Moments in History: Bobby Sands and the Hungerstrikes.

With Pádraic MacCoitir, Fearghal Mag Uidhir and Pól Torbóid, discussing the run up to, and after, the ’80 and ’81 hungerstrikes, and the effect it had on Irish politics and the Republican struggle.

This video marks the 39th anniversary of the death of IRA Volunteer Bobby Sands, the first of ten men to die on the 1981 strike. It is the first in a series of videos organised for 2020, commemorating the Hungerstrike of 1981 and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for Irish freedom.