Republican division over the legacy of the hunger strikes continues, as witnessed through annual commemoration events. In 2016, Dr Alison Garden and I worked with Martin Doyle to create the Irish Times Hunger Strikes microsite: hosting more than 20 articles by scholars on different aspects of the hunger strikes. As discussed here five years ago, our understanding of the hunger strikes largely focuses on the 10 men who died. We know the Derry Graves Association, alongside the 1981 Hunger Strike Commemoration Committee, plan to sponsor two fundraising runs to help finance the refurbishment of the H-Block monument. It remains to be seen how the 40th anniversary of the hunger strike will be repurposed for republican groups today.

Source: The Irish Times March 01, 2021 05:37 UTC