Gerry Adams
Early life
Adams attended St Finian's Primary School on Falls Road, where he was taught by La Salle brothers. Having passed the eleven-plus exam in 1960, he attended St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School. He left St Mary's with six O-levels and worked in bars.
Early political career
!Adams wearing an [Easter Lily) (2008)](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/GerryAdamsEasterLilyBadge.jpg/250px-GerryAdamsEasterLilyBadge.jpg)
Early political career
In the late 1960s, a civil rights campaign developed in Northern Ireland. After being radicalised by the Divis Street riots during the 1964 United Kingdom general election campaign, Adams joined Sinn Féin and Fianna Éireann. Adams was an active supporter and joined the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association in 1967. The civil rights movement was met with violence from loyalist counter-demonstrations and the RUC, and British troops were called in at the request of the Government of Northern Ireland).
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