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Ireland: It Is Forbidden to Forget
Robert Gerard Sands, pseudonym Bobby Sands was born on March 9, 1954, in Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, died on May 5, 1981, at the age of 27, in Maze Prison, Down County, Northern Ireland, from starvation, that is, from 66 days on hunger strike, he was a politician, social fighter, revolutionary, British parliamentarian and guerrilla of the Provisional IRA (Provisional Irish Republican Army).
Sands was born into a Catholic family.
In 1972, Sands decided to join the IRA, and in October of that same year he was arrested on charges of possessing firearms.
Then in April 1973 he was sentenced to five years in prison.
He was released from prison in 1976, and immediately resumed his activities within the IRA.
He was accused of being involved in the bomb attack at the Balmoral Furniture Company in Dunmurry in October of that same year, but was not convicted due to lack of evidence.
Sands and at least five other IRA members were accused of taking part in a shootout with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Although his active participation in it could not be proven, Sands was convicted of possession of firearms at trial, and sentenced to 14 years in the Maze prison.
In prison, Sands dedicated himself to writing, delving into both journalism and poetry.
In the late 1980s, Sands was elected Commanding Officer of IRA prisoners interned at Long Kesh, succeeding Brendan Hughes, who was taking part in the First Hunger Strike that followed the blanket protest.
The blanket protest was part of a protest movement framed by the Northern Ireland Conflict.
The protest began due to the progressive elimination, as of March 1, 1976, of the status of political prisoners for Republican prisoners.
The prisoners refused to accept these changes, refusing to wear the prison uniform.
The imminent disappearance of the category began to cause friction between prisoners and prison officials.
The protest began on September 14, 1976.
At the end of April 1978, a fight occurred between a prisoner and a prison officer in Block 6.
The prisoner was taken to solitary confinement, and a rumor spread through the wing that the prisoner had been beaten very badly.
On 27 October 1980, IRA members Brendan Hughes, Tommy McKearney, Raymond McCartney, Tom McFeeley, Sean McKenna and Leo Green and INLA member John Nixon began a hunger strike aimed at restoring the prisoners’ political status.
After a fifty-three-day hunger strike, during which McKenna fell into a coma on several occasions and was on the verge of death, the government seemed to recognize the prisoners’ five demands.
In January 1981 it became clear that the prisoners’ demands had not been granted.
On February 4, the prisoners issued a statement saying that the British government had failed to resolve the crisis and declared their intention to begin a new hunger strike.
Bobby Sands was nominated for deputy in the elections and won the seat on April 9 with 30,493 votes.
After Sands’ victory, the British Government led by Margaret Thatcher approved the Representation of the People Act of 1981, which prevented the nomination as electoral candidates of those prisoners serving sentences of more than one year in both the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪.
The strike began on March 1, when Bobby Sands refused to eat, and ended on October 3.
Ten men, including Sands himself, died as a result of the strike.
Bobby Sands would die on May 5, 1981, after 66 days on hunger strike.
Simón Bolívar Coordinator
Rescuing Historical Memory.
Up those who fight! ! !
Without Memory there is no Victory
The only fight that is lost is the one that is abandoned! ! !
Only the fight will make us free! ! !
Sow Memory so that oblivion does not grow
From Venezuela 🇻🇪 Land of Liberators 534 years since the beginning of the Anti-imperialist Resistance in America and 215 years since the beginning of our Independence.
Coordinadora Simón Bolívar
Caracas – Venezuela 🇻🇪.
May 2026.Coordinadora Simón Bolívar Venezuela, Resumen Latinoamericano, May 7, 2026.
https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=32443 #bobbySands #europe #hungerStrike #ira #ireland #northernIreland #PoliticalPrisoners #southAmerica #venezuela -
RIP #BobbySands
45 years today...
Fun fact: #Tehran took their Winston Churchill Street and renamed it Bobby Sands Street a few decades ago.
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RIP #BobbySands
45 years today...
Fun fact: #Tehran took their Winston Churchill Street and renamed it Bobby Sands Street a few decades ago.
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45 anni dalla morte, in carcere per sciopero della fame, del politico e militante dell'#IRA #BobbySands. Hunger - Streaming ITA - Streaming-Community https://streaming-community.team/titles/3835-hunger/watching.html
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45 anni dalla morte, in carcere per sciopero della fame, del politico e militante dell'#IRA #BobbySands. Hunger - Streaming ITA - Streaming-Community https://streaming-community.team/titles/3835-hunger/watching.html
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5 MAGGIO 1981 – 2026: 45 ANNI FA MORIVA BOBBY SANDS, RIVOLUZIONARIO SOCIALISTA E REPUBBLICANO IRLANDESE https://www.radiondadurto.org/2026/05/05/5-maggio-1981-2026-45-anni-fa-moriva-bobby-sands-rivoluzionario-socialista-e-repubblicano-irlandese/ #IrishRepublicanArmy #scioperodellafame #INTERNAZIONALI #ProvisionalIra #anniversario #5maggio1981 #bobbysands #LongKesh #troubles #Belfast #Hblocks #irlanda #ira
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Back Home in Derry - Bobby Sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_wZmTHfo8&list=RDntGIkGuFBL8&index=5
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Back Home in Derry - Bobby Sands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5_wZmTHfo8&list=RDntGIkGuFBL8&index=5
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Two Palestine hunger strikers hospitalised in UK after 40 days without food
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Two Palestine hunger strikers hospitalised in UK after 40 days without food
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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.
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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.
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Film Review: Hunger
Link: https://film-book.com/film-review-hunger/?fsp_sid=91492
#1981Irishhungerstrike #BobbySands #filmreview #FilmReviewHunger #HerMajesty’sPrisonMaze #HungerFilmReview #HungerMovieReview #LiamCunningham #MichaelFassbender #MovieReview #MovieReviewHunger #RobertGerardSands #SteveMcQueen
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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
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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
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Sands Of Time Lament - Ron Kavana
https://youtu.be/WcgtZqnUGM8?feature=shared #BobbySands #mastodaoine
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Sands Of Time Lament - Ron Kavana
https://youtu.be/WcgtZqnUGM8?feature=shared #BobbySands #mastodaoine
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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.”
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C'etait il y a 44 ans. 66 jours de grève de la faim. On n'oublie pas ton combat camarade. #MemoireDeLuttes #IRA #BobbySands
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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IRLANDA: INTERVISTA A DANNY MORRISON, SEGRETARIO DEL BOBBY SANDS TRUST https://www.radiondadurto.org/2024/08/22/irlanda-intervista-a-danny-morrison-segretario-del-bobby-sands-trust/ #INTERNAZIONALI #bobbysands #gianuzzi #morrison #irlanda #ira
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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
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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
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Irish volunteer socialist Robert Gerard (Bobby) Sands (Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh) 43 years ago, passed away after 66 days on hunger strike.
#BobbySands was elected as a Member of Parliament during the strike, attracting media attention from around the world.
His funeral was attended by 100,000 people.
The 1981 Hunger Strike radicalised Irish Republican politics and was the driving force behind the worldwide recognition of the struggles of the Republican Army. -
May 5, 1981 - Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died in Northern Ireland’s Maze Prison (aka Long Kesh); it was his 66th day without food.
He had just been elected by a narrow margin to a seat in the British Parliament for the district of Fermanagh and South Tyrone while still serving the last of a 14-year sentence for possession of firearms.1/2
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
