Owen Carron makes victory speech for Bobby Sands

Title

Owen Carron makes victory speech for Bobby Sands

Genre

Speech; Election coverage

TX Date

10 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:55

Description

Owen Carron, election agent for Bobby Sands, makes a victory speech after the Anti H-Block party won the Fermanagh-South Tyrone By-Election. Sands won the seat despite being on hunger strike in Maze Prison.

Contributors

Owen Carron

Keywords

Elections; Politics; Government; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; British; Political protests; Political parties; Members of Parliament; Maze Prison; Hunger; Parliamentary candidates; Prisoners; Constituencies; Bobby Sands; Fermanagh and South Tyrone; Anti H-Block (political party)

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