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The Blanket Protest Part 2
In this episode Lorcan Collins is joined by Blanketmen Séanna Walsh and Laurence McKeown. From 1978 the Blanket Protest escalated into the refusal to slop out and the No Wash protest. Lorcan Collins examines the reasons...
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The Blanket Protest Part 2 is an episode from Revolutionary Ireland by Lorcan Collins. In this episode Lorcan Collins is joined by Blanketmen Séanna Walsh and Laurence McKeown. From 1978 the Blanket Protest escalated into the refusal to slo...
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Published May 22, 2021, 01:00:59 long, audio available.
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In this episode Lorcan Collins is joined by Blanketmen Séanna Walsh and Laurence McKeown. From 1978 the Blanket Protest escalated into the refusal to slop out and the No Wash protest. Lorcan Collins examines the reasons behind this escalation which led to Republican prisoners smearing excrement on their cell walls leading to international attention focusing on the Blanket Protest. This episode covers the years 1978 to 1980 just before the Hunger Strikes began.
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The Blanket Protest Part 2 is an episode from Revolutionary Ireland by Lorcan Collins.
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Published May 22, 2021 and 01:00:59 long