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      Cage Eleven

      by Gerry Adams
      Published
      Apr 1993
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      146
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      Long before he became President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison – without charge or trial – during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Women's Prison. Cage Eleven is his own account – sometimes passionate, often humorous – of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication.

      This updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny.

      'Offers a unique insight into … the experience of internment … an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals.' Irish Herald

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      First Edition Apr 1993 Sheridan Square Pubns ISBN13 9781879823051 ISBN10 1879823055
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      Apr 1993 Sheridan Square Pubns ISBN13 9781879823044 ISBN10 1879823047
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