Guthanna '81 | Voices of '81
The Irish Republican community reflect on the 1981 Hunger Strike. Caitheann an pobal Poblachtánach in Éirinn súil siar ar Stailc Ocrais 1981.
Guthanna '81 | Voices of '81
'Hunger Strikes in Ireland' - Martin Ferris
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Episode 26
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Martin Ferris, a former Sinn Féin TD from County Kerry, was an IRA prisoner in Port Laoise Gaol in 1981, having spent 47 days on Hunger Strike himself in 1977. In this episode, he reflects on the tradition of Hunger Strike in the campaign for Irish freedom and the continuous failure of the British Government to criminalise that struggle.