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   Blanket protest

   The blanket protest was part of a five year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze prison (also known as "Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland.
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   Blanket (disambiguation)

   A blanket is a large, usually rectangular piece of thick bedding material. ... Blanket protest, a Northern Irish prison protest held in the Maze prison by republican prisoners
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   Dirty protest

   The dirty protest (also called the no wash protest) was part of a five year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze prison (also known as "Long Kesh") and Armagh Women's Prison in Northern Ireland. ... They did not conduct a blanket protest as women prisoners in Northern Ireland already had the right to wear their own clothes, but this did include smearing their menstrual blood on the cell walls.
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   List of Northern Ireland–related topics

   This is a list of articles related to Northern Ireland. ... Blanket protest
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   One Day in My Life

   One Day in My Life is an autobiographical novel written by Bobby Sands while serving a fourteen year sentence at Long Kesh, for possession of a gun as a member of the Irish Republican Army. ... It recounts Sands' mental, physical, and sectarian struggles over a single day while he was taking part in the blanket protest against the removal of prisoners' political status by the British Government.
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   Fra McCann

   Fra McCann is an Irish politician. ... While being held in H-Block 3 of the Maze, McCann befriended Kieran Nugent and participated in the blanket protest.
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   1981 Irish hunger strike

   The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976, when the British government withdrew Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners.
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   Kieran Nugent

   Kieran "Header" Nugent (1958 - 4 May 2000) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army and best known for being the first IRA 'blanket man' in the H-Blocks. ... He was not provided with alternative clothing and wrapped himself in the blanket from his cell beginning the "Blanket Protest".
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   Pat McGeown

   Pat "Beag" McGeown (3 September 1956 – 1 October 1996) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike. ... McGeown was transferred into the Maze Prison's H-Blocks where he joined the blanket protest and dirty protest, attempting to secure the return of Special Category Status for convicted paramilitary prisoners.
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    Séanna Breathnach

    Séanna Breathnach (English: Séanna Walsh; born 1957) is an Irish republican and a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). ... Walsh refused to wear a prison uniform and went on to become one of the leaders of the blanket protest.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Blanket protest,
• Blanket (disambiguation),
• Dirty protest,
• List of Northern Ireland–related topics,
• One Day in My Life,
• Fra McCann,
• 1981 Irish hunger strike,
• Kieran Nugent,
• Pat McGeown,
• Séanna Breathnach

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