Blanketmen
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Blanketmen is a memoir by former IRA prisoner Richard O’Rawe that offers a controversial insider account of the 1981 Irish hunger strikes in the Maze Prison.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Richard O’Rawe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy |
allegations that a possible deal to end the hunger strike was rejected
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challenge to mainstream republican narrative of the hunger strike ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison
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blanket protest in the Maze Prison ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
IRA prisoners’ perspective
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decision-making during the hunger strike ⓘ political status struggle of republican prisoners ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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political memoir ⓘ |
| hasReputation | controversial account of the 1981 hunger strike ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
British government policy in Northern Ireland
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Irish republican prisoners ⓘ Sinn Féin and IRA leadership NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
1981 Irish hunger strike
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Maze Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ireland conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ Provisional Irish Republican Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| portrays |
conditions in H-Blocks of Maze Prison
ⓘ
internal IRA prison leadership dynamics ⓘ negotiations around hunger strike settlement ⓘ |
| portraysPerson |
Bobby Sands
NERFINISHED
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other IRA hunger strikers ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Irish republican movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Troubles in Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | accounts of the 1981 Irish hunger strike ⓘ |
| setting |
H-Blocks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maze Prison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
readers interested in Irish political history
ⓘ
readers interested in prison memoirs ⓘ |
| theme |
leadership and responsibility
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memory and contested narratives ⓘ morality of political decisions ⓘ political sacrifice ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
1981
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | post-conflict reflection on the Troubles ⓘ |
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