Rab Kerr Explained
Birth Name: | Robert Kerr |
Robert Kerr |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Blank1: | Organisation |
Website: | http://www.belfastmuralguide.com/ |
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: .[1] He is married to Sinn Féin politician Jennifer McCann.[2]
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],
- Three Gaols: Images of Crumlin Road, Long Kesh and Armagh Prisons; Author: Robert Kerr. Publisher: MSF Press, [2011], [3]
- The Belfast Mural Guide; Locate Series; Author: Robert Kerr, Publisher: MSF Press, [2014], [4]
- An Treoir do Mhúrphictiúir Bhéal Feirste; The Belfast Mural Guide (Publication Language:Irish); Author: Robert Kerr, Publisher: MSF Press, [2014], [5]
Notes and References
- Republican Belfast at the heart of Irish history. An Phoblacht, 4 December 2008
- Web site: 'Bobby Sands was a great role model - he was never arrogant' . 2009-11-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071120093550/http://www.tribune.ie/2007/03/11/83124.html . 20 November 2007.
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- Web site: Home . 16 July 2014 . 19 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719054147/http://belfastmuralguide.com/ . dead .
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