'Blanket protest' during a London Irish Festival by Irish County Associations, ICA, London Irish Festival, LIF

“…Note: this action presumably relates to the 'blanket protest' by Republican prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland during the late 1970s.…”
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Male Republican Prisoners in Northern Ireland: Resistance, Emotions and Homosociality by Bill Rolston, Laurence McKeown

“…Finally, it also examines the space for emotions and emotional support in the difficult circumstances of violence inflicted by prison officers, an extended “blanket protest” and a harrowing hunger strike.…”
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