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Names of Hunger Strikers 1981 Those who died starting with Sands then going clock wise;
Bobby Sands (27) (IRA)
Began hunger strike on 1 March 1981 and died on 5 May 1981 after 66 days without food.
Francis Hughes (25) (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 15 March 1981 and died on 12 May 1981 after 59 days without food.
Raymond McCreesh (24) (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 22 March 1981 and died on 21 May 1981 after 61 days without food.
Patsy O'Hara (23) (INLA)
joined hunger strike on 22 March 1981 and died on 21 May 1981 after 61 days without food.
Joe McDonnell (30) (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 8 May 1981 and died on 8 July 1981 after 61 days without food.
Martin Hurson (29) (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 28 May 1981 and died on 13 July 1981 after 46 days without food.
Kevin Lynch (25) (INLA)
joined hunger strike on 23 May 1981 and died on 1 August 1981 after 71 days without food.
Kieran Doherty (25) (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 22 May 1981 and died on 2 August 1981 after 73 days without food.
Thomas McElwee (23) (IRA)
joined hunger strike on 8 June 1981 and died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days without food.
Michael Devine (27) (INLA)
joined hunger strike on 22 June 1981 and died on 20 August 1981 after 60 days without food.
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Hunger Strike
In the 1980's their were two hunger strikes. The first began in October 1980 and ended in December 1980, without loss of life. There were 10 prisoners on Hunger Strike, seven in the H-Blocks (The Maze prison, or Long Kesh as it was known to Republicans), and three women in Armagh jail. The second hunger strike began in March 1981, five years after the British government withdrew political status from the prisoners. The second Hunger Strike claimed the lives of ten prisoners. |
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The Demands asked for by these 10 and the other Republican Prisoners
1) The right not to wear prison uniforms.
2) The right not to do prison work.
3) The right of free association with other prisoners.
4) The right to organize their own educational and recreational facilities.
5) The right to one visit, one letter and one parcel per week.
The demands of the Republican Prisoners today are not much different
than they were then yet we have prisoners who are denied political status
now and some Republicans have turned their backs on them. Remeber
those who hungered for freedom, but do not forget those who are now
without political status. So support the prisoners and do not let them make new martyrs.
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Bobby Sands Last Lines In His Diary
" If they weren't able to destroy the desire for freedom,
They won't break you,
They won't be able to break me,
Because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people,
Is in my heart,
The day will dawn,
When all the people of Ireland,
Will have the desire for freedom to show,
It is then we will see the Rising of the
Moon"
The last lines of the diary of Bobby Sands. |
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