members and units reacted to the hunger strike, the pressure that was placed upon the governing bodies of the GAA to publicly support the aims of the hunger strikers and the affect the hunger strike had on the GAA.Keywords: Gaelic Athletic Association, GAA, H-Blocks, IRA, hunger ...
There’s no need, according to its writer, Gerry Cunningham, who says the tickets for The Martin Hurson Story, which recounts the life and death of one of the hunger-strikers who died in the H-blocks at the Maze prison in 1981, sold out...
The Northern Irish Republican commemorative calendar marks the anniversaries of four major events: the 1916 Easter Rising, Internment (August 1971), Bloody Sunday (30 January 1972), and the 1981 Hunger Strikes.1Both the Easter Rising and the Hunger Strike commemorations are organised around a galle...
Although the New York Times gave less credence to the hunger strikers' claims than did the Irish Times, it nevertheless maintained that there was a significant political dimension to the conflict. The Times adhered most closely to the official account of the hunger strike, portraying it as a ...
1.the desire for food.A cheese roll won't satisfy my hunger.hambre 2.the state of not having enough food.Poor people in many parts of the world are dying of hunger.hambre 3.any strong desire.a hunger for love.hambre;deseo;ganas ...
It seemed to be a victory for the hunger strikers but it had implications that reverberated beyond the prison’s walls This was the Provos’ first electoral triumph, a promising victory for sure which broke through the abstentionist ban favoured by the more austere Irish republicans. But how ...
a number of members of the IRA went on hunger strike in an attempt to regain their status as Political Prisoners. She became known for her hard line attitude, stating publicly that she didn’t care if the hunger strikers were to die. This attitude was reinforced later that year during the...
Sinn Fein’s foray into elections had its roots of course in the 1981 hunger strikes when in the North, first Bobby Sands and then Owen Carron had stood successfully for the Fermanagh-South Tyrone Westminster seat in by-elections, while an election south of the Border saw hunger strikers eit...
Recent research confirms the genetic link between these people of Northern Spain and their Celtic cousins, the Irish. Fidel Castro showed his affinity with the Irish Republican prisoners opposed to British rule when he erected a memorial to the Irish hunger strikers of 1981. The plaque, in a pa...
Bobby was the first of ten hunger strikers to give their lives in 1981 in the centuries-old struggle against Britain’s attempted criminalisation of the struggle for freedom in its first and nearest colony. He was elected on April 9th 1981 in the by-election to fill the seat held by the...