Language, Resistance and Revival: Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland JNKS Selected and translated by Helen

Selected and translated by Helen Waddell

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when it comes to who is allowed to thrive from black hipness

Unfolding in the minutes before their weekly therapy sessions

Language, Resistance and Revival: Republican Prisoners and the Irish Language in the North of Ireland JNKS Selected and translated by HelenAuthor Contributor(s): Mac Ionnrachtaigh, Feargal Publisher: Pluto Press Date: 4 5 2013 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW This is the untold story of the truly groundbreaking linguistic and educational developments that took place among Republican prisoners in Long Kesh prison from 1972 2000. During a period of bitter struggle between Republican prisoners and the British state, the Irish language was taught and spoken as a form of resistance during