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Prison Poems by Bobby SandsIn a recent interview Christy Moore remarked that the death of Bobby Sands robbed us of a great writing talent. Christy was praising the quality of the work Bobby created in the harsh conditions he endured. He was making the point that you can only imagine what Bobby might have gone on to produce in different circumstances where his creative imagination could have been nurtured and not repressed. But of course this was not to be. Bobby led the second hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh and he was the first of the ten men who fasted to death in that awful summer of 1981. Rally to Defend Moore St this weekendThe campaign to protect the 1916 Moore St Battlefield site from demolition is moving up a gear. As regular readers will know An Bord Pleanála  - the planning authority in the South – gave the go ahead recently for the Hammerson development plan which will see much of this historic site reduced to rubble.Irish government fails PalestiniansMore massacres. More children dead and maimed. More civilians killed by the Israeli government in a series of deadly assaults in Gaza and Lebanon. Health workers, journalists, and children continue to be the preferred targets for a right wing Israeli government that is being armed, funded and empowered by its western allies.

Cage Eleven. This coming weekend O'Brien Press are republishing my book – Cage 11 - about my experience of life in Long Kesh between August 1975 and February 1977. Available from most good bookshops including from www.sinnfeinbookshop.com and An Fhuiseog 55 Falls Road www.thelarkstore.ie No Parking remember Father Des Wilson many moons ago lamenting the narrowness of streets in Turf Lodge and Ballymurphy. “The City Planners don't think the  working class should have motor cars” he said one day as we tried to manoeuvre our way by tightly packed vehicles in Ballymurphy Drive. Sanctions Now In April 2009 as part of a Sinn Féin delegation I entered the Gaza Strip. The blockade of the area by Israel was two years old at that point. The UNWRA staff, school teachers, doctors, university students, elected representatives and workers we met were dignified and courageous, quiet but resolute. They were the survivors of an Israeli siege and a military incursion in 2008/09 that had left many dead and key facilities devastated. From the minute we passed through the Erez Crossing into Gaza under the gaze of Israeli watchtowers and the huge security wall that surrounds the enclave my overwhelming sense was of entering into a huge open air prison. Today I am horrified at what continues to unfold each day in that place. The Gaza City I saw 15 years ago is gone. 

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John Nixon, ex-Offical IRA and INLA member begins this episode at the start of his second prison term in Long Kesh during which he would volunteer for the IRA/INLA Hunger Strike of 1980, led by Brendan “The Dark” Hughes.John speaks about the horrors and trauma of years in prison, beatings and torture from the guards and his account of the hunger strike that preceded the 1981 Hunger Strike, most known for Bobby Sands death.I asked about the effect that 53 days without food has a man's body and mind and how John has tried to moved past everything to life a normal life post prison Please forgive us for any parts that might overlap or be repetitive, we recorded this part over several sittings as you can tell. 00:00 2nd Prison Sentence 12:45 Staying Sane in Prison 30:50 Would John Meet With an Ex-Prison Guard 36:45 Brendan Hughes43:00 Hunger Strikes 57:42 1980 HUNGER STRIKE 1:04:42 Selecting Hunger Strikers 1:13:35 Stages of John's Hunger Strike (53 days) 1:29:52 Hunger Strike ENDS 1:32:42 Prison after Hunger Strike 1:41:20 Release & Life after prison (Q&A coming soon so please drop any questions in the comments or email me at thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.com )PLEASE HELP OUT THE SHOW IF YOU CAN SPARE IT.. THANK YOUhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcast

In part 2 of my interviews with ex-official IRA & INLA member, John Nixon. In this episode we discussed some of the INLA's most prolific operations as well as some of the organizations most well known members including Seamus Costello and Dessie O' Hare. (Part 1 - https://youtu.be/9YOpiW1jU6c?si=81DqiPlwIAz4HOHQ)I asked John about second prison term in Long Kesh where he took part in the blanket protest and the no-wash protest in an attempt to win back POW status. John breaks down the escalating steps that led up to the no-wash protest and how these brutal years have effected John's life forever. John tells us about the beatings and torture that prisoners were subjected to in Long Kesh and what atmosphere in the jail was like following one of the many assassinations of guards by republicans outside the prison walls. If you would like to help out the show please like, subscribe and share. I plan on doing bigger things with this show including walk through of areas, documentary-type videos and more.. if you would like to help fund these efforts please consider donating on Buy Me a Coffee. (link below)Thanks a million!!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcast00:00 INLA Operations - Billy Wright 10:40 Different types in the INLA/IRSP 16:15 Séamus Costello 20:10 Dessie O Hare29:00 SECOND Prison term 36:20 BLANKET PROTEST & Targeting Prison Guards 50:15 PTSD and Mental Trauma

