Bobby Sands
Bobby Sands was an Irish Nationalist who led a hunger strike from prison in 1981. During the hunger strike he was elected a Member of Parliament for the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency winning a very impressive 30,493 first preference votes.
Bobby Sands died after 66 days on hunger strike on May 5th 1981.
Testament to the support he earned was the estimated attendance of
100,000 mourners at his funeral, one of Ireland's largest ever funerals.
The French Photographer Yan Morvan covered Northern Ireland in 1981 when Bobby Sands, a member of the IRA, died on hunger strike. Mr Morvan's images are on display at the Visa pour l'Image festival in Perpignan, France … [Read more] Bobby Sands Movie Makes TV debutA DOCUMENTARY about Bobby Sands - which faced criticism from unionists after it emerged that public money had been used to make it - will make its television premiere on BBC NI at the weekend... [Read more] | Gerry Adams RetiresIn a way the election of Bobby Sands in 1981 started what has become known as the Adams era in Sinn Féin, after over 30 years this has come to an end ... [Read more] Bobby Sands' mother diesRosaleen Sands, the mother of hunger striker Bobby Sands has died. Tributes have been led by Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams ... [Read more] |
