'cause someone needs to remind ya

It's the 25th Anniversary of the Hunger Strikes



If, unlike myself and another unnamed Fenian, you don't remember the details, here's the link to the Wikipedia article

And the roll of the dead, borrowed from the Irish History Web (here's the page)

Bobby Sands (26)
Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Member of Parliament (MP)

Francis Hughes (25)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Raymond McCreesh (24)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Patsy O'Hara (23)
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)

Joe McDonnell (30)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Martin Hurson (29)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Keven Lynch (25)
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)

Kieran Doherty (25)
Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Teachta Dáil (TD; member of the Irish Parliament)

Thomas McElwee (23)
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Michael Devine (27)
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)



These others also took part in the Hunger Strike


Brendan McLaughlin
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Paddy Quinn
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Laurence McKeown
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Patrick McGeown
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Matt Devlin
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Liam McCloskey
Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)

Patrick Sheehan
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Jackie McMullan
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Bernard Fox
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Hugh Carville
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

John Pickering
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

Gerard Hodgkins
Irish Republican Army (IRA)

James Devine
Irish Republican Army (IRA)


Soapbox over. Have a nice day.