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July Hunger Strike commemoration events

7th – 10th July - Rodaí Mac Corlai Clubrooms, Glen Rd, Belfast - National Exhibition

8th July (Fri) - Carnlough, Co. Antrim – Harbourside, 6pm - Vigil for Joe McDonnell - Peadar Whelan

8th July (Fri) - Dublin – 4pm Mass, The Oratory, Blanchardstown followed by a black flag march to Mountainview Garden Centre, tree planting ceremony and plaque unveiling for Joe McDonnell. Main speaker Micheál Colreavey TD

8th July (Fri) - Hunger strike monument, Glencar, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal – 8pm – Wreath-laying ceremony for Joe McDonnell. Main speaker ex-POW Gerry McConville, & local speaker

10th July (Sun) - March from Horn Drive, Lenadoon, to Rodaí Mac Corlaí clubrooms  - Joe McDonnell commemoration. Main speaker, Gerry Kelly MLA

11th July (Mon) - The Plaza, Main St. Buncrana, Co. Donegal – 4pm. National Exhibition followed at 7.30 pm by panel discussion. Speakers: Raymond McCartney MLA, ex-hunger striker; Cllr Kevin Campbel,l ex-H-Block protesting prisoner and Deputy Mayor Derry City; Mary Nelis, mother of two H-Block protesting prisoners and founding member of the Relatives Action Committee Derry; and Marie Doherty, ex-Armagh Gaol protesting prisoner

12th July (Tues) - Gallbally Community Centre, East Tyrone – 10.30am. - National Exhibition

13th July (Wed) - March and commemoration for Martin Hurson. Assemble Galbally Community Centre 6pm, march to the Cappagh Memorial, Galbally. Main speaker Tom Hartley

15th July (Fri) - Millenium Centre, Loughuile, North Antrim - National Exhibition

16th July (Sat) – Commemoration and parade at 5:30pm followed by social event and music @ Forde’s Inn, Drumkeeran, Leitrim

17th July (Sun) Drumkeeran Community Centre, Leitrim – National Exhibition

18th and 19th July (Mon/Tues) - Carrickmacross Workhouse, Monaghan - National Exhibition

24th July (Sun) 3pm. - Hunger Strike memorial, Lanesborough, Co. Longford. – March to memorial and commemoration for Martin Hurson. Main speaker, Junior Minister Martina Anderson MLA

Dungarvan - Armagh/H-Block Committee - 1981 Hunger Strike 30th Commemoration

Friday July 22nd – Sunday July 24th : opening of weekend at 7pm in Lawlor’s Hotel, Bridge St, Dungarvan, Co Waterford, by Pearse Doherty TD & Dungarvan Mayor Councillor Teresa Wright. Hunger Strike Exhibition opened to all on Friday night after official opening until 10pm. Admission free

Saturday 23rd - GAA underage hurling blitz in Bushy Park, Dungarvan – Kevin Lynch Cup 11am – 1pm, Teams from across the country playing  - Cup presentation approximately 2.30pm. Admission Free

Saturday Main Event - The Legacy of 81’ - Guest speakers & audience discussion/debate in Lawlor’s Hotel. Morning & Afternoon sessions 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm. Speakers include: Martin Coffey – local historian on the History of Republican hunger strikers 1900-1985; Belfast Councillor Jim (Flash) McVeigh – Former political prisoner & the last Officer Commanding in Long Kesh on From the Kesh to Government Buildings; Fr Joe Mc Veigh – Ex-prison chaplin; Cyril McCurtain – former political prisoner & Bobby Sands cell mate on Characters & Comrades; Councillor Toiréasa Ferris on The Legacy of ’81 & guest speakers

Hunger Strike Exhibition on display in Lawlor’s Saturday, 11am – 6pm. Admission Free

Music night Saturday in Lawlors with five-piece republican band Clann Na hEireann. €10 ticket combines entrance to music on Saturday and also admission to ‘H3’ film

Sunday 24th - 7pm screening of ‘H3’ in the Park Hotel, Dungarvan, followed by Q & A session with ‘H3’ film producer and former hunger striker Laurence McKeown. €10 Ticket combines admission to H3 and entrance to music night

Lawlors Hotel contact 058 41122 for special accommodation rates / & €10 tickets

Lawlors Hotel WEB: www.lawlorshoteldungarvan.com

Ticket Hotline: 087 2614418. Find us on Facebook :- http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/H-Block-Waterford/195499033820570

28/29 July (Thurs/Fri) - Coláiste Feirste, Bóthar na bhFál, Beal Feirste - National Exhibition

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