Topic: Bobby Sands
Tweet . The family of Bobby Sands, the political prisoner who died on hunger strike in 1981, have called for the release of Brendan Lillis from...
This New Year's UK Honours list from the Queen includes only two names of major showbiz interest for CBEs (one notch below knighthood): film...
Michael Fassbender is a film and television actor who portrayed " Fassbender is also a stage actor . " —Michael Fassbender on his role as Bobby Sands in Hunger Belfast Telegraph:
The British and the Irish have been at each other?s throats for centuries, with the primary bone of contention in modern times being the fact that a chunk of northern Ireland is not part of the country of Ireland but instead ...
I came across Newstalk 106-108 FM which for me is a gem for anyone interested in Irish politics, history?and culture with an Internationalist appeal. This radio station has an online facility with numerous Irish history Podcasts, documentaries?and videos. broadcaster on ...
Terrorism ? A Fairly Secret Army - Chapter 5 ? Prisons and Hunger-strikes?In order to try and understand the direction taken by the republican movement (Sinn Fein/PIRA) particularly the Northern Command from the late 1970s early 1980s it is essential to try and ...
Fasting has existed in human society since the ancient times of pre-history. Religious fasting is done in different teachings worldwide, and generally follows prescribed rules and observations. Fasting for medical reasons can be advised by a doctor or healer, and other reasons ...
The Maze prison, site of the H blocks,where the IRA hunger strikes of 1981 occurred, is to become a global conflict resolution center the Northern...
Released in 2008 to near universal acclaim, Steve McQueen's feature debut (no, not that Steve McQueen, the other one, the British artist who has probably spent many a morning cursing his parents for giving a moniker associated with the star of ...
Maze prison, also called Long Kesh or the Maze, prison located 10 miles (16 km) west of Belfast, N. Ire. Perhaps its most famous prisoner was the Irish Republican Army (IRA) officer Bobby Sands; he was twice imprisoned for possession of firearms ...
