Gerry Adams

Also known as Gerard Adams

Irish republican politician (born 1948)

Person · Open Library

Works: 66

Top works

John Lennon ha muerto
GiB - a Modest Exposure
Extract from "The way forward", address by Gerry Adams on behalf of the National Committee, 10 May 1981
Cage Eleven
HERINNERINGEN

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Film & TV

Acting · Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

Gerry Adams is an Irish republican politician who was, from 1983 to 2018, the leader of Sinn Féin. He has been played in films by actors such as John Lynch and Ian Beattie.

Known for

Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man — Self2025
Kneecap — Gerry Adams2024
The Ban — Himself2024
The House of Paisley — Self2023
The House of Paisley — Self2023
The Agreement — Self2023
Heist: The Northern Bank Robbery — Self (archive footage)2021
Partition, 1921 — Self2021
With God on Our Side — Self2021
Endgame in Ireland — Self (archive footage)2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Canada
Active from: 1959-11-05

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Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 14
Total plays: 19

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,329x
Phasercrystallographic software
· 2007 · cited 20,014x
A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
Crystallography & NMR System: A New Software Suite for Macromolecular Structure Determination
· 1998 · cited 13,097x
Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,443x

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Quotes

“The only complaint I have heard from nationalists or anti-unionists is that he was not shot 40 years ago.”
“The Brighton bombing was an inevitable result of the British presence in this country. Far from being a blow against democracy it was a blow for democracy.”
“That ageing geriatric whizz-kid seems intent on starting World War III.”
“There haven't been any attacks by the IRA on Protestants.”
“I have no involvement in terrorist activity.”
“I was a released internee; I was off the run. One of the reasons I had been chosen to be on the republican delegation for the talks was because I wasn't a wanted man... I played very little part in the meeting myself.”

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Key facts

Vice president: Phil Flynn John Joe McGirl Pat Doherty Mary Lou McDonald
Preceded by: Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
Succeeded by: Mary Lou McDonald
Born: Gerard Adams , ( 1948-10-06 ) 6 October 1948 (age 77) , Belfast , Northern Ireland
Party: Sinn Féin
Spouse: Collette McArdle ( married"}]]}'>m. 1971 )
Parent: Gerry Adams Sr. (father)
Education: St. Mary's CBS, Belfast

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.sinnfein.ie/contents/20204
Image: Gerry Adams Pre Election Press Conference.jpg
Number of children: 1

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Commons category: Gerry Adams
date of birth: 1948-10-06
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name in native language: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh
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official blog URL: leargas.blogspot.com

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Article

Gerard Adams (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish republican retired politician who was the president of Sinn Féin from 1983 to 2018. He was a Teachta Dála for Louth from 2011 to 2020 and a Member of the Northern Ireland Legislative Assembly for Belfast West. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he was the Member of Parliament for the Belfast West constituency, but followed the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism in the UK Parliament.

Adams became involved in Irish republicanism in the late 1960s, and was an established figure in Irish activism for more than a decade before his 1983 election to Parliament. In 1984, Adams was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt by the Ulster Defence Association. From the late 1980s onwards, he was an important figure in the Northern Ireland peace process, entering into talks initially with Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) leader John Hume and then subsequently with the Irish and British governments. In 1986, he convinced Sinn Féin to change its traditional policy of abstentionism towards the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. In 1998, it also took seats in the power-sharing Northern Ireland Assembly. In 2005, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) stated that its armed campaign was over and that it was exclusively committed to peaceful politics.