Chaith Eoghan Mac Cormaic 15 bliana sa phríosún. Fuarthas ciontach é as bean óg RUC a dhúnmharú. Le linn na tréimhse a chaith sé i Long Kesh, ghlac sé páirt in agóidí ar son aitheantas mar chimí polaitiúla - The Blanket Protest agus The Dirty Protest. Agus i measc na príosúnaigh eile ar nós Bobby Sands a bhí in éineacht leis, d'fhás an Ghaeilge as "a tool of resistance". Labhraíonn Eoghan le Seachtain faoin saothar úr seo agus labhraíonn sé go hoscailte faoin tréimhse i bpríosún. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan Lawton's thrilling new book “The Hunted” explores the story of Kevin Barry Artt and how he was false-convicted of the IRA murder of deputy Maze prison governor, Albert Miles. We speak about the so-called “confession factory” Castlereagh, Long Kesh's Maze prison, the horrors of the “blanket”/“no-wash” protests and how Kevin Barry Artt took part in one of N.I's biggest jailbreaks. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 CASTLEREAGH “The Confession Factory” 08:15 LONG KESH & The lead up to Albert Miles' murder 18:45 The murder of Albert Miles 24:30 Maurice Gilvarry (IRA member & RUC Agent) 27:35 PRISON ESCAPE39:05 Escape almost goes wrong 48:00 Film or TV series ??PLEASE SEND ANY & ALL SUGGESTIONS FOR GUESTS & EPISODE TOPICS to thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.com If you would like to help out the show please like, subscribe and share. I plan on doing bigger things with this show including walk through of areas, documentary-type videos and more.. if you would like to help fund these efforts please consider donating on Buy Me a Coffee. (link below)Thanks a million!!https://www.buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcastBUY THE BOOK: www.abovethegroundbook.cominstagram.com/danlawtonwriter/twitter.com/DanLawtonwriter

Send us a Text Message.Bobby Sands rose to international prominence in 1981 when he embarked on a fatal hunger strike while imprisoned for activities related to the IRA's armed campaign against the British government.Sands's rough childhood, which included several assaults by unionist paramilitaries and local Protestant gangs, led to his decision to volunteer for the IRA in 1972. Sands was arrested twice, the first time for weapons possession, in 1972, and imprisoned at Long Kesh as a “special category” prisoner due to his involvement with the IRA. The special category status acknowledged a sort of political status and granted those prisoners the right to wear their own clothing.  When these privileges were taken away and seen as criminals they started several protest to get them back.  When Margaret Thatcher would not budge, he died at the age of 29 and 9 others would follow.Support the Show.Irish Mythology - Mythical Cycle - Book of Invasions

Patrick “Packy” McMahon is a former provisional IRA bomb maker who was jailed after being caught in the act of manufacturing a 1,500 LB bomb.Packy tells us about growing up as the conflict raged and how his life-long battle with British soldiers began. We spoke about the in and outs of how the IRA manufactured its bombs/explosive devices from beginning to end, the materials used, how Packy avoided being blown up by his own work and the logistics of an IRA bombing operation. Packy shared stories about his time in Long Kesh, how he got caught, Mi5 attempting to recruit him and much more If you would like to help out the show please like, subscribe and share. I plan on doing bigger things with this show including walk through of areas, documentary-type videos and more.. if you would like to help fund these efforts please consider donating on Buy My a Coffee. (link below)Thanks a million!!https://buymeacoffee.com/goodlistenerpodcast00:00 Intro4:20 Joining junior-wing of the IRA07:35 BECOMING A B*MB MAKER 16:05 What type of b*mbs did Packy make?26:15 Ever get “bitten by his own work” ?27:10 What separates good b*mb-maker from a bad one ?28:45 Mi5 attempt to recruit Packy31:15 MAKING A B*MB 37:10 Shooting at British solider w/ a sniper rifle 38:35 Would you have known the loyalists?41:05 B*mb-making II47:55 CAUGHT MAKING B*MB & ARRESTED due to INFORMANT 1:01:55 Getting out of Long Kesh & life after the IRAANY  & ALL SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE GUESTS, TOPICS, DIFFERENT FORMS OF CONTENT ETC ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.. any theme or force within the conflict you'd like me to explore, any important people from the time, authors I haven't spoke to etcPLEASE DROP A COMMENT ON SPOTIFY (I can't reply to comments left on Spotify but leave your email address and I can get back to you) OR SEND ME AN EMAIL (thegoodlistenerpodcast@gmail.com) Thanks very much to everyone who has helped out so far!!!

Billy Hutchinson is an ex-UVF member and Loyalist who saw the Troubles heat up and  erupt as he was a teen in sectarian Northern Ireland.Billy told us about his growing up in the Shankill area, a working class Protestant part of Belfast and his community felt uncared for by their government despite identifying as loyal Brits.Billy, in an attempt to join the UVF, set up a youth loyalist group and was being hunted by the British army before he was 16 years of age.Billy recounts a chilling incident when he was abducted by the british army, brought to a field where they performed a mock-execution and then brought him to a barracks where he was hung from the ceiling by his hands and savagely beaten.We spoke about the double-murder he took part in which resulted in Billy spending 10 years in Long Kesh. Billy told me about prison life, post-prison work for peace and much more PLEASE SUBSCRIBE, SHARE & LEAVE A RATING TO HELP US CONTINUE TO GROWTIMESTAMPS 00:00 Growing up in the Shankill area pre-troubles9:32 The terms “Loyalist” and “Unionist” 11:17 Earliest memory of sectarianism   16:52 The troubles kicking off 27:42 FURNITURE SHOP BOMB IN HIS AREA 36:47 Did they feel like The British govt care about them? 40:12 PARAMILITARY ACTIVITY AS A TEEN 52:42 LIFTED BY BRITISH ARMY & tortured 57:52 Did Billy's parents know about his involvement ?59:17 M*RDERS THAT SENT BILLY TO PRISON 1:02:07 “I justify everything I did in the troubles, to STAY SANE I have to”1:07:52 Collusion with security forces ???1:13:52 CATCHING AN INFORMER WITHIN UVF1:17:25 Did UVF have their own “nutting squad” like the IRA?1:18:57 Ten Years in LONG KESH1:34:52 DEATH THREATS & 1:37:17 Does N.I work as a state now?1:39:07 Thoughts on Irish reunification 

