the party is taking. In 2017, McFarlane canvassed for Kelly and Carál Ní Chuilín in the 2017 Assembly elections, along with Sinn Féin's deputy leader, Michelle O'Neill. McFarlane has formed a band, Tuan, which is a regular on the Irish republican entertainment circuit. He also performs quite regularly in the Hatfield House, a popular bar in the Holylands district of Belfast. McFarlane sang the closing song at Sinn Féin's St. Patrick's Day Online Concert in 2021. McFarlane has also shown solidarity with the radical Basque nationalist movement and has been interviewed in the Basque and Spanish press on the subject of the Basque peace process and the proposed release of ETA prisoners. He has described the ETA prisoners as having been engaged in a, 'legitimate struggle' similar to that of Irish republicans. Personal life He is married with children and lives in North Belfast. Cultural References In the 2017 film Maze dramatising the 1983 prison break, directed by Stephen Burke, McFarlane was portrayed by actor Tim Creed. References 1951 births Escapees from British detention Irish republicans imprisoned under Prevention of Terrorism Acts Living people Paramilitaries from Belfast Place of birth missing (living people) Prisoners accorded Special Category Status Provisional Irish Republican Army members