27 October 1980
H-Block Hunger Strike
Begins the first republican hunger strike at Long Kesh.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Long Kesh in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Begins the first republican hunger strike at Long Kesh.
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