- His voice was banned from being broadcast on television by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on October 19, 1988, as it would "deny terrorists the oxygen of publicity." This ban was later lifted by Prime Minister John Major on September 17, 1994.
- Has never admitted to belonging to the Irish Republican Army, but was interned on suspicion during the 1970s.
- He was a Member of Parliament for Belfast West from 1983-1992, and from 1997 to present.
- One of 10 surviving children in a West Belfast family.
- Attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers School in West Belfast.
- Son of Gerry and Anne (nee Hannaway) Adams.
- President of the Sinn Féin Party in Northern Ireland since 1983.
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