein himself had written a Man-Thing story ( in fact, the second ) that was published with a June 1972 cover date, but he refused to change the origin in spite of some cajoling by Conway, who was his roommate at the time.

This was a public faction which initially included, in addition to the SWP, Gerry Healy's British section The Club, the Internationalist Communist Party in France ( then led by Lambert who had expelled Bleibtreu and his grouping ), Nahuel Moreno's party in Argentina and the Austrian and Chinese sections of the FI.

Essex County is famous as the area that Elbridge Gerry ( who was born and raised in Marblehead ) districted into a salamander-like shape in 1812 that gave rise to the word gerrymandering.

Gerry Francis, a key player in the 1970s QPR side who had proved himself as a successful manager with Bristol Rovers, was appointed manager in the summer of 1991.

* His daughter, Lucy ( played by Gerry Cowper ), who only appeared on-screen in one episode (" The Right to Know ") but who is mentioned intermittently throughout.

Another resident of Gleneldon Road was Gerry Shephard, guitarist with the Glitter Band, who lived at no.

Gerry and his friend are interrogated by police who torture and threaten them until both finally agree to sign a confession after being held for up to seven days under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts 1974-1989.

When this man sets fire to a hated prison guard, Gerry is the one who saves him with a blanket.

Hynde then formed a band composed of Pete Farndon ( who was later associated romantically with Hynde ) on bass, James Honeyman-Scott on guitar, and Gerry Mcilduff on drums.

The win over the title contending Cobb gave Norton another shot at a potential title fight, and on May 11, 1981 at Madison Square Garden he stepped into the ring with top contender Gerry Cooney, who like Cobb was undefeated entering the fight.

The new lineup boasted two new lead singers in Don Ciccone ( formerly of The Critters ) and Gerry Polci, who eased the singing load on an ailing Frankie Valli ( who was gradually losing his hearing due to otosclerosis ; eventually, surgery restored most of his hearing ).

Managed initially by Newton's father, the band climbed their way up to the marquee level, then got signed by Gerry Bron ( the Hit Record Productions Ltd .' s boss ) who saw the band at the Blues Loft club in High Wycombe.

First session player Colin Wood was brought in by Gerry Bron, then Ken Hensley a former Newton's colleague in The Gods who was currently playing guitar in Toe Fat was lined up.

Bolder, who by that time " had had enough of Gerry Bron and the management ", decided to join Wishbone Ash and when Dechert left, Uriah Heep were down to just Mick Box with the name and contract.