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Books Blanketmen, Afterlives: the Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer That: Changed Irish History | ||
Hunger strike reflections richard o rawe
Richard O’Rawe is a former IRA prisoner and author of Blanketmen.
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Role in the hunger strikes
O'Rawe was Provisional IRA press officer in Long Kesh prison in 1981. He claims that terms for ending the 1981 hunger strikes, accepted by the prisoners' leadership in the prison, were rejected by IRA commanders outside. He suggests that the IRA rejected the deal as the Irish republican candidate Owen Carron would have a better chance of winning the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election if the hunger strike was ongoing on polling day.
Allegations about Gerry Adams
Fellow former IRA member Anthony McIntyre and O'Rawe have claimed that Gerry Adams was a key figure in the IRA.
References
Richard O'Rawe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA