What happened to Dolours Price?

The heart of Don’t say anything is the story of Dolours Price and her sister Marian. Played by Lola Petticrew (younger Dolours) and Maxine Peake (older Dolours). Dolours’ decision to join the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and later share her experiences in an oral history drives much of the series’ plot.

The real Dolours Price died in 2013 at the age of 61 BBCShe died “after taking a mixture of sedatives and antidepressants.” The publication added: “The coroner said there was no evidence to support a verdict of suicide.”

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After Patrick Radden Keefe read an obituary for Dolours New York Timeshe was inspired to write Don’t say anything. “This obituary was about how in her later years she began to have concerns about some things that as time went on she looked back on with a slightly yellowed eye – given the Good Friday Agreement and all that.” Things that she did during during the riots,” he said Terms and Conditions. “That’s what drew me to this story in the first place: the idea of ​​a woman being in the IRA, and then also the idea of ​​how a middle-aged person with a family feels about things after a conflict she did when she was 22?”

When she died, she was survived by her children Danny and Oscar, whom she shared with her ex-husband Stephen Rea; her sister Marian and another sister, Clare; and two brothers, Sean and Dino. Don’t say anything Dolours’ younger sister Marian Price, who is still alive today, also appears.

Dolours Price’s coffin is carried from her family home in west Belfast by her two sons Danny and Oscar in front and her ex-partner actor Stephen Rea, 2013.

Posthumously the documentary I, Dolours was released, which included an extensive filmed interview with her.

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The real Dolours Price remained politically active throughout her life. “I am a Republican, born and bred, like my parents before me and theirs before them,” she wrote in a 2012 letter to an Irish newspaper. “I don’t have time for people who keep changing positions.”

Emily Burack (she/her) is the senior news editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals and a variety of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was deputy editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Twitter and Instagram.