Owen Carron

AKA: Owen Gerard Carron
Released
Full name:Owen Gerard Carron
Date of birth:1953
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
8 Days
Support
Irish Republicanism
Owen Carron

Biography

Owen Carron was the Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP who succeeded Bobby Sands. He was jailed in Buffalo after attempting to enter the United States from Canada with Danny Morrison.

Photograph: Owen Carron, at right holding the microphone, speaking at the Sinn Féin Summer School in Baile Bhúirne. Source: An Phoblacht, August 1, 2016, Darren O’Keeffe. Original caption identifies Carron as the speaker; photograph retained unchanged.

Case

Charges: Illegal-entry and false-statement proceedings at the US-Canada border
Arrested: Jan 21, 1982
Incarcerated: Jan 21, 1982
Released: Jan 29, 1982
Sentence: Held by U.S. authorities from January 21 until deportation on January 29, 1982

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