04: Hunger Strike | Study Ireland History

Duration: 29'13''

Synopsis

This programme deals with the impact of the hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981. It examines the reasons for the prison protest, and the emotional and political effects of the deaths of ten hunger strikers.

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