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  1. RIP #BobbySands

    45 years today...

    Fun fact: #Tehran took their Winston Churchill Street and renamed it Bobby Sands Street a few decades ago.

    #Ireland #Iran #Imperialism

  2. 45 anni dalla morte, in carcere per sciopero della fame, del politico e militante dell'#IRA #BobbySands. Hunger - Streaming ITA - Streaming-Community streaming-community.team/title

    @cultura

    #Irlanda #Ireland #film

  3. europesays.com/britain/21870/ Unionist areas ‘will feel it the most’ if planners move against paramilitary memorials after Bobby Sands statue row – The Irish News #BelfastCityCouncil #BobbySands #dup #ira #memorial #Politics #SinnFein #uda #UK #UnitedKingdom

  4. Today, he belongs to history, but yesterday he too was called a terrorist.

    He died for the cause but his memory keeps on inspiring generations.

    #Palestine #Ireland #BobbySands

  5. On 7th May 1981 an estimated 100,000 people attended the funeral of Bobby Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) in Belfast. The size of the crowd reflected the impact the hunger strike was having on the Nationalist community in Northern Ireland.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #Belfast #BobbySands #OnThisDay

  6. Il 5 maggio 1981 moriva dopo 66 giorni di sciopero della fame Bobby Sands

    “Se non riescono a distruggere il desiderio di libertà non possono stroncarti. Non mi stroncheranno perché il desiderio di libertà e la libertà del popolo irlandese sono nel mio cuore. Verrà il giorno in cui tutto il popolo irlandese avrà il desiderio di libertà. Sarà allora che vedremo sorgere la luna.”
    (#BobbySands)

    #Irlanda #ireland #IRA #colonialismo

  7. C'etait il y a 44 ans. 66 jours de grève de la faim. On n'oublie pas ton combat camarade. #MemoireDeLuttes #IRA #BobbySands

  8. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  9. > .. St. Patrick’s Day.. remember and renew our shared commitment against oppression, exploitation, and imperialism and raise a glass to Bobby Sands and.. those who came before him with a universal vision for freedom, peace, and justice.
    >
    pmscully.substack.com/p/irish-
    #BobbySands #PMScully #StPaddysDay #StPatricksDay

  10. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  11. Rugadh Roibeard Ó Seachnasaigh ar Ráth Cúil i mBaile na Mainistreach i dTuaisceart Éireann ar an 9ú lá de Mhí Márta 1954. Bhí sé ar dhuine de na Poblachtánaigh Éireannacha a fuair bás le linn na mórstailce ocrais ar an gCeis Fhada i dtús na 1980í. 1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #Gaeilge #Gaeilinn #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  12. His death provoked strong anti-British, pro-Irish republican reactions around the world. The Iranian government renamed Winston Churchill Boulevard, the location of the British Embassy in Tehran, to Bobby Sands Street. This forced the embassy to move its entrance door to Ferdowsi Street to avoid using Bobby Sands Street on its letterhead. 2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #HungerStrike #LongKesh #HBlocks #OnThisDay

  13. Cuireadh tús le stailc ocrais Phoblachtach na hÉireann 1981 nuair a dhiúltaigh Bobby Sands bia ar 1 Márta 1981.

    The 1981 Irish Republican hunger strike started with Bobby Sands (Roibeárd Ó Seachnasaigh) refusing food on 1st March 1981. During Sands' strike, he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. Sands died on 5th May 1981 in the Maze's prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike, aged 27. 1/

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  14. On 7th May 1981 an estimated 100,000 people attended the funeral of Bobby Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) in Belfast. The size of the crowd reflected the impact the hunger strike was having on the Nationalist community in Northern Ireland.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #Belfast #BobbySands #OnThisDay

  15. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  16. Following Sands’ success the British Government introduced the Representation of the People Act 1981, which prevented prisoners serving jail terms of more than one year in either the UK or the Republic of Ireland from being nominated as candidates in UK elections. This law was quickly introduced so in order to prevent the other hunger strikers from being elected to the British parliament. 2/2

    #BobbySands #HungerStrike #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  17. On 9th April 1981 Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was elected to Westminster in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone by-election, while on hunger strike in Long Kesh Prison, as MP for the constituency. 1/2

    #BobbySands #HungerStrike #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  18. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  19. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5th May 1981.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  20. Following Sands’ success the British Government introduced the Representation of the People Act 1981, which prevented prisoners serving jail terms of more than one year in either the UK or the Republic of Ireland from being nominated as candidates in UK elections. This law was quickly introduced so in order to prevent the other hunger strikers from being elected to the British parliament. 2/2

    #BobbySands #HungerStrike #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  21. On 9th April 1981 Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was elected to Westminster in the Fermanagh/South Tyrone by-election, while on hunger strike in Long Kesh Prison, as MP for the constituency. 1/2

    youtube.com/watch?v=xe-RCtQGy2

    #BobbySands #HungerStrike #LongKesh #OnThisDay

  22. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands - Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) was born on 9th March 1954 in Dunmurry, County Antrim. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in HM Prison Maze (Long Kesh) in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. He died as a result of the hunger strike on 5 May 1981.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySands #Antrim #1981HungerStrike #HMPrisonMaze #LongKesh #OnThisDay