The Maze Prison Break

The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze (previously known as Long Kesh) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe, and held prisoners convicted of taking part in armed paramilitary campaigns during the Troubles. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoners, who had been convicted of offences including murder and causing explosions, escaped from H-Block 7 (H7) of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack as a result of the escape and twenty others were injured, including two who were shot with guns that had been smuggled into the prison. The escape was a propaganda coup for the IRA, and a British government minister faced calls to resign. The official inquiry into the escape placed most of the blame onto prison staff, who in turn blamed the escape on political interference in the running of the prison.

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• Kesh
• H-Block
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• Escaspe
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• officers
• Margret
• Thatcher

[fatherted101]

38 dinners, had all gone to waste!!!

Haha fucking genius escape, i recommend anyone who has not done so should view a 6 part documentry on this escape, the plan was fuckin genius.

38 people out of europes best built prison!

[1unitedireland]

Horrible and vile. Margaret Thatcher is an evil creature, I hope her old age is causing her a great deal of pain. When the wicked women dies it will leave greater hope for humanity to live in peace.

[chriscolferrocks]

to be honest if I had the chance I would not kill her (maggie thatcher), I would make her suffer, the same way she made ten brave men suffer and die because of her bigotry and spitefulness.

Beidh Ár Lá Linn

[chee6060]

The biggest Bitch Scumbag whoever lived. Fuck her & all the other British govt. scum along with the US scum govt. who turned their back because their partners in crime. UP THE RA

[barnbersonol]

@1984ioc Good point

[1984ioc]

@barnbersonol Maggie was also useful to the IRA in some aspects as well,im pretty sure she was used as a recruitment tool as well as boosting Nationalist sentiment and anti Brit feelings

[nikimagoo]

go die ya whore,,

[barnbersonol]

The IRA were actually very useful to Maggie. Throughout the 80's it was another atrocity, followed by a Churchillian speech and another couple of points on her personal rating. The morning after the Brighton bomb was a propaganda coup she couldn't have imagined in her wildest fantasies.

[dannym432]

what is that song by the irish brigade called

[15peewee12]

i wonder what that 1 person who who was never seen again is up to

[AaRoN2T10]

lol

[seanymo]

@AaRoN2T10 really? his mother lives up the street from me.