We continue Eddie's story as he is 16 years old and about to plant a b*mb in a pub which would kill an innocent person and wound Eddie. Eddie describes his mindset at the time and his want for vengeance in retaliation for IRA killings.Eddie tells us about the incident itself and the effect it had on his young life, his sentencing and the subsequent doubts that began to form in his mind about his motivations for joining the UVF and carrying out the attack. We spoke about his 14 year stretch in Long Kesh in the company of his fellow loyalist prisoners and how he spent years working for peace upon his release, in stark contrast with his old extremist mentality.PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5 STAR RATING IF YOU ENJOY THE SHOW.. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING***TIMESTAMPS***00:00 PLANTING B*MB at 16 years old 07:05 Eddie begins questioning his motivations 08:20 Sentenced for the b*mbing 10:55 Prison time, 14 (Long Kesh)20:30 Any interactions with republican prisoners in Long Kesh?22:10 Mindset change 28:15 Getting out of prison and getting involved in peace process40:15 What would Eddie tell his teenage-self? 44:55 Thoughts on Legacy & Rec. BillFULL VIDEO EPISODES: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtciipyjckL-asTVYecsMQCTPolitics - coming Guests: JJCarrell (Immigration) & "Herby" Kay (Crime/Punishment)"ChristiTutionalist Politics" pod. Weekly (weekends) some upcoming Guests tease AdListen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Eddie Kinner is a loyalist and ex-UVF member who grew up in Belfast in the 60/70's, a time and place where sectarian tensions simmered and would eventually explode into rioting and violence.Eddie speaks to us about his growing up, attitudes among his fellow protestants at the time, seeing riots & houses burnt out by sectarian mobs, all as a boy/young teen unaware of the bigger picture that he was a part of.He tells us the effects of a 1971 IRA b*mb in his area on his mentality as a young teen after helped to dig out dead bodies from the ruins of b*mbed out furniture shop and how his mind processed the horrific event at the time. We spoke about his joining the UVF(loyalist paramilitary group) in his mid-teens and the jobs he carried out for them including armed robberies on part-time security force members in order to steal firearms.***TIMESTAMPS***00:00 Growing up in Shankill 7:40 Marching Season 11:00 Did it feel like Eddie was part of a majority growing up? 13:10 Did Eddie feel like other British people would have considered him “British” ?15:30 Did it feel like the RUC (police) were on their side?22:30 Rioting/Catholic houses being burnt out 30:30 IRA bomb in Eddie's area (14 years old at the time)33:10 Joining the “Tartan gang” and later joining the UVF38:10 Thoughts on collusion (Mark Haddock, Dublin-Monaghan b*mbings, Robert Nairic) 50:25 UVF's internal security unit PART 2 COMING SOON (We speak about one of the most significant events in Eddie's life when he planted a b*mb at the age of 16 which k*lled an an innocent women and lead to Eddie spending years in the infamous Long Kesh, plus much more)YOUTUBE PAGE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChtciipyjckL-asTVYecsMQ

On the GAA pitch Philly McMahon was an All-Ireland winner. But off the pitch his personal life was turbulent. His father Phil McMahon was interned in Long Kesh, escaped in 1975 and was now battling cancer. Philly speaks about his father's membership of the provisional IRA and some of the difficult truths that come with that. Host: Fionnán Sheahan. Guest: Philly McMahon See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seamus continues his story at the point where he is caught and arrested by the RUC for a job gone-wrong. He tells us about the physical and mental torture inflicted by the prison guards in Long Kesh (H Blocks) and the lengths that Seamus and his colleagues went to during the "Blanket Protests" or 'Dirty Protests".Seamus describes the inhumane methods employed by the guards to break the IRA prisoners and end their fight for political-prisoner status during his 10 year detainment in Long Kesh.He shares the tragic story of how his brother, Michael, was falsely labeled an informant after being interrogated by the IRA internal security unit which included the now-infamous British agent Freddie Scappaticci, better know as "Steaknife". This began a decades long journey by Seamus to clear his brother's name and expose the British Intel handlers who he believes are responsible for planning and orchestrating his brother's stitch-up in order to protect their own informants within the Provos.Seamus reveals new uncovered internal IRA documents from that he says will expose the "dirty-war" methods of British Ministry of Defence.***PLEASE SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A RATING TO HELP OUT THE SHOW***TIMESTAMPS00:00 Getting caught and arrested 9:53 H-BLOCKS (LONG KESH)20:00 Beatings and torture by guards & relationship with prison guards 30:13 BROTHER'S EXECUTION after being FALSELY-LABELLED an informant 52:43 Seamus' writ served on the Ministry of Defence 1:18:50 Government report on H-Block abuse of prisoners SEAMUS' BOOK https://www.anceathrupoili.com/en/shop/no-greater-love-the-memoirs-of-seamus-kearney/?fbclid=IwAR3N-PWRQ4lB7ibPb24sLcRQ2idr50fKRBb8zz54QQr9F_-3FcA1zPrHrog

Dr Laurence McKeown is a published author, poet, playwright, and filmmaker. He is also a former IRA political prisoner who spent 16 years in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh and 70 days on a hunger strike in 1981. In this podcast he talks with Phil Cleary about his memoir, Time Shadows, and his life and near death in prison.

