Prison Protest
by Nina Ficur Feenan
Title
Prison Protest
Artist
Nina Ficur Feenan
Medium
Photograph
Description
One of the many famous Political Murals from the Bogside area of Derry in Northern Ireland. These Murals tell the political story of the Irish Nationalist / Republican community of the Bogside during the recent period of conflict known locally as the "Troubles". These Murals are a major tourist attraction as well as recounting historic events and individuals. The Murals were painted by local people known as the Bogside Artists and the material was fund raised by or donated by local residents. This particular Mural depicts the many phases of the Prison Protest by Irish Republican Army political prisoners from 1976 to 1981. In 1976 Prisoners of War lost their political status in the Gaols of Northern Ireland. Prisoners immediately began a protest to re-instate political status. They wore blankets instead of uniforms, they had a dirty protest which escalated into a Hunger Strike in 1980 which was apparently resolved. The British Government failed to implement the agreed deal and a second hunger Strike commemnced in 1981 during which 10 members of the IRA and INLA died in what became a very difficult and violent period of our history.
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November 22nd, 2012
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