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Events during the year 1980 in Northern Ireland .
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Events during the year 1980 in Northern Ireland .
The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. In 1978, the dispute escalated into the dirty protest, where prisoners refused to leave their cells to wash and covered the walls of their cells with excrement. In 1980, seven prisoners participated in the first hunger strike, which ended after 53 days.
Events in the year 1972 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1932 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1923 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1920 in Ireland.
Events from the year 1918 in Ireland.
Events from the year 2006 in Ireland.
The dirty protest was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze Prison and a protest at Armagh Women's Prison in Northern Ireland. In March 1978 some prisoners refused to leave their cells to shower or use the lavatory because of attacks by prison officers, and the inmates would later start smearing faeces on the walls of their cells.
Events during the year 2006 in Northern Ireland.
Brendan Hughes, also known as "The Dark", and "Darkie" was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike.
Raymond McCartney is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician, and a former hunger striker and volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Events during the year 1975 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1972 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1970 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1969 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1968 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1966 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1956 in Northern Ireland.
Events during the year 1954 in Northern Ireland.
Laurence McKeown is an Irish author, playwright, screenwriter, and former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.