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6 Responses to “GERY LAWLESS, 1936-2012”

1. on 23 Jan 2012 at 8:42 am1Gery Lawless « The Cedar Lounge Revolution

   […] links, here’s Conor on Dublin Opinion and here’s a thread here where some of his life is discussed, as well as this here on the […]

2. on 23 Jan 2012 at 2:16 pm2Stephen Meaney

   I will miss Gery Lawless, particularaly his dublin sense of humour in adversity such as facing 100`s of National Front
   “you watch police i`ll watch the NF”.Wood Green T.O.M march.

3. on 23 Jan 2012 at 5:21 pm3Dr. X

   Where is “I will not yield” and following lines from?

4. on 23 Jan 2012 at 5:32 pm4Conor McCabe

   It’s from a poem by the Cork socialist writer, Patrick Galvin. It’s used in the movie, Song for a Raggy Boy, which is based on the book of the same name by Galvin.

5. on 09 Feb 2012 at 11:42 pm5John Nagle

   First met Gerry 1971 London we use to talk for hours about what would life be like in old age there was a lot of us then all with our own ideas we never had much money a few bob for a pint or two. So much has gone by time never stood still. I last was Gerry 1991 out side the High court, he will be missed the Dublin wit and a sharp mind.

6. on 23 Mar 2012 at 6:22 am6Anthony Rosato

   Yes! Gery made a sound contribution to the most recent of our troubles in the sense that his political experience gained in the late 50s drew our awareness to the potential manipulation strategies of the CP and in particular the traditional Stalinists who feared direct action.
   He helped focus the English left on their most beneficial role, i.e. ‘The Troops Out Movement’ and discouraged the revolutionary stalwarts from thinking that the barricades were just around the corner.
   Gery was courageous and never stepped back from a risk, e.g. his role in Gulladuff GAA hall just before the Burntollet sttack.
   Perhaps Gery’s best testimony was William Craig’s claim that he was “an international revolutionary” (a trouble-maker) Let’s drink to that for after all Gery’s analyses proved to be correct and Crag’s completely wrong.

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