Beannachtaí daoibhse go leir. Have a great Christmas, dear readers. Thanks and benedictions also to the Belfast Media Group team. Christmas can be a sad and stressful time for some people. Be mindful of them, my friends. Reach out to neighbours and others who may not be as lucky as we are. I'm strongly against the commercialism of Christmas. I love the Christmas story and the story of Joseph and Mary and of Jesus' birth in a stable. The simpleness of it all and the way children relate to Dadaí Na Nollaig appeals to me

Hello What's the craic. Welcome back to the magic minds podcast" Stories that have the power to inspire". We are liberties number one podcast. The best podcast in Dublin 8 I'm proud to say. On this weeks episode of the podcast I sit down with Author Sam Millar. Sam is a crime writer and playwright from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Sam is the author of best seller On the brinks. In this episode we discuss on the brinks. In his memoir On the Brinks, Sam writes of growing up in troubled Northern Ireland, his political imprisonment, and his move to New York where he and a gang robbed Brinks Security in Rochester, NY, of 7.2 million dollars only to be captured and sent to prison. Sam also shares with me his experience when he was in the Maze. He was one of the political prisoners in Maze prison ("Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland who protested having to wear regular prison uniforms, and made their own uniforms out of prison blankets (called the "blanket protest"). EXCITING NEWS- Matt's Mindfulness and gratitude activity journal "My Head to My Heart" is now available to purchase, email me and il post it out matt@magiicminds.ie. If you enjoy our work and would love to support us with the Publication of Matt's book then please subscribe to our Patreon Page. If you can afford to buy us a coffee or a pint once a month we would be delighted but if you cant that's ok too, you can listen for free. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=42505663. LOVE & KINDNESS TO YOU XXX Huge thank you to our Sponsors and Charities. I want to thank Niall Reilly and the team at Rooney media graphics. Also we have Liberty photos who is owned by Andy who is Matt's trusty side kick on the podcast. So if you need any photographs for weddings or birthday parties then Liberties Media Hub is the place to go. Shannon's helpline, Don't forget check out our website for more information on our previous interviews http://magicminds.ie/ Special thanks to our: Sponsors: Niall Reilly- www.rooneymedia.com A Supports: Shannon's Hopeline - www.shannonshopeline.ie Magic Minds Podcast - Matt Burke- Host and show production --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/magic-minds/message

The English Monarchy: A Tolerance of Differences At the same time I have no time for hierarchies, aristocrats or royalty, whether they are political, religious, secular or industrial. They are all about power for elites. No one should have an entitlement to a life of privilege and wealth because they are deemed to be divine rulers.  I believe in equality. In community.  In citizenship.  In self-determination. None of us should ever be anyone's subject. Working people should always be mindful of our own class and of our own history, our  values and entitlementsColm's Harps I was very pleased to get an email from Colm Dawson from New York. Colm, who is originally from Belfast, read my article about Long Kesh handicrafts in The Irish Echo.He writes ‘During internment my mother used to bake homemade soda farls and send them up to the Cages.  In 1973, in recognition of her contribution, we received this lovely little harp.  I believe it came from Conn McHugh, Owen Quigley and your good self.It has been sitting in my living room in NY for over twenty years.  And it's in great shape. That wee harp sat on top of our TV in Belfast for decades.  We had another one that my dad won in a raffle at the PD, also in 1973, that sat beside it.  Both are now here with me.' 

(Note: The lads open the podcast with their thoughts on the death of Queen Elizabeth, interview starts at minute 10 approx) Eddie Kinner is a former loyalist prisoner and political activist. He was arrested and charged as a teenager in 1975 and became politically educated in Long Kesh under the guidance of Gusty Spence. He was heavily involved in the negotiations which led to the brokering of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in 1998. In this episode Eddie talks about loyalism and some of the contemporary issues, such as Brexit, which pose a challenge to the loyalist communities of Northern Ireland. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Bingo:My recollections last week on my successful battle against the dreaded nicotine, sparked, pardon the pun, similar recollections from some of my friends. Richard, who never smoked, reminded me of our old comrade Joe ‘Bingo' Campbell. Bingo used to work in the old Sinn Féin office at the corner of Sevastopol Street. In those days the office was little more than a slum. It housed a number of projects including the Republican Press Centre, the POW Department, An Phoblacht/Republican News and the transport hub for buses taking prisoners' families to visits in Long Kesh, Armagh and Portlaoise and other jails.A masterclass of song and musicThe Protocol debacleSix years ago on 23 June 2016 the Brexit referendum was passed by a narrow majority. In England and Wales the majority voted to leave the EU. In the North and in Scotland the majority of people voted to remain in the EU. The democratic vote of the people of the North and of Scotland was ignored.A masterclass of song and music:Paul McCartney's opening song for his amazing Glastonbury set on Saturday night was ‘Can't buy me love'. As the opening bars began to play the years rolled back for this Beatles fan and I was a teenager again listening to their latest hit on the radio. It was March 1964. I was 15. ‘From me to you' had been their first number one the previous May. ‘She loves you' their second. ‘I want to hold your hand' was next and then it was ‘Can't buy me Love'.

THE MUSIC MENMy recent tales of singsongs in the H Blocks have triggered more reminiscences of other such events. Two in particular stand out. Both were after Long Kesh was burned downRióísn ReimaginedThis column gives a huge cead míle fáilte to  a new musical offering Re-imagining Roísín  from Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh and the Irish Chamber Orchestra, produced by Dónal  O Connor.

UDR Declassified by Micheál SmithOn 1 April 1970 the Ulster Defence Regiment of the British Army formally took its place in the ranks of the British Army. The UDR was a locally recruited militia established by the British government following its disbandment of the B Specials the previous year. When it too was disbanded 22 years later it had achieved an even greater level of sectarian notoriety than the Specials.Radio GaGa.I listen to the radio a lot. I always have. I'm more of a wireless listener than a television viewer. Raidió na Gaeltachta, Raidió Fáilte, RTE Radio 1 and Lyric FM. And Radio Ulster. Covid has reunited me with the radio. It was just like being back in Long Kesh. 

