LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Hunger striker Raymond McCreesh dies

Genre

News report; Interview; Obituary

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:26

Description

Report on the death of hunger striker Raymond McCreesh. His brother, Catholic priest, Father Brian McCreesh, explains why his brother joined the hunger strike in the H-Block at the Maze Prison in Belfast. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Brian McCreesh

Keywords

Deaths; Political prisoners; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; British; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Nationalists; Belfast; Raymond McCreesh

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