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THE COMRADES
There were three separate launches for The Comrades, a book written by former friends of the twelve hunger strikers who died between (1974 & 1981), with an introduction by the former leader of the women in Armagh Jail, Síle...
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The Final Say
Two veteran republicans who were involved in the secret re-interment of Frank Stagg’s body in 1977...
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Mickey Devine – 40th Anniversary
Mickey Devine was the last man—the tenth—to die on the epic 1981 hunger strike. Today is the...
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A SHARED STRUGGLE
A Shared Struggle— Stories of Palestinian & Irish Hunger Strikers is the latest publication...
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Anniversary of Thomas McElwee
On 8 August 1981 Thomas McElwee from South Derry became the ninth man to die in the H-Block hunger...
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Kieran Doherty Remembered
Forty years ago today Kieran Doherty became the eighth blanket man to die on the seven-months’...
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Kevin Lynch Remembered
On this day forty years ago twenty-five-year old Kevin Lynch from Dungiven became the seventh...
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Óglach Martin Hurson Remembered
There were a number of commemorations held in Tyrone for the fortieth anniversary of Martin...
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‘Fuair Seosamh bás.’
Forty years ago today, IRA Volunteer Joe McDonnell became the fifth hunger striker to die in that...
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The Friendship with Joe
Ciaran Quinn, Sinn Féin’s North American representative, reviews Jaz McCann’s prison...
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Bobby Sands’ Lecture
The Bobby Sands’ annual lecture took place at Áras Uí Chonghaile James Connolly Visitor Centre on...
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Raymond & Patsy Remembered
On this day forty years ago, INLA Volunteer Patsy O’Hara and IRA Volunteer Raymond McCreesh, who...
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BOBBY SANDS TRUST
The Bobby Sands Trust was established to publish, promote and keep in print the extraordinary writings of Bobby Sands, who from prison isolation became an international figure in 1981, and who to this day continues to inspire Irish republicans in their pursuit of freedom from British rule.