Fra McCann's amazing life of struggle; Growing support for a border referendum; Me, Larry King and the SF broadcast ban

Léargas: A Podcast by Gerry Adams · Jan 31, 2021 · 17m

Fra McCann's amazing life of struggle

I have known Fra McCann for almost 50 years. Even as he battles prostate cancer Fra continues to live his life as a republican activist – an MLA representing the people of the Falls, an area and a people he loves. Like many others it was the pogrom of August 1969 that changed Fra’s life. The barricades went up in Belfast and local people stepped forward to defend their community. Among them was a very young Fra. Several years later, aged 18, he was interned on the prison ship Maidstone for a month before being sent to Long Kesh in February 1972. He was…