An Fhuiseog/The Lark

Hunger Strike Reflections
Edited by Danny Morrison

Well-known novelists and poets, former prisoners and activists reflect upon the deaths of the 10 Republican hunger strikers that proved a turning point in relations between Britain and Ireland.

Published on the 25th anniversary of the ending of the hunger strike, most of the pieces contained within have been specially commissioned. Includes work by David Beresford, Tom Hayden, John Montague, Roy Greenslade, Eugene McCabe, Ulick O'Connor, Neil McCafferty, Peter Sheridan, Timothy O'Grady and Christie Moore.

Choosing The Struggle
Martina Anderson autobiography

New book available now from An Fhuiseog

And Flowers Grew Up Through the Concrete: a prison memoir 1981–1992
By Lawrence McKeown

In this frank, revealing and deeply personal memoir, former hunger striker Laurence McKeown leads us through the development of this new form of prison struggle in the face of internal challenges from both left and right. The new resistance contains important lessons for anyone in struggle and also helps us understand how easily republican prisoners adapted and applied themselves to the unfolding peace process years later, when all political prisoners were released under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement and the prison finally closed.

Available now from An Fhuiseog.

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Kieran Nugent - The First Blanket Man

In September 1976, nineteen-year-old Kieran Nugent from the Falls Road was the first republican to be sentenced under the new British prison regime aimed at criminalising the struggle for Irish independence.

They stripped him and beat him and tried to force him to wear a criminal uniform. Kieran defiantly refused, saying, "You'll have to nail it to my back" beginning the blanket protest that changed the course of Irish history.

The book written by Danny Morrison tells the incredible story of Kieran Nugent and the blanket protest.

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In September 1976, nineteen-year-old Kieran Nugent from the Falls Road was the first republican to be sentenced under the new British prison regime aimed at criminalising the struggle for Irish independence. He faced a daunting task—how to react in the face of violent warders under orders to break him. They stripped him and beat him and tried to force him to wear a criminal uniform, accept a number in place of his name, and address them as ‘Sir’. Nugent defiantly refused. Alone, he began the protest that went on to captivate the world in the 1981 hunger strike. Kieran Nugent began the blanket protest.

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A beautiful collection of quality Irish tea towels are available now from our shop at An Fhuiseog

We are located at 55 Falls Road Belfast

With an introduction by Síle Darragh, who commanded IRA women prisoners in Armagh Jail during the 1980 hunger strike, The Comrades is a unique collection by former prisoners who personally knew the men who died on hunger strike in 1974, 1976 and 1981.

The book is an important part of the history of prison struggle.

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We have a beautiful collection of commemorative slates available instore and online..

Located at 55 Falls Road, Belfast (next to the famous Bobby Sands Mural)
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The SS A1 Rawdah: Internment and the Special Powers Act in the north of Ireland, 1938-1941

Since the formation of the Northern Irish State, the Unionist government has used modified ships as makeshift jails. This book is about the second prison ship used by the Unionist Goverment, Al Rawdah, shines a light on a lesser-known period in Irish history, providing detailed patterns of arrest, detention and internment without trial using the Cival Authorities Special Powers Act, between December 1938 and August 1940. It gives concise details of each of the 207 Internees who were held in the Al Rawdah in Strangford Lough beginning 2nd September 1940 and ending on 13th February 1941.

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Hip flasks available now from An Fhuiseog

Multiple options available in store. Flasks can also be personalised.

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55 Falls Road, Belfast (next to the famous Bobby Sands Mural)