As the FBI hunt for the Brinks thieves, they know there is one lead they have to track down: Sam Millar. But Sam is very different to most people they track down. His story takes us back to the days of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, through years imprisoned in the notorious H Blocks of Long Kesh and the Blanket protests, and a daring entry to the United States.

What do an Irish priest, an IRA man turned comic book dealer, and a retired New York cop have in common? In 1993, they were implicated in one of the biggest heists in American history, the theft of $7.4m in cash from a Brinks vault in New York. This GoLoud Original podcast chronicles the remarkable story of the 1993 Rochester Brinks heist, bringing us inside the FBI hunt for those responsible, and on an epic journey from the IRA Blanket Protests of Long Kesh prison to the underground casinos of Manhattan, the world of comic books, and into the lives of the fascinating cast of characters who make up this incredible tale. First episodes available February 23rd, with new episodes available weekly.

durée : 00:58:30 - Toute une vie - Robert Gerard Sands, surnommé "Bobby", c'est ce visage souriant encadré d'une longue chevelure ondoyante que l'on voit sur les façades des maisons en Irlande du Nord. Il incarne la cause républicaine catholique et fut le porte parole des prisonniers enfermés à la prison de Long Kesh, à Belfast.

In our final episode of 2021 we round up our series on the 40th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes. Today we are joined by Bik McFarlane. Born in 1951 in North Belfast, Bik joined the blanket protests in 1981 and during the strikes became OC of the provisional prisoners. In 1983 Bik was part of the operation which saw 38 prisoners escape from Long Kesh.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Ce soir, comme ça faisait longtemps, on a décidé de recevoir un groupe de musique. Cent Détresses, c'est leur nom. Oxygène, c'est leur dernier EP. Avec eux, on parle (et on écoute) de leur musique, on appelle Gregory Bordier pour parler de ses dernières sorties ludiques bretonnes, on joue à Pigeon Pigeon, on chronique le jeu Forgotten Waters, et les BD Rages T1, Long Kesh, Méfie toi d'une femme qui lit. Et comme si ça ne suffisait pas, on se régale avec un Quiz de Talmo sur les Princesses... Oh, comme c'est mignon... oui, mais non, enfin, vous verrez. Ou plutôt, vous entendrez.

Biden tells Johnson a few home truthsWhile sitting beside Johnson at a press conference in the White House President Biden told the media that neither he, “nor I might add would many of my Republican colleagues like to see a change in the Irish accords, the end result having a closed border in Ireland.” Many other US leaders were equally resolute in their rejection of any suggestion that there could be a US – British trade deal if the Good Friday Agreement was threatened.Remembering Big Bob in the PD:LAST Thursday a portrait of Bobby Storey, by Tony Bell (right), was unveiled in the Andersonstown Social Club. It is a place that he had a long association with. The following night – within Covid regulations – family, friends and comrades again gathered in the PD club to reflect on Big Bobby's life and times, and his contribution to the struggle for freedom.40 years on: 40 YEARS ago, on October 3, 1981 the hunger strike ended. It was the culmination of almost a full year of hunger strikes, first in Long Kesh in October 1980, then in Armagh Women's Prison in November 1980, and finally in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh beginning on March 1, 1981.

.......at 3am on Monday 9th August 1971 thousands of British soldiers raided homes in nationalist homes across the 6 counties, 340 men were arrested, brought to interrogation centre's and eventually to Long Kesh, internment had begun!

Belfast tribute to two remarkable women:Two Belfast women, Mary Ann McCracken and Winifred Carney, will soon have statues commemorating their heroism, leadership and commitment to social justice and freedom erected in the grounds of Belfast City HallBlues legend-  Rab McCullough:Recently I asked Rab if he would join Tomboy, BikMcFarlane and other exprisoner musicans, post the Covid restrictions, in a session of music from the 60s and 70s that they played together with Bobby in the Crum and Long Kesh. Rab was delighted to be asked. He rhymed off a list of potential numbers from Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, John Lennon and others. Tomboy also signed up. Bik agreed to ramrod that gig and we spoke about it only last week. Unfortunately it won't happen now. Not with Rab  anyway. But his music will live on. Belfast Blues is a classic. Go deanfaidh Dia trocaire ar Rab. Mo comhbhrón le Marian agus a chlann. Mountain memories:IT was an honour for me to be on a panel discussion about the Belfast Hills.I recalled the role the local community played in getting quarrying on the mountain stopped and how the campaign for the conservation of the Bog Meadows and Divis and Black Mountain developed. Getting my notes together for this event started me thinking of the time when my family got a house in the late 1950s in Ballymurphy. At that time the 'Murph was surrounded by green fields. A river, now mostly underground, ran parallel with Ballymurphy. That was one of our favourite places to play when we weren't on the mountain.  

