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Rab Kerr

Rab Kerr

Irish republican and writer

Robert 'Rab' Kerr is an Irish republican ex-prisoner who spent 18 years in British prisons, during which he spent three years on the 'Blanket Protest' in the H-Blocks and took part in the 'Great Escape' from Long Kesh in 1983. Since his release from prison he has co-authored four books of photographs documenting the history of Belfast during the last century, as well as producing a number of booklets and magazines. In 2008 he wrote what has been described as the first republican tourist guide to Belfast: Republican Belfast: A Political Tourist's Guide.[1] He is married to Sinn Féin politician Jennifer McCann.[2]

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Bibliography

  • New Lodge: 100 years in pictures; Authors: Joe Baker & Robert Kerr. Publisher: Glenravel Local History Project, 2000
  • Snapshots of Belfast 1920–1929; Authors: Joe Baker & Robert Kerr. Publisher: Glenravel Local History Project, [2001]
  • Snapshots of Belfast 1930–1939; Authors: Joe Baker & Robert Kerr. Publisher: Glenravel Local History Project, [2001]
  • Snapshots of Belfast 1940–1949; Authors: Joe Baker & Robert Kerr. Publisher: Glenravel Local History Project, [2002]
  • Republican Belfast: A political tourist's guide; Author: Robert Kerr, Publisher: MSF Press, [2008], ISBN 978-0-9560264-0-8
  • Three Gaols: Images of Crumlin Road, Long Kesh and Armagh Prisons; Author: Robert Kerr. Publisher: MSF Press, [2011], ISBN 978-0-9568069-0-1[3]
  • The Belfast Mural Guide; Locate Series; Author: Robert Kerr, Publisher: MSF Press, [2014], ISBN 978-0-9568069-1-8[4]
  • An Treoir do Mhúrphictiúir Bhéal Feirste; The Belfast Mural Guide (Publication Language:Irish); Author: Robert Kerr, Publisher: MSF Press, [2014], ISBN 978-0-9568069-2-5[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Republican Belfast at the heart of Irish history. An Phoblacht, 4 December 2008
  2. [2]
    "'Bobby Sands was a great role model - he was never arrogant'". Archived from the original on 20 November 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  3. [3]
    http://lh-nipr-prism.qub.ac.uk/TalisPrism/%5B%5D
  4. [4]
    "Home". Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Home". Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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