Bobby Sands, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Bobby Sands

Irish terrorist of the Provisional Irish Republican Army

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1954

Date of Death: 05-May-1981

Profession: politician

Nationality: Ireland, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze after being sentenced for firearms possession. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status.
During Sands's strike, he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate.
His death and those of nine other hunger strikers was followed by a new surge of Provisional IRA recruitment and activity.
International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the Republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism.