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Tragic Death of Sean McKenna

Just before Christmas we received the sad news of the sudden death of former IRA Volunteer Sean McKenna at his home in Dundalk. Sean never fully recovered from his ordeal on the first H-Block hunger strike in 1980 which lasted for fifty three days. Sean was buried on...

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Dido ‘Rebel Song’ Attacked

Grammy Award-winning singer Dido has been criticized by the DUP for using words from the republican anti-internment song, ‘The Men Behind The Wire’, on her latest album, ‘Safe Trip Home’. The song, “Let’s Do The Things We Normally Do” is a tribute to her late father...

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Launch of Website

The Bobby Sands Trust’s redesigned website was officially launched in the Felons Club, West Belfast, on Friday, 7th November, 2008. Danny Morrison, secretary, chaired the event which was addressed by Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams MP, who spoke of the historic legacy...

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Why are all the Troubles’ films about republicans?

Debate around the film ‘Hunger’ has sparked a wider debate about the poor portrayal of the unionist cause in the arts generally. Discussions have taken place on BBC’s Good Morning Ulster, Arts Extra, Sunday Sequence and feature writers in various newspapers have...

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Life and death in Long Kesh

From The Guardian - Wednesday October 22, 2008 Held in the notorious Northern Irish jail in the 70s, Ronan Bennett recalls the gas attacks, the beatings, the smell - and the jokes - and applauds Steve McQueen’s haunting new film about its best-known inmate, IRA hunger...

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Trust Responds to Church of Ireland Report

The Church of Ireland report, which was covered in the main newspapers in Ireland, interviewed Protestants living in the Clogher Diocese about the Troubles. It has recommended more be done to deal with the legacy of pain in the area’s Protestant community. The study...

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Enquiries, Messages, Copyright

The Trust regularly receives a large volume of letters, emails and supportive messages of solidarity, etc. In recent years there has been a big increase in enquiries from young students writing essays or theses which cover such themes as prison literature, the legacy...

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Trailer for ‘Hunger’

View the Trailer for ‘Hunger’, the award-winning feature film about Bobby Sands by Steve McQueen, released 2008. 'Hunger' won the prestigious Camera d'Or prize for best first feature film at the Cannes Film Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmVPCX0LxN8

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Review of ‘Hunger’

Channel 4 Review of 'Hunger' by Steve McQueen. It this video does not play, you can view it here on YouTube. watch?v=u3j0elUL7JY

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Bobby Sands Trust

The Bobby Sands Trust was established to publish, promote and keep in print the extraordinary writings of Bobby Sands, who from prison isolation became an international figure in 1981, and who to this day continues to inspire Irish republicans in their pursuit of freedom from British rule.

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Email: info@bobbysandstrust.com
Post: The Secretary, Bobby Sands Trust, 51-53 Falls Road, Belfast, BT12 4PD, Ireland