OTD in 1981 I joined the H Block hunger strike,replacing Vol Kieran Doherty TD. 55days later I was 7 stone, almost blind & my liver shutting down. But the hunger strike ended and I survived. In an act of courage & heroism 10 others did not. We should never forget their sacrifice.
Proud to have met and listened to Pat Sheehans story his role in the 1981 hunger strikes. 1981 turned the tide against England’s colonial foot hold in Ireland. We have a duty to struggle on and ensure we achieve Irish unity and the Republic.
"I read what Jennifer said in court. (On being sentenced, Jennifer McCann said: ‘I am a Republican prisoner of war and at the moment my comrade Bobby Sands is on hunger-strike to defend my rights as a political prisoner.’) I was touched and proud, she is my comrade."
禮拜天（21）貝爾法斯特，武漢肺炎疫情以來頭一次有數千名民眾的緬懷遊行，一路前往墓園悼念當年的死者。聽'81飢餓抗爭存活者Pat Sheehan的演說好像幾次有鼻酸的聲音。QO
愛爾蘭史
- Bobby Sands MP
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