Gerry Adams: Final draft of history likely to be kinder than the first

The first draft of history has been unable to achieve any clear consensus on Gerry Adams and what his legacy will be. As Mr Adams steps down as Sinn Fein president, Dolan O’Hagan explores what the final verdict of history may be.

Gerry Adams: Final draft of history likely to be kinder than the first

The first draft of history has been unable to achieve any clear consensus on Gerry Adams and what his legacy will be. As Mr Adams steps down as Sinn Fein president, Dolan O’Hagan explores what the final verdict of history may be.

"We must put our minds together to see what kind of world we can create for the seventh generation yet unborn" - The Great Law of Peace according to the Haudenosaunee native Indian tradition.

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