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1981 Irish hunger strike facts for kids

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Hunger strike memorial in Derry. The shape of the monument represents the H Block of the Maze Prison in Belfast

The 1981 Irish Hunger Strike was a hunger protest in Northern Ireland by Irish Republican prisoners during the Troubles. At the end of the protest 10 prisoners had died in the Hunger strike and one hunger striker, Bobby Sands was elected as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom before he died.

Images for kids

  • 25th commemoration of 1981 Irish hunger strike

    A commemoration on the 25th anniversary of the hunger strike

  • Terence MacSwiney circle

    Terence MacSwiney, an Irish republican who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison in 1920

  • Tommy McKearney (cropped)

    Tommy McKearney, who took part in the blanket protest, dirty protest and 1980 hunger strike

  • Maze Prison - geograph - 341034

    Maze prison outside of Belfast where the hunger strike took place

  • Bobby Sands Belfast Irland@20160528 02

    A mural of Bobby Sands in Belfast

  • Irish hunger strikers with Frank Stagg, Mural Belfast Irland@20160528

    A Belfast mural of the hunger strikers

  • Hunger strikers memorial photo

    A hunger strike memorial near Crossmaglen, County Armagh

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Huelga de hambre de 1981 en Irlanda del Norte para niños

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