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Tony
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40 years since his death this Monday,never forgotten
Bobby Sands | IRA | 1 March | 66 days | 5 May | 27 |
Francis Hughes | IRA | 15 March | 59 days | 12 May | 25 |
Raymond McCreesh | IRA | 22 March | 61 days | 21 May | 24 |
Patsy O'Hara | INLA | 22 March | 61 days | 21 May | 23 |
Joe McDonnell | IRA | 8 May | 61 days | 8 July | 29 |
Martin Hurson | IRA | 28 May | 46 days | 13 July | 24 |
Kevin Lynch | INLA | 23 May | 71 days | 1 August | 25 |
Kieran Doherty | IRA | 22 May | 73 days | 2 August | 25 |
Thomas McElwee | IRA | 8 June | 62 days | 8 August | 23 |
Michael Devine | INLA | 22 June | 60 days | 20 August | 27 |
Bobby Sands passed on the 5th May Tony.40 years since his death this Monday,never forgotten
He started his quest on the 1st March my previous post give names, dates started, how long they starved for, date of death and age, all Young men in the 20’sBobby Sands passed on the 5th May Tony.
Still yir sentiment is correct though.
Watch, 66 Days. if you can get it. Sad times and i remember it well.Theres a film on netflix called hunger I dont know how long it's been out I watched it other day was good
Thats outstanding guy was a geniusThe Rhythm of Time
By Bobby Sands
There’s an inner thing in every man,
Do you know this thing my friend?
It has withstood the blows of a million years,
And will do so to the end.
It was born when time did not exist,
And it grew up out of life,
It cut down evil’s strangling vines,
Like a slashing searing knife.
It lit fires when fires were not,
And burnt the mind of man,
Tempering leandened hearts to steel,
From the time that time began.
It wept by the waters of Babylon,
And when all men were a loss,
It screeched in writhing agony,
And it hung bleeding from the Cross.
It died in Rome by lion and sword,
And in defiant cruel array,
When the deathly word was ‘Spartacus’
Along with Appian Way.
It marched with Wat the Tyler’s poor,
And frightened lord and king,
And it was emblazoned in their deathly stare,
As e’er a living thing.
It smiled in holy innocence,
Before conquistadors of old,
So meek and tame and unaware,
Of the deathly power of gold.
It burst forth through pitiful Paris streets,
And stormed the old Bastille,
And marched upon the serpent’s head,
And crushed it ‘neath its heel.
It died in blood on Buffalo Plains,
And starved by moons of rain,
Its heart was buried in Wounded Knee,
But it will come to rise again.
It screamed aloud by Kerry lakes,
As it was knelt upon the ground,
And it died in great defiance,
As they coldly shot it down.
It is found in every light of hope,
It knows no bounds nor space
It has risen in red and black and white,
It is there in every race.
It lies in the hearts of heroes dead,
It screams in tyrants’ eyes,
It has reached the peak of mountains high,
It comes searing ‘cross the skies.
It lights the dark of this prison cell,
It thunders forth its might,
It is ‘the undauntable thought’, my friend,
That thought that says ‘I’m right! ‘
Al look it out mate thanksWatch, 66 Days. if you can get it. Sad times and i remember it well.
I watched that a year or two ago, bloody harrowing, not an easy watch. Michael Fassbender was really good playing Bobby.Theres a film on netflix called hunger I dont know how long it's been out I watched it other day was good
In a strange way this thread reminds me of that other side of Celtic in the 80's, learning of it, experiencing it and trying to understand it as a kid.The ultimate sacrifice, we can only guess the hardship, self determination requires to do such a thing, I’ve often thought of the 10 hunger strikers and the suffering their families had to go through in those dark times....RIP
Bobby Sands IRA 1 March 66 days 5 May 27 Francis Hughes IRA 15 March 59 days 12 May 25 Raymond McCreesh IRA 22 March 61 days 21 May 24 Patsy O'Hara INLA 22 March 61 days 21 May 23 Joe McDonnell IRA 8 May 61 days 8 July 29 Martin Hurson IRA 28 May 46 days 13 July 24 Kevin Lynch INLA 23 May 71 days 1 August 25 Kieran Doherty IRA 22 May 73 days 2 August 25 Thomas McElwee IRA 8 June 62 days 8 August 23 Michael Devine INLA 22 June 60 days 20 August 27