Bobby Sands obituary

Title

Bobby Sands obituary

Genre

News report; Interview; Obituary

TX Date

6 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:03

Description

Profile of the late Bobby Sands, IRA volunteer and recently-elected Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, following his death (05/05/81) while on hunger strike in Maze Prison, Belfast. Speakers include his mother, Rosaleen Sands; election agent Owen Carron. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Rosaleen Sands; Owen Carron

Keywords

Deaths; Elections; Politics; Political prisoners; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; Terrorism; British; Political protests; Members of Parliament; Protest movements; Funerals; Hunger; Prisoners; Bobby Sands; Fermanagh and South Tyrone

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