The full weight of my body recoiled forward again, smashing my head against the corrugated iron covering around the gate."[26]. He penned a lengthy piece about his experiences at the hands of RUC interrogators in Castlereagh, The Crimes of Castlereagh. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 [4][5] His death and those of nine other hunger strikers was followed by a new surge of IRA recruitment and activity. Brendan Wright, Catherine James, Jennifer Wright, Siobhan Wright and Trevor Birney are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. In 1978, after a number of attacks on prisoners leaving their cells to "slop out" (i.e., empty their chamber pots), this escalated into the "dirty protest", wherein prisoners refused to wash and smeared the walls of their cells with excrement. Professor Siobhan O'Neill and Professor Deirdre Heenan are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. Of those who identify with a particular religion, Rangers fans are mainly Protestant[citation needed] and predominantly sympathetic to unionists; Celtic fans are traditionally more likely to support nationalists. The British Consulate at Ghent was raided. He made one simple request to her - to stand with him and not against him. Several of the teenagers agreed to join the IRA. Sinn Fin responded to the publication by claiming that Bobby Sands had written a later comm in which he indicated that he had changed his mind. The republican prisoners had wrecked the wing a part of our protest. Twitter. Erin Sands, granddaughter to Irish Republican Bobby Sands, sang a stunning rendition of "Grace" recently at a local pub in Co Down. While in prison, Sands had several letters and articles published in the Republican paper An Phoblacht under the pseudonym "Marcella" (his sister's name). The Boston Globe commented, a few days before Sands's death, that "[t]he slow suicide attempt of Bobby Sands has cast his land and his cause into another downward spiral of death and despair. Mrs McMullin said that too much attention was being given to convicted terrorists when innocent victims were still seeking answers and, in many cases, justice. Pickering was a cousin of future Irish President Mary McAleese. (date according to Stella Maris website: http://www.stellamarissecondary.com/), Bobby Sands, and fellow classmates who died during the Troubles, at Stella Maris secondary school. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. [63] An official blue and white street sign was affixed to the rear wall of the British embassy compound saying (in Persian) "Bobby Sands Street" with three words of explanation "militant Irish guerrilla". From Mel. The death of Sands resulted in a new surge of IRA activity and an immediate escalation in the Troubles, with the group obtaining many more members and increasing its fund-raising capability. Brendan Byrne, Olivia Byrne, Sharon Darby and Greg Darby are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. "They suddenly found themselves thrown onto the world stage as they desperately tried to save their son. denounced her brother's former comrades from the pulpit. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. Drawing on an Irish Republican tradi. And now Mr Proctor's furious widow has weighed into the deepening row over the Bobby. Masked gunmen fire a volley of shots beside hunger striker Bobby Sands coffin, at Milltown Cemetery. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 The latter would be viewed, in a reasonable world, not as a charismatic martyr but as a fanatical suicide, whose regrettable death provides no sufficient occasion for killing others".[53]. And his mum Rosaleens two sisters had also married Protestants. Paul Mullin and Cathy Church are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. He added: I only want to shoot Orangemen. The lad was told he wasnt suitable as an IRA recruit due to his sectarian views. But gradually the cold began to get to us. Brendan Byrne, Aisling Higgins, Trevor Birney and Paul Higgins are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. But he added in the letter written a week before he started his hunger strike: I wrote a poem about this once as you know I grew up there, but even I realize that this during a war could never [be] for obvious reasons.. mourad boudjellal famille. Denzil McDaniel, David McDaniel and Trevor Birney are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. Sands became the youngest MP at the time. Bobby Sands (first from right, seated) in 1967 at Stella Maris School (date according to Stella Maris website: http://www.stellamarissecondary.com/), Bobby Sands (first from left, seated) at Stella Maris secondary school. Deceased hunger striker Bobby Sands (seated fourth from left). But it was already his second stint behind bars as an IRA man. [81] Noade soon left to live in England with their son. The Star of the Sea football team. [29] The song itself is about the penal transportation of Irishmen in the 19th century to Van Diemen's Land (modern day Tasmania, Australia). "That's a very good reason to do a film like this. [56] Edward Langley of The Pittsburgh Press criticised the large pro-IRA Irish-American contingent which "swallow IRA propaganda as if it were taffy", and concluded that IRA "terrorist propaganda triumphs. A wreath from the republican prisoners in Portlaoise Prison at the funeral of Rosaleen Sands the mother of Bobby Sands takes place at St Oliver Plunkett's Church, Blackrock Co Louth Picture Mal McCann. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 In an article printed in An Phoblacht/Republican News on April 4th, 1981, Bobby recalled: "Starting work, although frightening at first became alright, especially with the reward at the end of the week. ", But she told mourners in Blackrock, Co Louth: "It was a trust that was breached. He shouted words of encouragement to the men and he recited his poetry which meant so much to us all. When we stepped outside at around 4pm, we could see a large crowd of Protestant teenagers had arrived from Rathcoole and Mount Vernon. Sands was arrested while trying to escape and sentenced to 14 years for firearms possession. Tomboy Loudon, Gerry Roche, Denis Donaldson and Bobby Sands pictured in the Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland. [21] The showroom was destroyed but as the IRA men left the scene there was a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. June McMullin told the Belfast Telegraph: "I think it is disgusting that they would even consider making a film about that man. One lad whose family had recently been forced from their home on the Cregagh estate in east Belfast told Pickering and Storey: If I join up, I wont be shooting at the Brits or peelers. In 1976, Sands was arrested after a botched bomb attack on a furniture store in Dunmurry, near his new family home on the Twinbrook estate. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. Pauline and Padraig Omuirigh are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. The bombing of bars, hotels, restaurants, robbing of banks, abductions, and killings of prominent figures are all criminal acts and must be dealt with by criminal law. Exactly 40 years after Sands death, we have spoken to some of his closest friends and learned what turned the soccer-mad boy into a committed paramilitary who would spend almost all his adult life in prison before dying there on May 5 1981 at the age of 27. From Stella Maris website: http://www.stellamarissecondary.com/), Bobby Sands (seated fourth from left). Robert Gerard Sands ( Irish: Roiberd Gearid Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 - 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. And on Thursday October 14, he was arrested again after a shootout with police following a bomb attack at the Balmoral Furniture Company in Dunmurry. Bobby Sands Irish politician Bobby Sands is a 27 years old Irish politician from Rathcoole. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. Ipso, A Mediahuis Website Mrs Sands-McKevitt, a founding member of the dissident republican 32 County Sovereignty Movement, was accompanied by her husband, former Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt, and other members of the extended Sands family for the funeral of her mother at St Oliver Plunkett Church. She is famous for Bobby Sands widow. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. Mrs Sands is survived by her children Marcella, Bernadette and John. We were all naked and we broke everything we could get our hands on. Based at Greencastle on the Shore Road, Sands Star of the Sea team-mates included Raymond McCord, who comes from a Protestant background. [25] Sands wrote about the brutality of Maze prison guards: "The screws [prison guards] removed me from my cell naked and I was conveyed to the punishment block in a blacked out van. By 1973, almost every Catholic . The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. He worked there for less than a year, enduring constant harassment from his Protestant co-workers, which according to several co-workers he ignored completely, as he wished to learn a meaningful trade. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 Sands helped to plan the 1976 bombing of the Balmoral Furniture Company in Dunmurry, which was followed by a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. He proceeded to show the others how to strip the weapons down before reassembling them. Trevor Birney from Fine Point Films told the Impartial Reporter: "We didn't go into this film without thought and recognised of course that, for many unionists and republicans, the hunger strikes remain a very difficult period. At an early age, Sands . Hunger striker Bobby Sands' coffin, flanked by an IRA colour party, leaving his mother's home in Twinbrook. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 Following Sands's election win, the British government introduced the Representation of the People Act 1981 which prevents prisoners serving jail terms of more than one year in either the UK or the Republic of Ireland from being nominated as candidates in British elections. One day as it neared time to go home, the tutors told us there was a possibility of a sectarian attack as we walked to the buses. She wrote elsewhere that Erin performed the song in their local pub in Killough, Co Down and, not surprisingly, brought the place to a standstill. A man who witnessed these events as a teenager told us this week: There was a training scheme based at Feldon House, Mill Road, Bawnmore. June McMullin, the widow of Constable John Proctor, A scene from the Bobby Sands documentary 66 Days. Google+. Rosaleen Sands follows her son Bobby's coffin. Other mourners included former Newry Sinn Fin councillor Pat McGinn although there were no senior party members present. Download this stock image: Bobby Sands funeral 1981 The Troubles 1980s his wife Geraldine Noade Sands and son Gerard Milltown cemetery Belfast Northern Ireland UK HOMER SYKES - GFT9MT from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. For more information, please see our Web. They warned us not to delay. Enter email address Bobby's former cellmate 'Tomboy' Loudon was among those who travelled from across. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. Boyle, Mark. [35][36] The enactment of the law, as a response to the election of Sands, consequently prevented other hunger strikers from being elected to the House of Commons. We were all very lucky to escape unscathed, said one of those present. As an initiation, he asked Sands to transport a gun from Rathcoole to Glengormley because the local IRA volunteer who was supposed to do the job had failed to show up. Sands was convicted in April 1973, sentenced to five years imprisonment, and released in April 1976. Bobby Sands's deliberate slow suicide is intended to precipitate civil war. This field is required Create your own unique website with customizable templates. [6], Sands was born in Dunmurry in 1954 to John and Rosaleen Sands. Ten republican prisoners died during the 1981 protest inside the Maze Prison. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 [82], Sands's sister, Bernadette Sands McKevitt, is also a prominent Irish republican. Mrs Sands-McKevitt, a founding member of the dissident republican 32 County Sovereignty Movement, then denounced her brother's former comrades from the pulpit. Gabriel Paulista is single. Bobby Sands was the first of 10 republican hunger strikers to die in the Maze prison in the same year. And one former Catholic pal from the estate reveals that Sands as a young boy once was at an ambush on teenage Catholics leaving a Government Training Scheme near Rathcoole and Sands was on the Protestant side! Main Menu. [73], Celtic F.C., a Scottish football club, received a 50,000 fine from UEFA over banners depicting Sands with a political message, which were displayed during a game on 26 November 2013[74] by Green Brigade fans.[75]. Jonathan Porter/Presseye.com - Press Eye Ltd -Northern Ireland - 1st March 2011. Six teenagers attended the meeting. But the British soldiers returned fire immediately and the IRA group, including Storey, Pickering and the new recruit Bobby Sands, ran for their lives. Your friend and comrade, Bobby Sands." Kathleen Quigley : Gerard, a man was shot! I remember saying to myself: Bobby Sands, where do you get this energy from? said ORawe. Despite telling a friend during a visit he wanted to quit the republican movement, on his release in April 1976, Sands re-immersed himself in IRA activities. Laurence McKeown, Michelle Beyers and Lachlan Whalen are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. He was held at gunpoint and told that Alexander's was off-limits to "Fenian scum" and to never come back if he valued his life. Picture Mal McCann, A young boy carriess a picture of Bobby Sands at the funeral of Rosaleen Sands. Rathcoole was two-thirds Protestant and it followed that the majority of Bobby Sands friends on the estate were also Protestant. Sands was a member of this club and played left-back. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. We found out years later that Bobby's final burial wishes, which were not known to us at the time, were not followed.". Bobby Sands was carried yesterday to a grave of raw Ulster mud. This page was last edited on 12 January 2023, at 15:06. It also caused the Sands family to move home once more, this time to a house on Summerhill Road in the middle of the then still religiously mixed Twinbrook estate, near Dunmurry. It was just as it should always have been. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. Brendan Byrne and Colm Scullion are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. Meanwhile the producer of the film says it will be "challenging for all of us". "But my children know very little about this time, and they certainly won't learn anything about it in school, and yet this was a critical moment in our recent history. He added: Bobby Sands was a natural leader., A recently discovered picture of Sands in a republican march carrying a flag past Andersonstown RUC station weeks before he was jailed in 1976. He added: If he wasnt hooked before, Bobby Sands was certainly hooked in that moment. And dealing with it does not allow for compromise as many countries of Western Europe and United States have learned. Bobby Sands (Robert Gerard Sands) Sands was the firstborn son of a Roman Catholic family. 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But we have been told that as the Troubles progressed and division intensified, some of Sands teenage Protestant friends increasingly developed anti-Catholic views. [47] In the Soviet Union, Pravda described it as "another tragic page in the grim chronicle of oppression, discrimination, terror, and violence"[46] in Ireland. Bobby Sands' eight-year-old son Gerard at his father's funeral It also caused the Sands family to move home once more, this time to a house on Summerhill Road in the middle of the then. In court, Sands was convicted of possession of the gun and jailed for 14 years. Copyright 2023 Irish Studio LLC All rights reserved. Teenage boys from Catholic families intimidated out of other parts of Belfast were also invited to come along. One of the revolvers used in the attack was found in the car. The young Rosaleen Kelly was set to emigrate to New Zealand, with a job lined up at the other end of the long journey, when she met her husband John Sands. Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roiberd Gearid Seachnasaigh;[2] 9 March 1954 5 May 1981) was a member (and leader in the Maze prison)[3] of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Later that year, the same man from the pub spotted Bobby playing football on a pitch near the Sands house. His legacy might still divide a deeply scarred society, but theres no doubt he was a unique character who is still revered by many today. The excitement of it acted like a magnet to him.. rfrentiel vae licence pro commerce. When his family moved from Abbots Cross in Newtownabbey to nearby Rathcoole as a way of escaping sectarian harassment, Sands spent his summer holidays playing football with Catholic and Protestant friends on pitches in the middle of the estate. The former deserved veneration and influence. Si chiamava Robert Gerard Sands. Bobby Sands, circled in front row, in the Star of the Sea soccer side, in front of Raymond McCord. Other writings attributed to him are: Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song[27] and One Day in My Life. The melody of "Back Home in Derry" was borrowed from Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald". Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 exercice corrig statique frottement. Gabriel Paulista is single. Bernadette Sands-McKevitt claimed that republicans ignored her brother's burial wishes following his death in the Maze in May 1981. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! Sharon Curran and Eva Grossman are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. Picture by Martin Wright. W.D. [44][failed verification] Celtic fans regularly sing the republican song "The Roll of Honour", which commemorates the 10 men who died in the 1981 hunger strike, amongst other songs in support of the IRA. We found out years later (through documents) that Bobby's final burial wishes, which were not known to us at the time, were not followed.". It was the single biggest mistake they could have made. the right of free association with other prisoners, and to organise educational and recreational pursuits; the right to one visit, one letter, and one parcel per week; full restoration of remission lost through the protest. "[46], A number of political, religious, union and fund-raising institutions chose to honour Sands in the United States. Shantelle wrote: Our own Sandsy, if anyone can sing a song like this its Bobby's own granddaughter." He was arrested and charged in October 1972 with possession of four handguns found in the . [8] Sands was the eldest of four children. My husband was an innocent man doing his job, he never had a choice. Republican prisoners organised a series of protests seeking to regain their previous Special Category Status, which would free them from some ordinary prison regulations. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Loretta Van der horst and Marco bij le Veld pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. I think people should hear the other side of the story, I think it is the victims' stories which should be told.". "I don't care what anybody says - when you make a film like this it glorifies terrorism. Bernadette Sands-McKevitt claimed that republicans ignored her. Sands also threw himself into the struggle for political status for IRA prisoners, which had been halted when Long Kesh was replaced by the Maze Prison. On the day of Sands's funeral, Unionist leader Ian Paisley held a memorial service outside Belfast City Hall to commemorate the victims of the IRA. [22][23], Immediately after his sentencing, Sands was implicated in a fight and sent to the punishment block in Crumlin Road Prison. They were all shouting at us and I could see Bobby Sands standing in among them.. On March 1, 1981, IRA prisoner Bobby Sands began a hunger strike which would earn him world-wide notoriety. The 1981 Irish hunger strike started with Sands refusing food on 1 March 1981. He was born and brought up in north Belfast in a middle class family. Bobby Sands (right) with other inmates in Long Kesh during his first spell in prison. However, he noted that this was his personal view. Last month unionists reacted furiously when it emerged that public money from the BBC and Northern Ireland Screen had been used to fund the film. Despite always having had Protestant friends, Sands suddenly found that none of them would even speak to him, and he quickly learned to associate only with Catholics.[14]. At any point the UK government could have relented in the face of unprecedented pressure from the Irish people and international calls for a humane settlement. [43] The Ledger quoted Sands as saying "If I die, God will understand" and "Tell everyone I'll see them somewhere, sometime". The death of IRA prisoner Bobby Sands 40 years ago this week, followed by nine other republicans during a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Co Antrim, sparked significant civil unrest across Northern Ireland. But then Bobby Sands began to sing. Bobby's former cellmate 'Tomboy' Loudon was among those who travelled from across Ireland to pay their last respects at St Oliver Plunkett's Church at Blackrock, Co Louth. The premiere was hosted with File An Phobail and West Belfast Film Festival. A SISTER of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands has denounced his former comrades from the pulpit at their mother's funeral. There was no way to count the crowd that started as a file 10 abreast and a half-mile long, then grew with every passing block to a surging, spreading flood that washed up and broke, finally, amidst the drizzle-darkened stones of a . He knew that among this batch of new members, he had recruited at least one volunteer who would do anything for the IRA. One of them was 18-year-old Robert Gerard Sands. 