In a two-part episode, we speak with Belfast author Sam Millar who was imprisoned at the age of 17 in Northern Ireland and went on to spend 8 years enduring some of the toughest conditions imaginable. In this episode, Sam talks about Bloody Sunday, how he ended up in prison, the protests that took place and the physical and mental torture he endured during his time in the infamous Long Kesh detention centre, also known as H-Block. We build up to a journey that took him to New York, where he attempted one of the biggest bank robberies in US history, described in detail in his book 'on the Brinks' See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Il 5 Maggio 1981 muore un uomo nel carcere di Long Kesh, a Belfast. La sezione in cui muore è nuovissima, è stata realizzata solo 5 anni prima e viene chiamata Maze (che vuol dire labirinto), o anche H-Blocks, Blocchi H, perché è costituita da 8 edifici a un piano in cemento armato a forma di H. Il carcere di Long Kesh e la sezione «Maze» sono protagonisti fissi di tutte le canzoni di lotta dell'Irlanda del Nord; è là che il «Governo Autonomo Nordirlandese» («Home Rule Government») di Faulkner rinchiudeva i repubblicani e i militanti dell'IRA, è là che fu impiantato il lager degli internati. L'uomo di cui parliamo oggi non è morto lì, ma nell'ospedale della prigione, perché stava male, molto male. Era da 66 giorni in sciopero della fame e l'annuncio della sua morte dà il via a rivolte che durano diversi giorni in tutta l'Irlanda del Nord. L'uomo che muore il 5 Maggio 1981 si chiama Bobby Sands, ha 27 anni e da venticinque giorni è un membro del Parlamento di Westminster, sarà uno dei mandati più corti della storia. Lascia i genitori, i fratelli, una sorella e un figlio piccolo, Gerard, nato dal suo matrimonio finito durante il suo secondo periodo in carcere. Bobby Sands è anche un membro dell'IRA, l'esercito repubblicano Irlandese che lotta, anche con le armi, per la fine del dominio britannico in Irlanda del Nord e per la riunificazione dell'Irlanda. Altri nove uomini (6 dell'IRA e 3 dell'INLA, l'ala marxista) moriranno a causa degli scioperi della fame dopo Bobby Sands tra maggio e agosto del 1981. Al funerale di Bobby Sands 100.000 persone si schierano ai lati del percorso, dalla sua casa a Twinbrook, West Belfast, fino al cimitero cattolico di Milltown, dove sono sepolti tutti i caduti dell'IRA di Belfast.

Micheál has it badly wrong on Irish unity:While no-one was able to travel to the USA this St Patrick's Day because of the pandemic restrictions it was still nonetheless a good couple of weeks for the peace process, the Good Friday Agreement, the demand for the referendum on unity and for the campaign for a United Ireland. Friends of Sinn Féin successfully fund-raised the money to pay for major adverts in the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Irish American papers. Under the banner headline: ‘A United Ireland: Let the People have their say', the message was clear.An Taoiseach Micheál Martin, in response to the Irish American ads, again rejected any possibility of planning for the unity referendum or even planning for a united Ireland. Instead Martin stuck to the line that now is not the time to talk about unity. He told an audience in Washington: “I think it is divisive and puts people back into the trenches too early.” His strategy – if it can be called that – is to put reconciliation and a unionist majority in favour of unity as preconditions to any discussion or planning on unity. This is a clear breach of the terms of the Good Friday Agreement which require a simple majority in favour of unity. It is undemocratic and would hand to unionism a veto over future constitutional change. Martin's stance fundamentally subverts a key component of the Good Friday Agreement.The big cat and dog debateI love dogs. I have a slightly different relationship with cats. I respect cats.There were feral cats in Long Kesh. They used to hoke in the bins. Maybe they are still there. Like wee ghosts haunting the place. The odd time a few were persuaded to accept titbits from cat-loving or mice- and rat-hating political prisoners who looked to the cats for rodent control. That was in the Cages. I think of them when I see a cat slinking along the yard wall in ambush mode for the wee birds feeding at the birdtable.  A bell around the cat's neck would even things up. Make it a fair dig.

6000 DAYS.Jaz McCann writes very well. The reader is quickly drawn into his world. From the opening sentences of his Prologue Jaz paints the sights and sounds, the emotions, shocks, excitement, sadness, smells and the savage brutality and amazing horrors of his 6000 Days of incarceration, mostly in the H Blocks of Long Kesh. He also makes us witness to the incredible courage, vision, commitment, solidarity, idealism, generosity, quirkiness, anger, native contrariness, humour, comradeship and stubbornness of the political prisoners.Lá Féile Padráig Faoi Mhaise Daoibhse.I like Saint Patricks Day. I always like to raise a glass on this special day to all the Paddies and Patricia's, the Pádraic's and Pádráigín's in my life. Chief among these is my older brother Paddy and our Uncle Paddy.Seachtain na GaeilgeSeachtain na Gaeilge is the biggest celebration of Irish language and culture in the world. It is a non-profit organization that was set up by Conradh na Gaeilge with the aim of promoting the use of the Irish language in Ireland and overseas. The festival used to run for one week but became so popular it had to be extended and now runs annually from 1 March to 17 March – St. Patrick's Day. In 2020 there were over 30,000 events held in Ireland and across the world with an estimated three quarters of a million people participating.

 Fra McCann's amazing life of struggleI have known Fra McCann for almost 50 years. Even as he battles prostate cancer Fra continues to live his life as a republican activist – an MLA representing the people of the Falls, an area and a people he loves. Like many others it was the pogrom of August 1969 that changed Fra's life.  The barricades went up in Belfast and local people stepped forward to defend their community. Among them was a very young Fra. Several years later, aged 18, he was interned on the prison ship Maidstone for a month before being sent to Long Kesh in February 1972. He was released in May of that year. Six months later he was interned again and returned to Long Kesh in November 1972 where he was held until his release on December 23, 1975. Growing support for a border referendumA LUCIDTALK poll published by the London Times suggests that the trend toward a fragmentation of the British Union is growing stronger. All United Irelanders should note that growing support for a referendum does not necessarily mean support for unity. So we have work to do. Securing a referendum on unity is one thing. Winning that referendum and moving inclusively and in agreement into a new Ireland is another piece of work entirely. Let's do itMe, Larry King and the SF broadcast banTHE legendary American broadcaster Larry King died at the weekend. For over 60 years he worked in radio and TV. I first met him during my 48-hour visit to New York at the end of January 1994.  I was invited to participate in a peace conference organised by the National Committee on Foreign Policy. The British government began an intense private and public campaign to keep me out. The British Embassy worked round the clock arguing that a visa for me would be a diplomatic catastrophe.

