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  1. „Nun, ich bin bis zu meinem 27. Geburtstag gekommen, das ist immerhin schon etwas.“ Am 5. Mai 1981 starb der irische Aktivist Robert Gerard Sands #BobbySands nach 66 Tagen #Hungerstreik als Opfer der britischen Herrschaft in einer Zelle der H-Blocks im #Maze Gefängnis ( #LongKesh). #ireland #IRA

  2. „Nun, ich bin bis zu meinem 27. Geburtstag gekommen, das ist immerhin schon etwas.“ Am 5. Mai 1981 starb der irische Aktivist Robert Gerard Sands #BobbySands nach 66 Tagen #Hungerstreik als Opfer der britischen Herrschaft in einer Zelle der H-Blocks im #Maze Gefängnis ( #LongKesh). #ireland #IRA

  3. The Journal (Ireland): University of Galway publishes digital archive of hand-made Long Kesh journals. “A NEW DIGITAL archive of prison journals created in Long Kesh internment camp during the 1970s has been made available by University of Galway. The university has published a digital archive of journals and photos from the Maze Prison from the mid-1970s. It was provided with the journals by […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/08/the-journal-university-of-galway-publishes-digital-archive-of-hand-made-long-kesh-journals/

  4. The Journal (Ireland): University of Galway publishes digital archive of hand-made Long Kesh journals. “A NEW DIGITAL archive of prison journals created in Long Kesh internment camp during the 1970s has been made available by University of Galway. The university has published a digital archive of journals and photos from the Maze Prison from the mid-1970s. It was provided with the journals by […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/08/the-journal-university-of-galway-publishes-digital-archive-of-hand-made-long-kesh-journals/

  5. The Journal (Ireland): University of Galway publishes digital archive of hand-made Long Kesh journals. “A NEW DIGITAL archive of prison journals created in Long Kesh internment camp during the 1970s has been made available by University of Galway. The university has published a digital archive of journals and photos from the Maze Prison from the mid-1970s. It was provided with the journals by […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/09/08/the-journal-university-of-galway-publishes-digital-archive-of-hand-made-long-kesh-journals/

  6. 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

  7. 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

  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. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. They went on strike for five demands:
    1. the right not to wear the prison uniform;
    2. the right not to do prison work;
    3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
    4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
    5. full restoration of remission lost during the protest.

    irishtimes.com/culture/books/t

    2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  32. They went on strike for five demands:
    1. the right not to wear the prison uniform;
    2. the right not to do prison work;
    3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
    4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
    5. full restoration of remission lost during the protest.

    irishtimes.com/culture/books/t

    2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  33. They went on strike for five demands:
    1. the right not to wear the prison uniform;
    2. the right not to do prison work;
    3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
    4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
    5. full restoration of remission lost during the protest.

    irishtimes.com/culture/books/t

    2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  34. They went on strike for five demands:
    1. the right not to wear the prison uniform;
    2. the right not to do prison work;
    3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
    4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
    5. full restoration of remission lost during the protest.

    irishtimes.com/culture/books/t

    2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  35. They went on strike for five demands:
    1. the right not to wear the prison uniform;
    2. the right not to do prison work;
    3. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits;
    4. the right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week;
    5. full restoration of remission lost during the protest.

    irishtimes.com/culture/books/t

    2/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  36. The 1980 Republican hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, which had happened on 27th October 1980 was called off on 18th December 1980. This was following the appeal by Catholic Primate of Ireland, Tomás Ó Fiaich, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days.

    1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  37. The 1980 Republican hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, which had happened on 27th October 1980 was called off on 18th December 1980. This was following the appeal by Catholic Primate of Ireland, Tomás Ó Fiaich, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days.

    1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  38. The 1980 Republican hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, which had happened on 27th October 1980 was called off on 18th December 1980. This was following the appeal by Catholic Primate of Ireland, Tomás Ó Fiaich, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days.

    1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  39. The 1980 Republican hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, which had happened on 27th October 1980 was called off on 18th December 1980. This was following the appeal by Catholic Primate of Ireland, Tomás Ó Fiaich, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days.

    1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  40. The 1980 Republican hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, and other prisons in Northern Ireland, which had happened on 27th October 1980 was called off on 18th December 1980. This was following the appeal by Catholic Primate of Ireland, Tomás Ó Fiaich, on 17 December 1980. The strike had lasted for 53 days.

    1/2

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #LongKesh

  41. The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh/An Cheis Fhada) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 IRA prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape and twenty others were injured.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #MazePrison #LongKesh #TheTroubles #OnThisDay

  42. The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh/An Cheis Fhada) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 IRA prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape and twenty others were injured.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #MazePrison #LongKesh #TheTroubles #OnThisDay

  43. The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh/An Cheis Fhada) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 IRA prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape and twenty others were injured.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #MazePrison #LongKesh #TheTroubles #OnThisDay

  44. The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh/An Cheis Fhada) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 IRA prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape and twenty others were injured.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #MazePrison #LongKesh #TheTroubles #OnThisDay

  45. The Maze Prison escape took place on 25 September 1983. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh/An Cheis Fhada) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe. In the biggest prison escape in British history, 38 IRA prisoners escaped from H-Block 7 of the prison. One prison officer died of a heart attack during the escape and twenty others were injured.

    #Ireland #IrishHistory #NorthernIreland #MazePrison #LongKesh #TheTroubles #OnThisDay