I was at this event a few years back and it was poignant. These men knew what many of their comrades did not - that the leadership was going to trade in the republican struggle. The Brits knew it as far back as 81 according to the Thatcher papers. Layer by layer the lies and myths are being peeled away.
Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
I was at this event a few years back and it was poignant. These men knew what many of their comrades did not - that the leadership was going to trade in the republican struggle. The Brits knew it as far back as 81 according to the Thatcher papers. Layer by layer the lies and myths are being peeled away.
ReplyDeleteAnthony and like an onion as the layers are peeled the more the tears flow..
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