Eoin Collins Brendí McClenaghan And Cathal Kerrigan 1991 Long Kesh Prison Photo
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Title
Eoin Collins Brendí McClenaghan And Cathal Kerrigan 1991 Long Kesh Prison Photo
Subject
LGBTQ+ activists
Description
A photograph of Eoin Collins, Brendí McClenaghan and Cathal Kerrigan at Long Kesh Prison in 1991.
In 1991 Brendí McClenaghan wrote an article Invisible Comrades about lesbian and gays in the Irish republican movement. It was published in An Glór Gafa Vol. 3 No. 3. The article was written by Brendí McClenaghan when he was an Irish republican prison in Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland. An Glór Gafa (The Captive Voice) was a magazine written by Irish republican prisoners - 26 issues were produced between 1989 and 1999. Brendí McClenaghan came out while in prison and his article was significant in giving voice to an invisible community within the Irish republican movement.
In Spring 1992 An Glór Gafa printed a letter from gay activists (including members of the Cork Gay Collective) in response to the Brendí McClenaghan article - the letter was signed by Kieran Rose, Donal Sheehan, Mick Quinlan, Eoin Collins, Cathal O Ciarraigain and Arthur Leahy.
An edited version of his article was published in Gay Community News in April 1992.
In November 1991 Kieran Rose and Cathal Kerrigan visited Brendí McClenaghan in Long Kesh following contact from Sinn Fein informing them that a republican prisoner had come out as gay in prison and wanted to make contact with gay activists. In December 1991 Brendí McClenaghan was released on day release and went to Dublin to meet with Kieran Rose, Cathal Kerrigan and other gay activists. Brendí McClenaghan's article was published in An Glór Gafa in December 1991.
In February 1992 Cathal Kerrigan again visited Brendí McClenaghan in Long Kesh, this time accompanied by Eoin Collins. A photograph taken of the three of them was published alongside the GCN article in April 1992.
In 1995 Brendí McClenaghan's “Letter from a Gay Republican: H-Block 5,” was included in the publication Lesbian and Gay Visions of Ireland.
In 1991 Brendí McClenaghan wrote an article Invisible Comrades about lesbian and gays in the Irish republican movement. It was published in An Glór Gafa Vol. 3 No. 3. The article was written by Brendí McClenaghan when he was an Irish republican prison in Long Kesh prison in Northern Ireland. An Glór Gafa (The Captive Voice) was a magazine written by Irish republican prisoners - 26 issues were produced between 1989 and 1999. Brendí McClenaghan came out while in prison and his article was significant in giving voice to an invisible community within the Irish republican movement.
In Spring 1992 An Glór Gafa printed a letter from gay activists (including members of the Cork Gay Collective) in response to the Brendí McClenaghan article - the letter was signed by Kieran Rose, Donal Sheehan, Mick Quinlan, Eoin Collins, Cathal O Ciarraigain and Arthur Leahy.
An edited version of his article was published in Gay Community News in April 1992.
In November 1991 Kieran Rose and Cathal Kerrigan visited Brendí McClenaghan in Long Kesh following contact from Sinn Fein informing them that a republican prisoner had come out as gay in prison and wanted to make contact with gay activists. In December 1991 Brendí McClenaghan was released on day release and went to Dublin to meet with Kieran Rose, Cathal Kerrigan and other gay activists. Brendí McClenaghan's article was published in An Glór Gafa in December 1991.
In February 1992 Cathal Kerrigan again visited Brendí McClenaghan in Long Kesh, this time accompanied by Eoin Collins. A photograph taken of the three of them was published alongside the GCN article in April 1992.
In 1995 Brendí McClenaghan's “Letter from a Gay Republican: H-Block 5,” was included in the publication Lesbian and Gay Visions of Ireland.
Source
Kieran Rose Photography Collection
Date
1991
Rights
Permission to use granted by Kieran Rose. Items in this digital archive are covered by a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No-Derivatives License. Please credit Cork LGBT Archive and provide a link back to this site.
Format
JPEG (Image coding standard)
Language
eng
Type
Photograph
Still image
Coverage
1991
Collection
Citation
“Eoin Collins Brendí McClenaghan And Cathal Kerrigan 1991 Long Kesh Prison Photo,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed May 9, 2024, https://corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/1314.