27/03/2006
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1981 Irish Hunger Strike Pictures - part 2
(Sands and his 9 fellow strikers were in what is called the "H-Block" of Long Kesh Prison. From an aerial view, it looks like a city block interspersed with H-shaped buildings. I don't know what particular building in which they were. Some of the 10 strikers started off as Blanketmen because the British wardens wanted them to wear prisoner uniforms, and the blanketmen refused because they thought they were political prisoners instead of true criminals.)
(Patsy O'Hara's Funeral):
(Mickey Devine's Family:)
(Devine's Wake:)
A Militant Republican Propaganda poster:
Comments (3)
The DDR I was referring too is "Dance Dance Revolution" a video/arcade game where players step on different panels of a "dance pad" to the beat of a song. Hmm... don't know much about this hunger strike thing...
Thanks for posting these pictures. It is so very important that more people realise the truth, that Bobby and the others weren't 'criminals' or 'terrorists.' The campaign of criminalisation is still in force, and not only for those who have died, but against those who still work for the unification of Ireland today.
Gerry Flannigan
Great photos.
Béir bua!
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