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.

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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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Bobby Sands nickname Bobby Sands self-link