In the Name of the Son: The Gerry Conlon Story

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These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

He is the author of the best-selling book Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-Block Hunger Strike (2005) and Afterlives: The Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer that Changed Irish History (2010). After Saturday's matinee performance, there will be a discussion with Tony Devlin (director) and Shaun Blaney (performer). But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.It is useless to put such question to a fellow man; no human mind can fathom the nature of the Godhead, or trace out its operations (Ecclus. Her daughter Anne Marie was only nine when her mother went to prison - she was nineteen when her mother was released. If you would like to hear more about Mags Riordan's inspiring story and her journey to set up an NGO in Malawi, you can listen to her interview on RTE Radio 1. With his ordeal transformed into a celebrated film ( In the Name of the Father), Conlon enjoyed instant fame and fortune, though his freedom was just as quickly stifled by addiction. Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment.

Those who have been in the church have likely heard this many times before a believer is emersed in water or baptized (1).

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. From the Aboriginal people of Australia to Native Americans in the USA Gerry’s work eclipsed the wasted years in prison and the time he’d wasted as a free man imprisoned to hard drugs. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

Richard O’Rawe and Gerry Conlon grew up together in Belfast’s Lower Falls area – they were life-long best friends and confidantes.We know about the way the British police stitched him up, wrongly, for the Guildford bombings and then tortured him into a signed confession. It's powerful witness material, with a surprising amount of humour including nice vignettes of Gabriel Byrne (who didn't take on the role as Gerry in the film), Daniel Day Lewis (who did) and film director, a wonderfully manic Jim Sheridan. The author deserves praise for refusing to allow his lifelong, deep friendship with Conlon to whitewash many of Gerry s own personal failings.