1981 Irish hunger strike
1981 · Event
IRA and INLA prisoners strike for political status in Long Kesh; Bobby Sands dies after 66 days; 10 strikers die total.
On these timelines: Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, England, United Kingdom (combined), Master
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