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1981 Irish hunger strike: The Troubles, Irish republicanism, Blanket protest, Her Majesty's Government, Special Category Status, Bobby Sands, Irish nationalism, Sinn Fein, Dirty protest
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The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest. The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. In 1978, after a number of attacks on prisoners leaving their cells to "slop out", the dispute escalated into the dirty protest, where prisoners refused to wash and covered the walls of their cells with excrement. In 1980 seven prisoner participated in the first hunger strike, which ended after 53 days. The second hunger strike took place in 1981 and was a showdown between the prisoners and the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. One hunger striker, Bobby Sands, was elected as a Member of Parliament during the strike, prompting media interest from around the world. The strike was called off after ten prisoners had starved themselves to death? including Sands, whose funeral was attended by 100,000 people. The strike radicalised nationalist politics, and was the driving force that enabled Sinn Fein to become a mainstream political party.
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Pages 108
Dimensions: Length: 8.66" Width: 5.91" Height: 0.25"
Weight: 0.46 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date Nov 23, 2009
ISBN 6130224206
EAN 9786130224202
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