 In 1975, at the age of just 19, he was sentenced to life in prison, and it was in the cages of Long Kesh that he first came under the influence of loyalist icon Gusty Spence. Hutchinson spent much of the 1980s as overall Commanding Officer of UVF/Red Hand Commando prisoners, and upon his release in 1990, he became involved with the recently established Progressive Unionist Party. Billy has written his autobiography called 'My Life In Loyalism' and he joined Pat on the show this morning.    Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

This week I am in conversation with author, screenwriter, playwright and former Provisional IRA volunteer and prisoner of war Laurence McKeown. Laurence spent 70 days on hunger strike as part of the 1981 hunger strike in the H-Blocks gaol that resulted in 10 republican POWs giving their lives for political status, and that changed the course of Irish history and the struggle for freedom from British rule.  Laurence has written two books about Irish republican prisoners in the H-Blocks; Nor Meekly Serve My Time: The H-Block Struggle 1976–1981 (co-written with Brian Campbell and Felim O'Hagan) was published in 1994, and Out Of Time: Irish Republican Prisoners, Long Kesh, 1972–2000 was published in 2001, as well as writing plays and films relating to his life experience.  I have created a Spotify playlist called '10' to go with this episode, which can be found on my own public playlist list.    

Celtic Soul Podcast Episode 21 with Andrew Milne chatting to Teacher, Writer and former IRA Prisoner, Paddy McMenamin In Episode 20/ Part 1 Paddy chatted about Life, Growing Up in Belfast, The Troubles. Prison, Glentoran and Celtic. In this Episode/ Part 2 Paddy chats about life in Long Kesh, Life after Prison, Returning to Paradise, Celtic, Peace, Unity, Sectarianism and his new book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

durée : 00:57:38 - Une vie, une oeuvre - par : Matthieu Garrigou-Lagrange - Robert Gerard Sands, surnommé « Bobby », c’est ce visage souriant encadré d’une longue chevelure ondoyante que l’on voit sur les façades des maisons en Irlande du Nord. Il incarne la cause républicaine catholique et fut le porte parole des prisonniers enfermés à la prison de Long Kesh, à Belfast.

Last week the British Supreme Court quashed two convictions I had received in 1975 for attempting to escape from Long Kesh internment camp. It was a long ten year battle. The case also revealed the fact that the British government at the highest level knew that I was unlawfully interned before the two trials. They also knew that up to 200 other internees were also likely to have been unlawfully detained. In typical fashion the British government chose to allow my trials to take place and never informed any of the internees that they too were wrongfully imprisoned.Escapes and escape attempts from British and Irish prisons have long been part of the Irish experience.In the most recent period of conflict it is estimated that at least 100 republican POWs escaped from British prisons. Republican political prisoners see it as their duty to try and escape and return to the struggle.In this podcast I thought I would tell you of my first escape attempt on Christmas Eve 1973.

A remembrance of my friend and comrade Bobby Sands who died on hunger strike this week (5 May) 1981. Bobby was the first of ten republican prisoners who died in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. The Thatcher Govt's criminalisation policy was an attempt to defeat and criminalise the political prisoners and through them the republican struggle. The republican POWs in Long Kesh and in Armagh Woman's prison faced up to this challenge and broke the British government. Their courage and tenacity in the most horrendous of conditions is inspirational.   

.......on 28th Aug ‘72 Johnny Burns and I were linked for life by an incident during the conflict, it led to years in Long Kesh & memories, we hadn't met for many yrs but last week word came he had the virus and a few days later he died! Goodbye old friend!

......on the 15 Th October 1974, 2000 IRA prisoners burned Long Kesh to the ground then fought the British Army for 6 hrs the next day, helicopters dropped CR gas, an illegal substance, today 120 men who were there have died of cancer related illness???

......1981, the year of the Hunger Strikes, Bobby Sands and 9 others die a slow sad death in Long Kesh, my sister Bernadette was the girl piper at each funeral and suffered greatly afterwards, not all victims of violence are physical!

.........30 years after the events of October ‘74 I returned to Long Kesh, it brought back many memories of tough times and thoughts of friends who never survived to see the peace!

