Bobby Sands
(1954-1981)
Irish Provisional IRA member
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Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member 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 bombing of the Balmoral Furniture Company in Dunmurry, which was followed by a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Sands was arrested while trying to escape and he was sentenced to 14 years for firearms possession.
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Robert Gerard Sands 9 March 1954 Abbots Cross, Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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5 May 1981 (aged 27) H block of Maze prison (aka Long Kesh), County Down, Northern Ireland
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