After 46 days on hunger-strike, Martin Hurson died on the 13th July 1981. This young Tyrone man from the Cappagh/Galbally area was the 6th person to die on hunger-strike in Long Kesh after Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Ray McCreesh, Patsy O’Hara and Joe McDonnell.

Gerry Cunningham (author of “Blood Upon The Rose”) tells the story of this country lad in a heart breaking and honest way. There is no happy ending, no fairytale story. Cunningham, along with an excellent cast, tell it exactly as it was in those very dark days of 1981. The Story of Martin Hurson begins with his arrest and brutal interrogation in Omagh Barracks. When he is eventually sentenced, his participation in the no wash protests leads to his joining the 2nd hunger-strike in May 1981. This is a hard hitting story with no frills and no sense of triumphalism. It’s a story that should be told and will be told for future generations to appreciate and understand the horrors of those dark days of our recent past.

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Friday 28th May 2027 | 8pm

Tickets €25 (+€1.50 booking fee per ticket)