BBC reporter Clive Ferguson considers the impact of the republican hunger strikes as they come to an end at the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, in October 1981. Brian Walker profiles the life and ...
On March 1, 1981, Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) prisoner in Long Kesh, began a hunger strike that would ultimately claim his life 66 days later. His death, along with those of nine ...
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Senior IRA figure ‘Bik’ McFarlane dies after short illnessHe was the officer in command of the H-Block prisoners during the 1981 hunger strike over conditions in the Maze. Ms McDonald ...
A MARCH by about 4,000 people along the Falls Road yesterday marked the beginning of the second H-Block hunger-strike. Demonstrations were also held in New York and London. A statement read on ...
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Former senior IRA man Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane has died. He was the leader of IRA prisoners in the Maze during the 1981 hunger ...
McFarlane was the leader of IRA prisoners in the Maze during the 1981 hunger strike Former senior IRA man Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane has died. In 1976, he was jailed for a gun and bomb attack on the ...
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