27-year-old Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican, died on May 5, 1981 in HM Prison Maze in Lough Kesh, Co Down after he initiated a hunger strike to protest the removal of Special Category Status.. And that he was sworn in by a man who was to become another republican legendary figure Bobby Storey. Two IRA men were wounded in an exchange of fire with police and Sands was connected to a gun found in a getaway car. But he added: The only time I saw him down was when I visited him in jail after the first time he was sentenced. [38] The original pathologist's report recorded the hunger strikers' causes of death as "self-imposed starvation", amended to simply "starvation" following protests by the dead strikers' families. Rita Harkin and Stephen Douds are pictured at the film premiere of Bobby Sands: 66 Days at the Omniplex Cinema at the Kennedy Centre in west Belfast. [43], In Hartford, Connecticut, a memorial was dedicated to Bobby Sands and the other hunger strikers in 1997, the only one of its kind in the United States. We wanted the morning to come hoping the screws would pass us fresh blankets. Songs written in response to the hunger strikes and Sands's death include songs by Easterhouse, Black47, Nicky Wire, Meic Stevens, The Undertones, Eric Bogle, Soldat Louis and Christy Moore. 0. Bobby Sands (Former Member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Who Died on a Hunger Strike) Robert Gerard 'Bobby' Sands was an Irish hero who has gone down in the history as the martyr from the Irish Republican Party. According to one of those present, John Pickering produced two automatic rifles and a handgun. Photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye, Press Eye Belfast - Northern Ireland - 31st July 2016 The funeral of Rosaleen Sands the mother of Bobby Sands takes place at St Oliver Plunkett's Church, Blackrock Co Louth Picture Mal McCann. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Welcome! Home; CONSULTING; Lead Generation Menu Toggle. We settled down hoping time would pass more quickly. There was no heating and the floors were freezing. Receive today's headlines directly to your inbox every morning and evening, with our free daily newsletter. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism. [37], Sands died on 5 May 1981 in the Maze's prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike, aged 27. SHE was one of the most famous mothers in the world, but none who depicted Rosaleen Sands in scores of films, documentaries and books knew the real woman, mourners at her funeral heard yesterday. He was brought to court and after being found guilty, he was sent to prison for five years, where he enjoyed political status in Long Kesh. Hunger striker Bobby Sands funeral procession making its way down Stewartstown Road on Route to Milltown cemetery, Several unionist politicians have called for Maze cells which housed hunger strikers to be flattened. Picture Mal McCann, A wreath from the republican prisoners in Portlaoise Prison at the funeral of Rosaleen Sands, the mother of Bobby Sands. Paula Sands Gerard Sands if anyone can sing a song like this its bobbys own granddaughter . Bobby's son Gerard, Erin's father, was only seven years old when his father died. Sands married Geraldine Noade while in prison on robbery ch "Many claimed to know Rosaleen Sands (and she) figured in many books, films and documentaries that were written and produced by people who never met her," Mrs Sands-McKevitt said. Sands was the oldest of four children born to John and Rosaleen Sands, and the couple's first son. She told how her mother was born in the Markets area of south Belfast in 1922 and her father died when she was just 12 years old. 27-year-old Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican, died on May 5, 1981 in HM Prison Maze in Lough Kesh, Co Down after he initiated a hunger strike to protest the removal of Special Category Status. But because of the location, it soon became a sectarian interface and attacks on the boys were commonplace. Set up by the Irish Northern Aid Committee and local Irish-Americans, it stands in a traffic island known as Bobby Sands Circle at the bottom of Maple Avenue near Goodwin Park. Both nationalists and unionists began to harden their attitudes and move towards political extremes. [43], At Old Firm football matches in Glasgow, Scotland, some Rangers fans have been known to sing songs mocking Sands to taunt fans of Celtic. Bobby Sands was born on 9 March, 1954 in Newtownabbey, United Kingdom, is an Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. [45] The 1981 British Home Championship football tournament was cancelled following the refusal of teams from England and Wales to travel to Northern Ireland in the aftermath of his death, due to security concerns. Track From The Album "Irish Rebels - 18 Historical Songs"Bobby Sands died on 5 May 1981 in the Maze's prison hospital after 66 days on hunger strike, aged 27. He just couldnt sit still. 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