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1980/81 Hunger Strikes Pt.2
Revolutionary Ireland
English - August 04, 2021 22:03 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBHistory Education Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Join Lorcan Collins for the final part of the Blanket Protest, this episode covers the 1981 Hunger Strikes led by Bobby Sands in which ten IRA and INLA Volunteers died in Long Kesh Prison (The H-Blocks). Lorcan is joined by Laurence McKeown who spent 70 days on his hunger strike and Gerry Adams who knew Bobby Sands. Music at the end, Bobby Sands Rhythm of Time by kind permission of Damien Dempsey.