Cage Eleven

Long before he became President of Sinn Fin, Gerry Adams was a civil rights activist who took part in sit-ins, marches and protests in Northern Ireland. Along with hundreds of other men, Adams was interned on the Maidstone prison ship and in Long Kesh prison without charge or trial during the 1970s for his political activities. Women were interned also, in Armagh Womens Prison. Cage Eleven is his own account sometimes passionate, often humorous of life in Long Kesh. Written while Adams was a prisoner, the pieces were smuggled out for publication. This updated edition includes a new introduction and sketches drawn in Cage Eleven by another prisoner at the time, Danny Devenny. Offers a unique insight into the experience of internment an unrivalled representation of the resilience and humour that were as much a part of the life of the political prisoner as the adherence to a set of political ideals. Irish Herald