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This is a list of other Irish people who have been falsely convicted for crimes they did not commit, due to a political motive.

There are many others not mentioned, and even exonerated for their convictions. 

THE GUILDFORD FOUR

Four people who were convicted under false pretences for an IRA bombing of The Guildford Pub, that killed four people.

  • Paul Hill

  • Gerry Conlon

  • Paddy Armstrong

  • Carole Richardson

THE BIRMINGHAM SIX

A group who were convicted under suspicions of being involved in an IRA attack, and were beaten by police to give false confessions.

  • Patrick Hill

  • Hugh Callaghan

  • Gerard Hunter

  • Richard McIlkenny 

  • William Power

  • John Walker

 

 

THE MAGUIRE SEVEN

A family, ranging from the ages of 14 to 52 at the time of their trial, who were wrongfully imprisoned and convicted for two IRA pub bombings. 

  • Anne Maguire

  • Patrick Maguire (senior)

  • Patrick Maguire (junior)

  • Vincent Maguire

  • Sean Smyth

  • Patrick O'Neill

  • Patrick “Giuseppe” Conlon

MURDER AT MARHILL

Wrongfully convicted and executed in 1941 for the murder of Mary “Moll” McCarthy, and given a posthumous pardon in 2015.

  • Henry “Harry” Gleeson

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