Maze Prison
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HM Prison Maze (known colloquially as The H Blocks, Long Kesh or The Maze) is a disused prison sited at the former Royal Air Force station at Long Kesh (it is still called Long Kesh by most Irish republicans and loyalist paramilitaries) near Lisburn, nine miles outside Belfast, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The name "Maze" is taken from the village of the same name near the prison. The prison and its inmates have played a prominent role in recent Irish history, notably in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. The prison was closed in 2000 and razing began on 30 October 2006.