1981
Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (born 1954)
Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (born 1954)
Bobby Sands, PIRA volunteer and hunger striker (born 1954)
Bobby Sands
Irish Provisional IRA member (1954–1981)
- Died
- 1981
Robert Gerard Sands 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 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.