Bobby Sands
Politician
1954 – 1981
Who was Bobby Sands?
Robert Gerard "Bobby" Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze.
He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death was followed by a new surge of Provisional IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism.
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- Born
- Mar 9, 1954
Newtownabbey - Also known as
- Ρόμπερτ Σαντς
- Μπόμπυ Σαντς
- Γελαστός Μπόμπι
- Ρόμπερτ Τζέραρντ Σάντς
- Сэндс, Бобби
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Lived in
- County Antrim
- Died
- May 5, 1981
HM Prison Maze
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on July 23, 2013
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