Merrion Press 🔖 has just publisheda new book byMary Attenborough & Michael Gallagher.
OUT NOW
UNBROKEN Secrets, Lies and Enduring Love
Mary Attenborough & Michael Gallagher
‘Our outside door came crashing in. Deafening thumps,
steel banging on steel and shrill, piercing whistles filled the
hallway. Faraway voices called out in the dark: “Armed police.”
Others, coming nearer, shouted orders: “Get down on the floor.”’
On 28 October 1996 Glaswegian Michael Gallagher is
arrested in an armed dawn raid on the London flat he shares with
long-time partner, Mary Attenborough. Accused of playing a role in
the IRA mortar attack on Heathrow Airport in March 1994. Michael
proclaims his innocence. Mary meanwhile throws herself into the
battle to free him and highlight what she sees as just another
example of British ‘justice’ getting it wrong.
Told in the alternating voices of the two authors, the
dramatic story unfolds with Michael struggling against the harsh
conditions of incarceration, while Mary focuses on organising his
legal defence, battling to stay positive in the face of
soul-destroying setbacks and emotional hardships.
Yet behind it all lies a secret that could tear the
couple apart. How can their love survive?
Mary Attenborough is a mathematician, software engineer, former lecturer and author of two third-level engineering mathematics textbooks.
Michael Gallagher, a Glasgow-born former civil servant and day-at-a-time recovering alcoholic, enjoys walking, singing and playing freestyle football. The couple now live in north-west Donegal and, since 2000, have jointly run a web development business.
Out Now 📚 Mary Attenborough & Michael Gallagher
Merrion Press 🔖 has just publisheda new book byMary Attenborough & Michael Gallagher.
OUT NOW
UNBROKEN Secrets, Lies and Enduring Love
Mary Attenborough & Michael Gallagher
‘Our outside door came crashing in. Deafening thumps,
steel banging on steel and shrill, piercing whistles filled the
hallway. Faraway voices called out in the dark: “Armed police.”
Others, coming nearer, shouted orders: “Get down on the floor.”’
On 28 October 1996 Glaswegian Michael Gallagher is
arrested in an armed dawn raid on the London flat he shares with
long-time partner, Mary Attenborough. Accused of playing a role in
the IRA mortar attack on Heathrow Airport in March 1994. Michael
proclaims his innocence. Mary meanwhile throws herself into the
battle to free him and highlight what she sees as just another
example of British ‘justice’ getting it wrong.
Told in the alternating voices of the two authors, the
dramatic story unfolds with Michael struggling against the harsh
conditions of incarceration, while Mary focuses on organising his
legal defence, battling to stay positive in the face of
soul-destroying setbacks and emotional hardships.
Yet behind it all lies a secret that could tear the
couple apart. How can their love survive?
Mary Attenborough is a mathematician, software engineer, former lecturer and author of two third-level engineering mathematics textbooks.
Michael Gallagher, a Glasgow-born former civil servant and day-at-a-time recovering alcoholic, enjoys walking, singing and playing freestyle football. The couple now live in north-west Donegal and, since 2000, have jointly run a web development business.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
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