Sarah Conlon

Sarah Conlon
Born(1926-01-20)20 January 1926
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died19 July 2008(2008-07-19) (aged 82)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationHousewife
SpousePatrick "Giuseppe" Conlon
ChildrenGerry ConlonAnn McKernan nee Conlon

Sarah Conlon (née Maguire; 20 January 1926 – 19 July 2008) was an Irish housewife and a prominent campaigner in one of the most high-profile miscarriage of justice cases in British legal history.[1][2] She spent decades clearing the names of her husband Giuseppe and son Gerry over the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) pub bombings at Guildford and Woolwich,[2][3] and helped secure an apology from former British prime minister Tony Blair in 2005 for their wrongful imprisonment.[4]

  1. ^ "Conlon, Sarah (née Maguire) (1926–2008)". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 19 January 2019. Conlon, Sarah (née Maguire) (1926–2008), campaigner, was born 20 January 1926 in the Falls Road ...
  2. ^ a b McCrory, Marie Louise (22 July 2008). "Sarah Conlon". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  3. ^ McNeilly, Claire (22 July 2008). "Moving farewell to campaigner Sarah Conlon". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Guildford bomb campaigner dies". BBC News. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2008.