Could we say the same about Martin McGuinness if he had gone on hunger strike and died? People are trying to rewrite the past. We don’t know what Martin Hurson would have turned out like. All we know is that he died in 1981. We hope ...
Kilpatrick, Chris
causing the 10 strikers in the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike to die from their self-starvation. Their deaths re-intensified The Troubles and the strikers, especially Bobby Sands, would be remembered as martyrs by Catholics. The IRA retaliated by attempting, but failing, to assassinate Thatcher at the...
Six more IRA members and three Irish National Liberation Army members also fast to death before the hunger strike ends in October, and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher agrees to some of the demands of the protesters, which includes the right to visits, receive mail and wear civilian ...
World of pain ; IRA prisoners launch hunger strike amid beatings, tortureANNE NEVILLE
This book analyses the underlying reasons behind the formation of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), its development, where this current in Irish republicanism is at present and its prospects for the future. Tommy McKearney, a former IRA member who was part of the 1980 hunger strike,...
9. Which of the following statements is not true A. In 1981, some convicted IRA prisoners went on a hunger-strike. B. They demanded for the statue of being “political prisoners” by starving themselves. C. Margaret Thatcher's government gave in to their political demand. D. The death of...
The leader of the hunger strike, Irish nationalist Bobby Sands, was then elected to British Parliament but would die in prison from his hunger strike on May 5, 1981. Ultimately, White says, the murder of Mountbatten and his family signaled a raw, dark period ahead for England and Northern ...
A. In 1981, some convicted IRA prisoners went on a hunger-strike. B. They demanded for the status of being “political prisoners” by starving themselves. C. Margaret Thatcher’s government gave in to their political demand. D. The death of prisoners revitalized the political movement of Sinn...
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