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Sa chlár seo, pléimid na Nollaig ar leith a chaith Garaí sa Cheis Fhada ó 1976 go 1988.  Labhraíonn Garaí faoin chéad Nollaig i bpríosún sular daoradh é agus an dóchas a mhothaigh sé ag an am agus leanann sé ar aghaidh leis na Nollaig ina dhiaidh sin agus é ar an Phluid.  Sa deireadh, labhraíonn Garaí faoin Nollaig i 1989 nuair a bhí sé ar parole agus phos sé mo mhamaí, Patricia.

In this episode we discuss the various Christmases that Gary spent imprisoned at Long Kesh from 1976 to 1988.  Gary discusses his first Christmas imprisoned before he was sentenced and the hope he experienced, followed by the Christmases on the Blanket and No-Wash protests.  Gary briefly touches on the Christmas of 1979 where he was on parole and married my mother, Patricia.

In this bonus episode we discuss the learning and use of Gaeilge in the H-Blocks, where 300 men learned Gaeilge and made it their language of communication.  Initially this was a strategic move but this was always marked with a strong sense of Irish identity to give meaning to their time in jail and also to reject any labels of criminality that the British government aimed to impose on them.  

Sa chlár bhreise seo pléimid foghlaim agus úsáid na Gaeilge na Ceis, na fáthanna ar fhoghlaim na cimí Gaeilge, agus an tionchar atá aige ar athghabháil na Gaeilge.

This is the first of the podcast's bonus episodes.  There's a number of topics that we wish to discuss and that are relevant to the historical nature of the podcast but they don't relate directly to the story of the Escape.  So, we decided to create these bonus episodes to provide the full background story.  These episodes will cover Gary's memories and lived experience such as the McGurk's Bar bombing, the Ballymurphy Massacre, and the coercion he experienced to sign a false statement at seventeen years of age.

In this episode, we'll discuss Gary's arrest and the methods employed by the Brits and the Orange State to arrest young people from the nationalist community to ensure free reign for the occupying forces.

Seo chugaibh an chéad chlár bónais den sráith.  Is iomaí ábhar ar mhian linn plé lena chéile agus atá ábhartha don phodchraoladh ach ní bhaineann siad go díreach le scéal an éalaithe.  Mar sin, chinn muid go mbeadh cláir bhonaisacha fóirsteanach do na toipicí seo.  Beidh na cláir seo ag plé cuimhní cinn Gharaí agus a eispearais pearsanta dalta an buaimáil theach tabairne Mhic Oirc, áir Bhaile Uí Mhurchú agus an comhéigean a d'fhulaing sé le ráiteas bréagach a shíniú agus é ach seacht mbliana déag d'aois.  Sa chlár seo pléifimid gabháil Gharaí agus tcífimid na modhanna siúracha a d'úsáid na Sasanaigh agus an Stát Oráisteach chun daoine óga ón cheantair náisúnach a chur faoi ghlas sa dóigh is go mbeadh siad i mbarr an réime gan dúshlán ar bith.