Background
McCann was born in the Twinbrook area of Belfast, and was friends with Bobby Sands and his sister Bernadette.
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Jennifer McCann
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McCann was arrested aged 20, after shooting a Royal Ulster Constabulary police officer, and subsequently sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. McCann was released from prison after serving just over ten years of her sentence, and began working for Sinn Féin in the Prisoner Of War Department and Women"s Department. She is active on a number of projects in her community, including the Sally Gardens Community Centre Committee, the Safer Neighbourhoods Project, the Colin Community Festival, and the Falls Community Council"s Community Drugs Programme.
McCann is married to former Ireland Republican Army prisoner Rab Kerr, with whom she has three children.
Membership
Provisional Irish Republican Army. 3rd Northern Ireland Assembly. 4th Northern Ireland Assembly]
She joined the republican movement as a schoolgirl, becoming a member of Cumann na mBan then joining the Provisional Irish Republican Army aged 17.
