101: News Coverage of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikes Ep1-7 Pt 1-12

1 of 7 Episodes of the News Coverage of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikes at the Maze Prison (Long Kesh) just outside Lisburn, Northern Ireland.

These episodes of the news coverage cover the major events throughout the hunger strike months from local, national to worldwide news. For example some episodes will show the attempted assignation of the British Queen in London, and also the attempted assignation of the Pope (Pope John Paul II)
Not every moment of the episodes is the hunger strikes; some news coverage is also IRA bomb attacks, riots in Belfast Derry/Londonderry and other Northern Irelands towns, 1981 Northern Ireland Elections, the hunger strikers funerals, etc...

23 Hunger Strikers from the Irish Republican Army (The Provisional IRA) and the Irish National Liberation Army / Irish Republican Socialist Party (INLA/IRSP) took part in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strikes Protest also known as The Blanket Protest, 10 volunteers from the IRA/PIRA and the INLA/IRSP died on the blanket protest and the remaining 13 had been forced to end it due to other illness and families interfering to call it off as the protest was approaching Christmas.

The Volunteers who Died,
Bobby Sands MP (IRA 66 Days), Francis Hughes (IRA 59 Days), Raymond McCreesh (IRA 61 Days), Patsy O'Hara (INLA 61 Days), Joe McDonnell (IRA 61 Days), Martin Hurson (IRA 46 Days), Kevin Lynch (INLA 71 Days), Kieran Doherty (IRA 73 Days), Thomas McIlwee (IRA 62 Days), Micky Devine (INLA 60 Days),
The Other Hunger Strikers,
Brendan McLaughlin (IRA 13 Days - Suffering from a perforated ulcer and internal bleeding)
Paddy Quinn (IRA 47 Days - Taken off by Family)
Laurence McKeown (IRA 70 Days - Taken off by Family)
Pat McGeown (IRA 42 Days - Taken off by Family)
Matt Devlin (IRA 52 Days - Taken off by Family)
Liam McCloskey (INLA 55 Days - His Family Said they would Intervene if he became unconscious)
Patrick Sheehan (IRA 55 Days - End of Hunger Strike)
Jackie McMullan (IRA 48 Days - End of Hunger Strike)
Bernard Fox (IRA 32 Days - Suffering from an Obstructed Kidney)
Hugh Carville (IRA 32 Days - End of Hunger Strike)
John Pickering (IRA 27 Days - End of Hunger Strike)
Gerard Hodgkins (IRA 20 Days - End of Hunger Strike)
James Devine (IRA 12 Days - End of Hunger Strike)

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[thefonze007]

ian p' is against peace.....amen

[minniemacc]

Bobby Sands RIP

ian paisley u fat dumb piece of shit....

[PaddyGillespie]

@Thenewlodge

The hunger strike is not also known as the blanket protest. They're two separate events. The blanket protest began in 1976 and was followed by the dirty protest. The dirty protest, if my memory serves me correctly, ended the same day as the 1981 hunger strike began. The 1981 hunger strike was also the second strike the IRA went on after a strike in 1980.

[JanusXAlvarenga]

26+6=1

[Hellsconsort]

@haynsy233 They didn't. That was wrong, I won't go on about how wrong treatment has been in the past and patronise you. The later situation was though that NI voted to remain a part of the UK and most there wanted to remain a part. That was under democracy and the vote. I know many Irish hate the English and I don't blame them either.

[haynsy233]

@Hellsconsort The only reason reason people were killed in Ireland was over the English... They had no reason coming to the irish people's lands nor any lands that they invaded.... the only terrorist was the English and Thatcher..... Before the English came to Ireland the lands were safe and we were at peace look at the trouble they have caused in Ireland now!!!

Hypocrite i think not!!!

[Hellsconsort]

@09marty09 IRA forcing unification through war 'invasion' on NI, yes that would be terrorism. British Empire died decades ago. Bomb part of the UK - NI, Manchester, yes we will retaliate, manufacture jihadists, yes we will retaliate.

Stop feeling so fucking persecuted. We have our troubles with recession and immigration, we don't care about you really, as you shouldn't about us.

[Hellsconsort]

@haynsy233 I.E. you're a hypocrite.

[Hellsconsort]

@haynsy233 Quite sure the soldiers would have been happy to leave if IRA heads and tribal religious people weren't killing their own. You know the Irish invaded England in past times too and the Celts aren't even the origional people of Ireland. Origional Britons are from Basque, 15k years ago, Celts arrived 6k years ago. Empires invaded and dominated each other in past times, that's how it went. IRA bullies just couldn't take democracy - voted land split and enforced on the Irish like Englandb4

[kleistss]

@Stu3100 You can take it and shove it up your arse.

What is it btw? Bloody Sunday marksmanship badge?



[Stu3100]

@kleistss

i've no guts, received one the highest awards for Gallantry from the Queen, and i'm not English, Scottish, now wind it in fuckface!