153K views · 4.1K reactions | History Changed on This Day in 1981 💚🇮🇪 On March 1st 1981, Bobby Sands began his hunger strike inside the H-Blocks of Long Kesh, protesting for political status for republican prisoners. During the strike he was elected MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. He died after 66 days without food. The events of 1981 would go on to shape Irish politics and remain one of the most significant and debated moments in modern Irish history. #OnThisDay #IrishHistory #1981HungerS

Bernadette McAliskey speaking at Hunger Strike Rally in 1981 | 1 Million Voices for Irish Unity

1981 Hunger Strike Anniversary #ireland #irish | Davy Holden Music

This Sunday we will remember and reflect on Ireland's hunger strikers at the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Cork. Along with those who died in 1981 we will remember republicans from other times, in particular the 1920 Hunger Strikes which saw three Cork republicans – including the city's mayor Terence MacSwiney – die. Join us at the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Cork City this Sunday, 27th August assembling at 2pm at Kennedy Quay. | Sinn Féin Ireland

On Sunday 1st March 1981, IRA Volunteer Bobby Sands began his hunger strike. On the 10th anniversary of his death Bik McFarlane dedicated this song to Bobby's memory. 🏴 | Gerry Adams

https://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/the-diary-of-bobby-sands-40th-anniversary-edition/ To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes, a special edition of ‘The Diary of Bobby Sands’ has been launched For the first seventeen days of his hunger strike, Bobby kept a secret diary of his innermost thoughts and views on the journey that lay ahead of him. | Sinn Féin Ireland