Richard O’Rawe

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Richard O’Rawe is a former Provisional IRA prisoner and author known for his controversial accounts of the 1981 Irish hunger strikes and the internal politics surrounding them.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish republican
author
former paramilitary
former prisoner
human
memoirist
citizenship Republic of Ireland
surface form: Ireland
conflict The Troubles
controversialWork Afterlives
Blanketmen
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfDetention United Kingdom
ethnicGroup Irish
genre history
non-fiction
political memoir
hasPerspectiveOn ethics of armed struggle
leadership decisions that prolonged the 1981 hunger strike
peace process in Northern Ireland
hasRole Provisional IRA prisoner
public commentator on Irish republicanism
hasWrittenFiction true
hasWrittenNonFiction true
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Provisional Irish Republican Army
movement Irish republican movement
notableFor accounts of the 1981 Irish hunger strike
controversial claims about internal republican politics
criticism of Provisional IRA leadership during the hunger strike
occupation author
former paramilitary volunteer
writer
placeOfDetention Long Kesh
Maze Prison
positionHeld PRO for IRA prisoners in the H-Blocks (reported)
residence Belfast (reported)
subjectOf criticism from some former IRA and Sinn Féin figures
media debates on the 1981 hunger strike
wrote Afterlives
Blanketmen
In the Name of the Son
Northern Heist
wroteAbout 1981 Irish hunger strike
Maze Prison
surface form: H-Blocks of the Maze Prison

Provisional IRA internal decision-making
Sinn Féin leadership during the hunger strike

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Hunger strikes of 1981 notableParticipant Richard O’Rawe