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'''Dolours Price''' (born 1951) is a former [[volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA). She is also a critic of [[Gerry Adams]] and the current leadership of [[Sinn Féin]]. |
'''Dolours Price''' (born 1951) is a former [[volunteer (Irish republican)|volunteer]] of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (IRA). She is also a critic of [[Gerry Adams]] and the current leadership of [[Sinn Féin]]. |
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Dolours Price and her sister, [[Marian Price]], are the children of Albert Price, a prominent Irish Republican and former IRA member, from [[Belfast]]. She and her sister became involved in [[Irish republicanism]] sometime during the late 1960s and early 1970s |
Dolours Price and her sister, [[Marian Price]], are the children of Albert Price, a prominent Irish Republican and former IRA member, from [[Belfast]]. She and her sister became involved in [[Irish republicanism]] sometime during the late 1960s and early 1970s. They participated in the [[car bombings]] of the [[Old Bailey]] and [[Scotland Yard]] on 8 March 1973. |
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On that day, a referendum, known as the 'Border Poll', was held to determine if Northern Ireland was to remain part of the United Kingdom. In protest at the referendum, the IRA planted four car bombs in London. Two of the bombs were defused but the others exploded, one near the Old Bailey and the second at Scotland Yard. As a result of the explosions one person was killed and almost 200 people were injured.<ref>CAIN Web Service - A Chronology of the Conflict - 1973</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The two sisters were apprehended along with [[Hugh Feeney]] and seven others as they were boarding a flight to [[Ireland]] and, they were tried and convicted at the Great Hall |
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| ⚫ | The two sisters were apprehended along with [[Hugh Feeney]] and seven others as they were boarding a flight to [[Ireland]] and, they were tried and convicted at the Great Hall in [[Winchester Castle]] on [[14 November]] after a six hour jury discussion. Although originally sentenced to life imprisonment (which was to run concurrently for each criminal charge), their sentence was eventually reduced to twenty years. |
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Dolours Price served seven years of her life sentence for her part in the IRA car bombing during which time she immediately went on [[hunger strike]] in a campaign to be repatriated to a prison in [[Northern Ireland]]. The hunger strike lasted over 200 days, because the hunger strikers were force-fed by prison authorities. The force-feeding ended with the death of another hunger striker, [[Michael Gaughan]], in June 1974. As part of the campaign, her father, Albert Price, contested [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|West Belfast]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|British General Election of February 1974]] receiving 5,662 votes (11.9%)<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cwb.htm West Belfast election results]</ref> The Price sisters, Hugh Feeney, and [[Gerry Kelly]] were repatriated to Northern Irish prisons in 1975. This was a benefit of negotiations that occurred during a British-IRA truce.<ref>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/truce/sum.htm IRA Truce: 9 February 1975 to 23 January 1976 - Summary of Main Events CAIN Web Service]</ref> |
Dolours Price served seven years of her life sentence for her part in the IRA car bombing during which time she immediately went on [[hunger strike]] in a campaign to be repatriated to a prison in [[Northern Ireland]]. The hunger strike lasted over 200 days, because the hunger strikers were force-fed by prison authorities. The force-feeding ended with the death of another hunger striker, [[Michael Gaughan]], in June 1974. As part of the campaign, her father, Albert Price, contested [[Belfast West (UK Parliament constituency)|West Belfast]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|British General Election of February 1974]] receiving 5,662 votes (11.9%)<ref>[http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/cwb.htm West Belfast election results]</ref> The Price sisters, Hugh Feeney, and [[Gerry Kelly]] were repatriated to Northern Irish prisons in 1975. This was a benefit of negotiations that occurred during a British-IRA truce.<ref>[http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/truce/sum.htm IRA Truce: 9 February 1975 to 23 January 1976 - Summary of Main Events CAIN Web Service]</ref> |
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Revision as of 21:10, 20 August 2009
Dolours Price (born 1951) is a former volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). She is also a critic of Gerry Adams and the current leadership of Sinn Féin.
Dolours Price and her sister, Marian Price, are the children of Albert Price, a prominent Irish Republican and former IRA member, from Belfast. She and her sister became involved in Irish republicanism sometime during the late 1960s and early 1970s. They participated in the car bombings of the Old Bailey and Scotland Yard on 8 March 1973.
On that day, a referendum, known as the 'Border Poll', was held to determine if Northern Ireland was to remain part of the United Kingdom. In protest at the referendum, the IRA planted four car bombs in London. Two of the bombs were defused but the others exploded, one near the Old Bailey and the second at Scotland Yard. As a result of the explosions one person was killed and almost 200 people were injured.[1]
The two sisters were apprehended along with Hugh Feeney and seven others as they were boarding a flight to Ireland and, they were tried and convicted at the Great Hall in Winchester Castle on 14 November after a six hour jury discussion. Although originally sentenced to life imprisonment (which was to run concurrently for each criminal charge), their sentence was eventually reduced to twenty years.
Dolours Price served seven years of her life sentence for her part in the IRA car bombing during which time she immediately went on hunger strike in a campaign to be repatriated to a prison in Northern Ireland. The hunger strike lasted over 200 days, because the hunger strikers were force-fed by prison authorities. The force-feeding ended with the death of another hunger striker, Michael Gaughan, in June 1974. As part of the campaign, her father, Albert Price, contested West Belfast at the British General Election of February 1974 receiving 5,662 votes (11.9%)[2] The Price sisters, Hugh Feeney, and Gerry Kelly were repatriated to Northern Irish prisons in 1975. This was a benefit of negotiations that occurred during a British-IRA truce.[3]
In 1980 Price received the Royal Prerogative of Mercy and was freed on humanitarian grounds suffering from anorexia nervosa in 1981. After her release, she married Stephen Rea, who was hired to speak the words of Gerry Adams when Sinn Féin was under a broadcasting ban. Dolours Price, along with her sister Marian, remains active politically. For example, she regularly contributes to the on-line journal The Blanket,[1] which is edited by Anthony McIntyre and his wife, Carrie Twomey. McIntyre is a former IRA blanketman who spent almost two decades in prison.
Personal life
Price was married to actor Stephen Rea from 1983 to 2003. They have three children.
Further reading
- Clutterbuck, Richard. Kidnap and Ransom. Boston: Faber & Faber, 1978.
References
- ^ CAIN Web Service - A Chronology of the Conflict - 1973
- ^ West Belfast election results
- ^ IRA Truce: 9 February 1975 to 23 January 1976 - Summary of Main Events CAIN Web Service