On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in Long Kesh, died after 66 days on hunger strike. His death, along with those of nine other hunger strikers, sent shockwaves ...
This video examines the 1981 IRA hunger strikes, Bobby Sands’s election and death, and the violent spiral that followed. Through political miscalculations, nationalist resolve, and global reaction, it ...