Poetry Criticism. Gale Research, 1991–2024, Numerous volumes.
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HM Prison Maze
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary Setting | Anne Devlin | Memory and politics again figure prominently. After living for some time in England, Helen Walsh returns to Belfast during the Republican hunger strike at the Maze Prison
, which began on 27 October 1980... |
| Literary Setting | Julia O'Faolain | The title story is drawn from contemporary Irish politics. A woman who has killed a policeman and is now in prison goes on hunger-strike to press her claim for political status. The Maze Prison
in... |
| Occupation | Medbh McGuckian | |
| Textual Features | Catherine Byron | Once again she returns to her experience on the penitential pilgrimage to St Patrick's Purgatory. She revisits her complaints about Heaney
's depiction of the feminine, but this time she focuses on Francis Hughes |
Timeline
9 August 1971: From this date prisoners in Ireland convicted...
National or international item
9 August 1971
From this date prisoners in Ireland convicted of politically motivated offences were held at HM Prison Maze
(The Maze) near Belfast; the last ones were transferred to other establishments and the prison was...
9 August 1971: From this date prisoners in Ireland convicted...
National or international item
9 August 1971
From this date prisoners in Ireland convicted of politically motivated offences were held at HM Prison Maze
(The Maze) near Belfast; the last ones were transferred to other establishments and the prison was...
October 1974: Continued confrontation between prisoners...
National or international item
October 1974
Continued confrontation between prisoners and authorities at the Maze Prison
, Belfast, culminated when the Provisional IRA
and the Official IRA
set fire to the prison.
“Maze prison goes up in flames”. BBC News: On This Day, 16 Oct. 1974.
27 October 1980: A hunger strike began in the notorious H-blocks...
National or international item
27 October 1980
A hunger strike began in the notorious H-blocks of the Maze Prison
, Belfast, among young men convicted of terrorist violence, who already spent four years wearing wraps, not clothes, in a Blanket and...
5 May 1981: Bobby Sands, a member of the Provisional...
National or international item
5 May 1981
Bobby Sands
, a member of the Provisional IRA
, died in the Maze Prison
near Belfast, where for two months he had been leading his final hunger strike.
“1981: Bobby Sands dies in prison”. BBC On this day.
Summer 1981: In this bad season for Northern Ireland,...
National or international item
Summer 1981
In this bad season for Northern Ireland, the perceived intransigence of Margaret Thatcher
's British government helped the IRA
to increase its support.
Gearty, Conor. “An Escalation of Reasonableness”. London Review of Books, 6 Sept. 2001, pp. 18-21.
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10 April 1998: The Good Friday Agreement, a peace agreement...
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10 April 1998
The Good Friday Agreement, a peace agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
and that of Northern Ireland itself, was signed, following complex and lengthy multiparty negotiations.
Good Friday Agreement, 10 April 1998. http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/peace/docs/agreement.htm.
Langdon, Julia. “Obituary: Mo Mowlam”. Guardian Weekly, 26 Aug. 2005, p. 28.
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