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17 hours ago · Cullen won in Fermanagh-South Tyrone, the sprawling border constituency where IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was elected MP from his prison death-bed in 1981 — an electoral earthquake that inspired Sinn Féin to start contesting British elections for the first time.
4 days ago · This seems unlikely given the fact that this constituency has returned an IRA hunger striker in Bobby Sands and, after his death, his election agent, to parliament. Sinn Fein’s dismal ...
2 days ago · The next stop on the tour will be Sinn Fein press office, which is the site of one of the most iconic Falls Road murals of the Bobby Sands mural. You will hear about the history of Bobby Sands and the Irish hunger strike in the Maze Prison in 1981.
3 days ago · Career After The Show: Fassbender’s breakout role came in 2008, when he had the starring role as Bobby Sands in Hunger, about an Irish Republican Army prisoner who goes on a hunger strike. Since then he’s become a movie star, with the lead role in films like Steve Jobs , Prometheus, and Shame .
5 days ago · The tour will then proceed to the Sinn Fein press office, home to one of the most famous murals on Falls Road, depicting Bobby Sands. You will learn about the life of Bobby Sands and the 1981 Irish hunger strike at the Maze Prison.
5 days ago · Agus i measc na bpríosúnach eile a bhí in éineacht leis, daoine ar nós Bobby Sands, d’fhás an Ghaeilge mar “a tool of resistance”.
8 hours ago · Following the death of Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Frank Maguire and the selection of hunger striker Bobby Sands as a candidate in the following by-election the SDLP decided to withdraw Austin Currie as their candidate. The election was held on 9 April and Bobby Sands won the seat by a slim margin.
