Hunger Strikes

Read more about the 1981 Long Kesh/Maze hunger strikes resulting in the deaths of 10 men: Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O'Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty, Thomas McElwee & Michael Devine.


Still rethinking the 1980/’81 hunger strikes

Hunger strikes ended 35 years ago today but legacy lives on in ‘twilight zone between history and memory’. Academics behind this Irish Times series reflect on lessons learned



The BBC and the hunger strikes

Denounced by right-wing press and politicians as ‘IRA’s best friend’, BBC had to walk a fine line between reporting events and being seen as a vehicle for IRA propaganda


Why H-Block hunger strikers were not force-fed

The questionable ethics of force feeding were highlighted by death of Thomas Ashe in 1917 and again by treatment of Price sisters and Michael Gaughan’s death in 1974



Militant loyalism and the hunger strikes

The prison protests had a mixed effect on loyalist paramilitaries, driving some towards politics and galvanising others into an even greater killing spree








Timeline of 1981 hunger strike












Timeline of the 1980 hunger strike








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