Robert 'Rab' Kerr is an Irish republican

Irish Republicanism

Irish republicanism is an ideology based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent republic.In 1801, under the Act of Union, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

 ex-prisoner who spent 18 years in British prisons, during which he spent three years on the 'Blanket Protest

Blanket protest

The blanket protest was part of a five year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners held in the Maze prison in Northern Ireland. The republican prisoners' status as political prisoners, known as Special Category Status, had...

' in the H-Blocks and took part in the 'Great Escape

Maze Prison escape

The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe, and held prisoners convicted of taking part in armed paramilitary campaigns during the Troubles...

' from Long Kesh

Maze (HM Prison)

Her Majesty's Prison Maze was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000....

 in 1983. Since his release from prison he has co-authored four books of photographs documenting the history of Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

 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: Republican Belfast: A Political Tourist's Guide

Republican Belfast: a political tourist's guide

Republican Belfast: A Political Tourist's Guide, written by an Irish republican ex prisoner Rab Kerr is acknowledged as being the first republican tourist book written about Belfast. The book, contains maps, photographs and commentary on all the sites of political and cultural interest in...

. He is married to Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...

 politician Jennifer McCann

Jennifer McCann

Jennifer McCann MLA is an Irish republican politician in Northern Ireland, who was elected in 2007 to the Northern Ireland Assembly as a Sinn Féin member for Belfast West....

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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]
ISBN: 9780956026408

Three Gaols: Images of Crumlin Road, Long Kesh and Armagh Prisons; Author: Robert Kerr. Publisher: MSF Press, [2011]
ISBN: 9780956806901