Bobby Sands
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Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and Provisional IRA member who became internationally known after dying on hunger strike in prison in 1981, symbolizing resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland.
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish republican
ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army member ⓘ human ⓘ political activist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
hunger strike
ⓘ
starvation ⓘ |
| child |
Robert Gerard Sands
ⓘ
surface form:
Gerard Sands
|
| constituencyRepresented | Fermanagh and South Tyrone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1981-05-05 ⓘ |
| detainedUnder | special category status policy dispute ⓘ |
| electionDate | 1981-04-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| fullName | Robert Gerard Sands ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| hasMural | Bobby Sands mural on Falls Road, Belfast ⓘ |
| imprisonedAt |
HM Prison Maze
ⓘ
Long Kesh ⓘ |
| influenced |
Irish republican movement
ⓘ
international prison protest movements ⓘ |
| knownFor |
1981 Irish hunger strike
ⓘ
leading the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison ⓘ symbol of resistance to British rule in Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Provisional Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
Sinn Féin ⓘ |
| movement |
Irish republicanism
ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish ⓘ |
| nickname | Bobby Sands self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Day in My Life
ⓘ
A Day in My Life ⓘ
surface form:
One Day in My Life
|
| occupation |
paramilitary
ⓘ
poet ⓘ politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermEnd | 1981-05-05 ⓘ |
| parliamentaryTermStart | 1981-04-09 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Troubles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Belfast
ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
County Antrim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
HM Prison Maze ⓘ Long Kesh ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| politicalParty | Sinn Féin ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| protestedAgainst |
British rule in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
removal of special category status for paramilitary prisoners ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| residence | Twinbrook, Belfast ⓘ |
| servedIn |
Provisional Irish Republican Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade
|
| spouse | Geraldine Noade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Hunger (film)
ⓘ
surface form:
film "Hunger"
murals in Belfast ⓘ numerous songs ⓘ |
| wrote |
poems
ⓘ
prison diary ⓘ |
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