Laurence McKeown

Laurence McKeown
BornSeptember 1956 (aged 68)
Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Education
Occupation(s)Writer, Academic, Playwright
Known for1981 Irish Hunger Strike, Belfast Film Festival
Notable work
  • Nor Meekly Serve My Time: The H-Block Struggle 1976–1981
  • Out Of Time: Irish Republican Prisoners
  • Long Kesh, 1972–2000
Military career
ParamilitaryProvisional IRA
Years of servicec. 1972 – 1992
Battles / warsThe Troubles

Laurence McKeown (born 1956) is an Irish author, playwright, screenwriter, and former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike.