Youth & the 1981 Hungerstrikes‏

cork | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Wednesday July 06, 2011 23:51 by Joe Lynch - Ógra Shinn Féin

At An Spailpín Fánach (Upstairs) at 8.00pm on the 13th July, Cork Ógra Shinn Féin will host an evening of discussion around the hunger strikers of 1981 and other young prisoners in the H-Blocks and Armagh Jail at the time; as well as the role of young activists outside the prison who were to the fore in the Anti H-Block/Armagh campaign.

On display will be a Cork Anti H-Block exhibition documenting the campaign in Cork with a particular focus on the Cork North-Central constituency where Mairéad Farrell stood in the 1981 general election.

Discussion topics will include "A Background to the 1981 Hunger Strikes", "The Role of Young People in the H-Block Campaign" and "The Legacy of the Hunger Strikes".

Prominent speakers will be in attendance to present the above topics.

As the date coincides with the 30th anniversary of the death of Volunteer Martin Hurson after 46 days on hunger strike, a talk on the life and times of Martin will be presented by a member of the Martin Hurson Cumann (University College Cork).