A Newry woman visits her big brother in Paris. The two share a drink and talk all night. The next morning, he leaves instructions for taking the metro, and disappears. His family never see him again. The story of Anne Morgan's 32-year search for her missing brother Seamus is just one told in this episode, the second in a two-part series on the theme of dealing with the past. We speak to Damien McNally of Belfast's Wave Trauma Centre about how trauma can be passed down from one generation to the next, and the implications of providing front-line care while political deadlock prevents wider societal change. Historian Roy Foster of Oxford University discusses Ireland's culture of dealing with the past and how it differs from the mood in Britain as Brexit looms. From historical inquiries to 'Derry Girls', Naomi O'Leary and Tim Mc Inerney explore different routes to closure: through justice, truth-seeking, or creativity. This episode concludes with an exclusive reading by poet Gail McConnell of her poem about the Long Kesh breakout and the death of her father, 'Start Out'. This is the second of a two-part series on the issue of dealing with the past, dedicated to the memory of murdered journalist Lyra McKee. You can listen to part one here: https://www.theirishpassport.com/podcast/s3-episode-3-collusion/ You can read 'Suicide of the Ceasefire Babies', the essay which inspired these episodes, here. 'Start Out' is published in Fourteen by Gail McConnell (Green Bottle Press, 2018): https://greenbottlepress.com/order-form/our-books/ Featuring editing by Alan Meaney http://alanmeaney.ie/ . Special thanks to Emma Rainey of Fem-Vibes podcast for reading an excerpt of Lyra McKee's writing for us. For bonus episodes, support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport. Season 3 of The Irish Passport podcast is made with the kind support of Biddy Murphy, online sellers of genuine Irish goods. Check them out on www.biddymurphy.com. The music you heard in this episode is Night II, by Swelling, and Serial Killer, by John Bartmann. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @PassportIrish. Support this podcast

David Ryan is a storyteller. He tells other people's stories with his camera.As a documentary wedding photographer he's a particular man who share's other's special moments in a very particular and unique way. Only David can tell a story through pictures the way he does. His is a special and distinctive talent.David has a special place in my heart along this journey that's led me to starting a podcast. A couple of years ago I was attending a good friend's wedding in Ballina, Co. Mayo. David was their wedding photographer. Now, at this wedding I knew my wife and the bride and groom, and really, no-one else.Following a beautiful ceremony at the Ice House Hotel I was wandering along the banks for the River Moy while family & friends took pictures of the bridal party. The one person who didn't seemed to be in this melee was the wedding photographer. He was skirting around the edges, sometimes taking a picture of what was going on with the bride and groom, other times taking pictures of the young children as they played games of chasing while trying not to drop their ice-creams. David wasn't doing the thing I'd come to know wedding photographers to do - controlling and directing the action. He was behaving like the proverbial fly on the wall.I was fascinated.So after while, having watched his modus operandi, I worked up the nerve to approach him and ask a question. Now, as you'll hear David talk about in our conversation, the questions he gets asked as a photographer can, for him, seem quite trivial and superficial. And David hates the superficial.Not knowing this, I went up to David and asked my question."What are you looking to capture?"David's reaction startled me, as I later learned the question startled him.He turned to face me, took a step back and said, "Wow, what a great question."The rest, as they say, is history.Having the courage to ask someone a question that was really burning a hole in my brain, from a place of genuine curiousity, and the amazing conversations David and I had throughout the rest of the day, awoke something within me that I'd long ignored.That I wanted to spend more time with creative people learning about what makes them tick.And most importantly, that it is OKAY to feel like this. So if I were to act from this place the results would more than not be really enjoyable.And year and a half later, I finally worked up the nerve to start this podcast, which had some of its origins in that moment, outside a hotel along side a river on a gloriously sunny Saturday on the west-coast of Ireland.So returning home to Ireland for a holiday in April, it was important for me to bring this full circle by sitting down to catch up with David.I hope you enjoy - it's a deep conversation and at one point we get much heavier than I ever expected. Thank you to David for his honesty, his openness and for not being afraid to let who he really his show through.You can see more of David's work here:Website - https://www.davidryanphotography.ie/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/David-Ryan-Photography-144980672237145/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/david_ryan_photography/Thanks to:eight and a half for “Piece by Piece” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U_MC4mabNMTara Ward for the art and design – http://www.tarawardphotography.com.au/Podcast homepage – https://widtaabbqs.home.blog/

Tom Burns is the Chairman of Age Concern Marbella and San Pedro de Alcantara.Tom was born in Donegal and educated in Belfast and it was here that he started his career and his family. However, having seen the ghastly impact and effects of ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland Tom took the opportunity to move his family to London where he schooled his sons and enjoyed a successful career in the insurance industry.In 2002, Tom decided to take retirement and live a life in the sun on the Costa del Sol, but within 3 months he decided that he was too young and active to sit back and do nothing. He opened a restaurant in Estepona, despite having no restaurant experience, and then was offered the chance to become involved with the charity Age Concern. Using his previous experience in the third-sector, and the support of his enthusiastic team, Tom launched a branch of the charity in Marbella and San Pedro de Alcantara.Tom’s story covers a childhood growing up in segregated Ireland, charity work that took him into Long Kesh prison, and a non-retirement in sunny Spain.Support the show (http://patreon.com/IanRutter)

Pádraic discusses his involvement in the Republican movement from a young age, his time in Crumlin Road Gaol, and in Long Kesh, where he took part in the blanket and no-wash protests, and his life as a community activist. 

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are solely those of the interviewer/interviewee and do not in any way represent the views of the Holywell Trust, its partners or their funders. This recording was conducted in the Holywell Trust "The Junction" Room in late 2016 during a Testimony Session. During this session an audience listened to the testimony of Liam McCloskey, a former Republican prisoner at Long Kesh. Liam was the cellmate of Kevin Lynch who died during the Hunger Strike and Liam would follow Kevin into the strike. Liam will tell you how his body shut down during his hunger strike, what convinced him to come off the strike and stepping away from the republican movement to accepting the spirit of God. Liam shares stories of his work after prison and delivering peace and reconciliation seminars. Never miss an episode of the Holywell Trust Podcast or the Holywell Trust Testimony series. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/holywell-podcast/id1229484179?mt=2 Follow us on Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/user-743120821 Please feel free to comment on our Apple Podcasts and Soundcloud pages and don’t forget to rate the programme. Thanks for listening and sharing the links.