Militaria Archive

Irish Independence - Belfast.

A collection of photographs (October 2011) showing some sights and scenes of Irish Republican/Irish Independence related history in Belfast. Included are the Peace Wall and Murals of the Falls Road, The Clonard Martyrs Memorial Garden as well as the Republican Plot at Milltown Cemetery. Also featured are James Connolly's one time Belfast home. The Long Kesh/Maze, H-Block prison site location of the historically significant 1981 Hunger Strikes and also 1983 Mass prison breakout (also pictures from a Maze Prison escape lecture). Finishing with pictures from the excellent Roddy McCorley Society Museum.

Pat Sheehan, MLA. Roddy McCorley Society, Museum. Pat Sheehan was on day 55 of a hunger strike when the strike was ended. He recovered and is now a MLA having taken over from Gerry Adams when he became a T.D. in the Republic.
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