Gerry McGeough

AKA: Terence Gerard McGeough; Gerard McGeough; Terence McGeough

Released

Date of birth:1958

Gender:Male

Era:1990s

State:Pennsylvania

Support

Irish Republican Army

Biography

Gerry McGeough is an Irish republican who was extradited from Germany to the United States to face weapons charges connected to the IRA. He pleaded guilty and served a US prison term before returning to Ireland in 1996. His German and later Northern Irish imprisonment are separate from this US case.

Birth-year sources

Northern Ireland Court of Appeal judgment, R v. Terence Gerard McGeough — identifies McGeough as age 22 on June 13, 1981.
High Court judgment, R v. McGeough and McAnespie — records that he was born in Brantry in 1958.
The Burkean interview with Gerry McGeough — McGeough likewise states that he was born in 1958. The month and day are therefore left unspecified.

Cases

Charges: Unlicensed interstate movement of weapons in an IRA arms-procurement prosecution

Incarcerated: April 1994

Released: March 1996

Sentence: A three-year term is reported in contemporary accounts; a later appellate history describes a two-year sentence. Research places commencement of the prison term in spring 1994 and return to Ireland in 1996. Earlier bail time is excluded. The exact sentencing day, release day and actual total served remain unresolved.

Charges: US detention on extradition for the pending IRA weapons prosecution

Incarcerated: May 28, 1992

Released: 1992

Gerry McGeough

Biography

Birth-year sources

Cases

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