Bobby Sands
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Robert Gerard Sands(Erse:Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh;[1]9 Mairch 1954 – 5 May 1981) wis a member o theProveesional Erse Republican Airmywho died onhunger strikewhile imprisoned atHM Prison Mazeefter bein sentenced for firearms possession.
He wis the leader o the1981 hunger strikein which Erse republican prisoners protested against the removal oSpecial Category Status.During Sands's strike, he wis elected tae theBreetish Pairlamentas anAnti H-Blockcandidate.[2][3]His daith an those o nine ither hunger strikers wis followed bi a new surge o Provisional IRA recruitment an activity. Internaitional media coverage brocht attention tae the hunger strikers, an the Republican movement in general, attracting baith praise an criticism.[4]
References
[eedit|eedit soorce]- ↑"Legacy of Cage Eleven".Nuzhound. Archived fraethe originalon 27 September 2018.Retrieved26 Apryle2010.
- ↑"Hunger Strike 1980–82".BBC News.Retrieved26 Apryle2010.
- ↑"CAIN: Politics: Elections: Westminster By-election (NI) Thursday 9 April 1981".Cain.ulst.ac.uk. 9 Apryle 1981. Archived fraethe originalon 29 Mey 2007.Retrieved26 Apryle2010.
- ↑"CAIN archive at the University of Ulster".Cain.Ulst.ac.uk. 5 Mey 1981. Archived fraethe originalon 6 August 2011.Retrieved26 Apryle2010.
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