H Block

''H Block'' is an album recorded by various Irish folk artists, and produced by Christy Moore in 1978.

The album's title refers to the "H blocks" at Maze Prison (also known as "Long Kesh") in Northern Ireland, where Irish republican prisoners were held during the Troubles. The subject matter of several of these songs specifically centres on the period of the blanket and dirty protests at Maze and at Armagh Women's Prison. Of the ten tracks, only three are songs with both music and lyrics (Moore's ''90 Miles from Dublin'' plus Hanley's ''On the Blanket'' and Brolly's ''H-Block Song''); the other tracks are either instrumentals or spoken-word. The launch of the album was raided by the Special Detective Unit ("Special Branch") of the Republic of Ireland. Provided by Wikipedia