Richard O'Rawe
Richard O’Rawe (born 1956) is a former Irish republican activist and author of several books about The Troubles.
Background
Richard O'Rawe was born in 1956 and spent the first fourteen years of his life in the
Long Kesh prison.[2]
Role in the hunger strikes
In Long Kesh prison in 1981, he was
Irish republican candidate Owen Carron would have a better chance of winning the Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election if the hunger strike was ongoing on polling day.[3]
Publications
- 2005: Blanketmen: An Untold Story of the H-block Hunger Strike. New Island Books
- 2011: Afterlives: The Hunger Strike and the Secret Offer that Changed Irish History. Lilliput Press.
- 2017: In the Name of the Son: The Gerry Conlon Story. Merrion Press.
- 2018: Northern Heist. Merrion Press[4]
- 2023: Stakeknife's Dirty War: The Inside Story of Scappaticci, the IRA's Nutting Squad and the British Spooks Who Ran the War. Merrion Press.
References
- ^ "Once upon a time in Northern Ireland". BBC. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "From the cradle up". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Will IRA ever admit truth over hunger strike?". The Belfast Telegraph. 27 March 2008. Archived from the original on 24 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Northern Heist". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.