The Maze prison at Long Kesh (Long Meadow) outside Lisburn, County Down, had a relatively short but dramatic history dating from 1971 to 2000, when the last prisoners were released. It was mostly ...
It was known as the H-Blocks, Long Kesh, the Cages, Thatcher’s Breakers Yard. Northern Ireland’s notorious Maze prison drew more grim nicknames — and housed more paramilitary prisoners — than any ...
On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in Long Kesh, died after 66 days on hunger strike. His death, along with those of nine other hunger strikers, sent shockwaves ...
The hilarious, painful and shocking story of Northern Ireland’s infamous prison–Long Kesh–told through the eyes of Prison Officers, Republicans and Loyalists, a rich assortment of patriots, chancers, ...
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