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Date: 05/08/2018 | Ref. 763362
Press Eye - Republican Parade - Castlewellan - 5th August 2018
Photograph by Declan Roughan
A major hunger strike commemoration took place in a Co Down town. The march in Castlewellan was attended by Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald.
It marks the anniversary of the deaths of 10 republican hunger strikers, including Bobby Sands and Raymond McCreesh in 1981.
In previous years tens of thousands of republicans have attended the event, which changes location annually.
Relatives of IRA victims have accused Sinn Fein of "insulting" their loved ones memories, saying the commemoration compounds their grief.
