Last Sunday a commemoration was held in Bellaghy in honour of Tom McElwee, the ninth republican prisoner to die during the 1981 hunger strike. The parade assembled at McElwee’s home place in Tamlaghduff and was led by a group of ex-POWs carrying photographs of the...

Details have now been released of the events in South Armagh preceding the National Commemoration march in South Armagh on 14th August to honour the hunger strikers, and other events up until the end of August. Saturday/Sunday, 6th/7th August - Bellaghy Social Club,...

A former blanketman from West Belfast, Seamus Kearney, has come up with a novel idea for a reunion of all those prisoners who took part in the H-Blocks and Armagh Jail protests and has taken it upon himself to fund and organise a reunion. “Thirty years have passed...

25th July (Mon) - Arklow Art Galery, Main Street, Arklow, Co. Wicklow - National Exhibition 1.30am to 9.30pm. Panel discussion 7.30pm - Main speaker ex-H-Block POW John Connolly 26th/27th July (Tues/Wed) - Ballycolman Community Centre, Strabane - National Exhibition...

Joe McDonnell WeekendThursday 7th July - National Exhibition in Rodaís 4 - 8pm     Friday 8th July - National Exhibition in Rodaís 12 noon - 8pm Saturday 9th July - National Exhibition in Rodaís 12 noon - 4pm Friday 9th July - White Line Picket Connolly House...

7th – 10th July - Rodaí Mac Corlai Clubrooms, Glen Rd, Belfast - National Exhibition   8th July (Fri) - Carnlough, Co. Antrim – Harbourside, 6pm - Vigil for Joe McDonnell - Peadar Whelan   8th July (Fri) - Dublin – 4pm Mass, The Oratory, Blanchardstown followed by a...

Find below details of the hunger strike exhibitions and speaking engagements for the month of June. People organising future event are being asked to provide the national committee with as much detailed information as possible about venues, opening times, formats and...

“Every now and then a rare book of quality drops on my desk,” writes our regular guest reviewer, veteran republican Gerry O’Hare. “You pick it up to scan it and an hour later it is still in your hands, every detail being absorbed. Such a book is ‘A Splendid Resistance...

Francis Hughes was commemorated in a ceremony in South Derry on Sunday, 15th May. The event was chaired by Sean Kerr who introduced the guest speaker, Sinn Féin MP Martin McGuinness. Martin spoke about Frank’s life, the circumstances that compelled him into making a...

More details of the exhibition tour have been released by the national commemoration committee covering the remainder of April and the first three weeks in May. They are: April…… 22nd to 24th - Cornmill, Lineside, Dungannon Road, Co. Tyrone 25th to 28th - St Aidan's...