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Pluid – Scéal na mBlocanna H 1976-81 - An Siopa Leabhar

I 1976 thosaigh rialtas na Breataine ag maíomh nach raibh i bpríosúnaigh phoblachtacha sa tuaisceart ach coirpigh. Sheas na príosúnaigh air gur cimí polaitiúla a bhí iontu: dhiúltaigh siad éide an phríosúin a chaitheamh agus obair an phríosúin a dhéanamh. Idir 1976 agus 1981 mhair na céadta díobh ina gcillíní sna Blocanna H gan d’éadaí […]

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Show threadiamBullivantMar 1, 2025

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

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Show threadiamBullivantMar 1, 2024

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 #BobbySandys #HungerStrike #LongKesh #HBlocks #OnThisDay

iamBullivantMar 1, 2024

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. 1/2

#Ireland #IrishHistory #BobbySandys #HungerStrike #LongKesh #HBlocks #OnThisDay