When he died he was 25, and he died after 73 days on hunger strike, the longest of the 1981 hunger strikers.
He is buried in the Milltown Cemetery.
Kieran Doherty, Slemish Way - Andersonstown Road, Belfast 2015 |
This new mural reports scenes of Doherty's funeral, which took place on the 4th of August 1981. On the left corner, there are the portraits of Doherty’s parents.
Several criticisms followed the inauguration of this mural, mainly because it reports masked gunmen. Read some of them in the BBC channel and the Belfast Telegraph.
On the other side, the Republican community celebrated the inauguration of the new mural dedicated to Kieran Doherty, as it is possible to follow in the video
Below some details of the mural:
Kieran Doherty's hearse, Slemish Way - Andersonstown Road, Belfast 2015 |
The volley at the Kieran Doherty's funeral, Slemish Way - Andersonstown Road, Belfast 2015 |
Kieran Doherty's funeral, Slemish Way - Andersonstown Road, Belfast 2015 |
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