Commemorations of the 1981 hunger strike continued with the unveiling of a new mural to the first blanket man Kieran Nugent at a ceremony on the Falls Road on Sunday, 27th February, and the official launch of the 2011 exhibition by Martin McGuinness in the Linenhall Library on Tuesday, 1st March to coincide with the anniversary of Bobby Sands beginning his hunger strike. The National Hunger Strike Exhibition will be going to Omagh on 14th of March for one week and will be opened by the secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust, Danny Morrison, at the The Strule Art Centre, Omagh, at 8pm.
Bookings for the exhibition and speakers should be made through Deirdre or Maureen at hungerstrike@sinn-fein.ie
