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The cells of Armagh Jail, which once held Bernadette Devlin and the Price sisters, are set to welcome holidaymakers under plans to transform Northern Ireland's oldest prison into a luxury hotel.
The cells of Armagh Jail, which once held Bernadette Devlin and the Price sisters, are set to welcome holidaymakers under plans to transform Northern Ireland's oldest prison into a luxury hotel.
Of the final recordings that we completed in Armagh Gaol in 2006 and the Maze and Long Kesh Prison in 2007, some lasted only twenty minutes, while others lasted four hours.
The 2008 film Hunger, about the Maze prison and Sands' death, brought both actor Michael Fassbender and director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) to Hollywood's attention. In February 1980, however, ...
A dangerous organised crime gang from south Armagh are the chief suspects for ramming a prison van yesterday evening in an attempt to free one of their members. The suspected killer who is ...
At mid-morning on Tuesday, October 17th, 1972, Eileen Hickey, the Provisionals’ Officer Commanding in Armagh Prison, “arrested” Hugh Cunningham, the affable and generally well-liked governor.
A Co Armagh man, accused of assaulting police and disorderly behaviour, changed his plea after he was recalled to prison on ...