Gerry McGeough
Gerry McGeough | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 September 1958 Brantry near Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| Known for | IRA Volunteer |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Irish Republic |
| Paramilitary | Provisional IRA |
| Years of service | 1975–1988 |
| Rank | Volunteer |
| Unit | East Tyrone Brigade |
| Conflicts | The Troubles |
Terence Gerard 'Gerry' McGeough (born 1958, near Dungannon, County Tyrone) is a prominent Irish republican who was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), a former Sinn Féin activist and editor of the defunct The Hibernian magazine. McGeough broke with Sinn Féin in 2001 and he is now an independent Irish Catholic/nationalist activist. McGeough was set to serve 20 years of imprisonment after being found guilty in 2011 for attempted murder, although he was released two years later, on 29 January 2013, under the Good Friday Agreement.