Annie Maguire honoured.London--In 1976, seven people, members of the Conlon and Maguire families, were imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- in London, England, in connection with a 1974 Irish Republican Army Irish Republican Army (IRA), nationalist organization devoted to the integration of Ireland as a complete and independent unit. Organized by Michael Collins from remnants of rebel units dispersed after the Easter Rebellion in 1916 (see Ireland), it was composed of attack on a pub in Guildford, Surrey. Among these was Mrs. Annie Maguire, aunt of the chief suspect, who was convicted of running a bomb factory out of her home and who served nine years in prison. Ultimately, and in no small part due to the efforts of the late Archbishop of Westminster The Archbishop of Westminster heads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster, in England. The incumbent is the Metropolitan of the Province of Westminster and, as a matter of custom, is elected President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and therefore , Cardinal Basil Hume George Basil Cardinal Hume OSB, OM, MA, STL (March 2, 1923—June 17, 1999) was an English prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 and President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales from 1979 until his death. , the seven convictions were put aside. In February 2004, Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a public apology for the miscarriages of justice involved. Before her imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. , which she bore with dignity and without bitterness, Annie Maguire had been a faithful worker in her family, parish, and community, and this she has continued since her release. One of Pope John II's last acts before his death was to authorize the award of the papal "Bene Merenti" (well-deserved) medal to Mrs. Maguire. This was presented to her by Cardinal Hume's successor, Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor, mid-May in her parish church in North London (Zenit, May 24, 2005). |
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