Living History event in memory of 1981 Hunger Strikes this Saturday

Cloich Cheann Fhaola Sinn Fein are hosting a free Living History event in this, the centenary year of the 1916 rising, to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1981 Hunger Strikes.

The event will take place at The Yard, Falcarragh, on Saturday at 6pm.

There will be a screening of documentary film ‘The Blanketmen’ followed by a Q&A session chaired by Tommy Francis (writer and former teacher at PCC)

Speakers will include Danny Morrison (author, playwright, ex-prisoner, historian and political commentator) and political activist Breige Brownlee (ex Republican prisoner in Armagh woman’s jail)

Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be made available on the night.

Failte roimh achan duine!

James Woods says; “This event should be of interest to all secondary students and teachers, due to the inclusion in school curriculum of the 1981 Hungerstrikes. A dark period in Ireland’s history that has been largely ignored in a veil of unspoken secrecy and bureaucratic censorship.”