CROSSWORD

BY EOGHAN Mac CORMAIC

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Clues

ACROSS

1 Republican greeting abbreviated (3) 3 Birthplace of Raymond McCreesh (8) 5 (& 3 down) Constituency which elected Kieran Doherty TD (5,8) 8 Slum housing area in Derry where Mickey Devine grew up (8) 9 Mother of Patsy O’Hara (5) 12 Constituency (with Leitrim) where Joe McDonnell stood for election (5) 14 Election agent for Bobby Sands ---- Carron (4) 15 Birthplace of Francis Hughes and Tom McElwee (8) 16 Prison where women POWs also fought for Political status (6)

DOWN

1 British army chief at time of Internment in 1 Group which immortalised Joe McDonnell in song: Wolfe ----- (5) 2 Place where POWs with status were held in Long Kesh (4) 3 (&5 across) Constituency which elected Kieran Doherty TD (5,8) 4 Birthplace of Martin Hurson (7) 5 (& 10 down) Football club a young Bobby Sands played for (6,5) 6 Birthplace of Kevin Lynch (8) 7 Native county of Frank Stagg and Michael Gaughan (4) 9 British judge who recommended ending Special Category Status in 1975 (8) 10 (&5 down) Football club a young Bobby Sands played for (6,5) 13 An Fhuiseog, bird which inspired Bobby Sands (4) 15 --- nó bás, victory of death, motto of the hunger strikers. (3)

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