Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.27.26
Object Name
Flyer
Title
'Remember Bobby Sands MP March and Rally'
Place
HMP Maze, Northern Ireland, London
People
Bobby Sands, Sinn Fein, IRA
Date
1981
Description
Double-sided flyer 'Remember Bobby Sands MP! March and Rally'. The front of the flyer has head shots of Sands and other hunger strikers printed down the sides, with the details of the march printed in the middle: 'London, Sat June 27th Assemble 12:30 pm Finsbury Park'. At the bottom of the flyer speakers have been listed, including Sinn Fein, Black Liberation, Irish POW Repatriation Committee, and an English Trade Unionist.
The reverse of the flyer is entitled 'Remember the Hunger Strikers' and has a typewritten explanation of the events of the H Block Hunger strikes, and the events leading up to the strike. At the bottom is a donation form.
Bobby Sands was a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike whilst imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Whilst imprisoned, Sands was elected as an MP for the Westminster constituency of Fermanagh/South Tyrone.
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