Bobby Sands - Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK - Political Revolutions on Waymarking.com

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Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

" Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh;[2] 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member (and leader in the Maze prison) of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to plan the 1976 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing in Dunmurry, which was followed by a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Sands was arrested while trying to escape and sentenced to 14 years for firearms possession.

He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During Sands' strike, he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death and those of nine other hunger strikers was followed by a new surge of IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism."

Name of the revolution that the waymark is related to: The Troubles Adress of the monument: Falls Road Belfast, Northern Irelland UK What was the role of this site in revolution?: Honors the memory and legacy of one of the central figures on the IRA side of the struggle between Catholics and British Protestant rule in Northern Ireland...known as the Troubles. See- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles Link that comprove that role: [Web Link] When was this memorial placed?: 01/01/1998 Who placed this monument?: unknown...probably Sinn Fein

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