The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest...

There are examples of hunger strikers dying after 46 to 73 days of strike, for example the 1981 Irish hunger strike. Hunger strikers can experience...

September 1951 – 8 July 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike. Joe McDonnell was...

of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During Sands' strike, he was...

August 1981) was an Irish republican and member of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) from Park, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Dungiven...

1923 mass hunger strikes were undertaken by Irish republican prisoners protesting the continuation of their internment without trial. The Irish Civil War...

proscribed "terrorism" offences. These protests culminated in the 1981 Irish hunger strike in which ten prisoners died. This article lists the various artistic...

Hunger is a 2008 historical drama film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike. It was directed by Steve McQueen (in his feature directorial debut) and starred...

Army (INLA). He was the last hunger striker to die during the 1981 Irish hunger strike. Devine, also known as Red Mickey because of his red hair, was...

Irish hunger strike can refer to 1920 Cork hunger strike, including mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney 1923 Irish hunger strikes 1972 Irish hunger strike...

Mountjoy and Cork hunger strikes. Six deaths. 1980 Irish hunger strike – Protest by Irish republican prisoners from Northern Ireland against the rescindment...

August 1981) was an Irish republican hunger striker and politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from June 1981 to...

during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. Hughes was one of 22 Irish republicans who died on hunger-strike between 1917 and 1981. Hughes was...

was one of 22 Irish republicans (in the 20th century) who died on hunger-strike. O'Hara was born in Bishop Street, Derry, Northern Ireland. He joined Na...

was one of the ten Irish republicans who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze Prison. McCreesh was one of 22 Irish republicans (in the...

The 1981 Irish general election to the 22nd Dáil was held on Thursday, 11 June, following the dissolution of the 21st Dáil on 21 May by President Patrick...

was the sixth to die during the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike. Martin Hurson, from Cappagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, was one of nine children born to...

documentary film about Bobby Sands and the 1981 Irish hunger strike, which lasted for 66 days, from Northern Ireland. The film mixes reenactment, animation...

Irish Volunteers serving in the Irish War of Independence and participated in a 10-day hunger strike in 1920. He was later interned during the Irish Civil...

November 1957 – 8 August 1981) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike. From Bellaghy, County...

South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike. On 2 March 1977, Quinn and Raymond McCreesh...

Fassbender portrayed Irish republican Bobby Sands during the events of the 1981 Irish hunger strike in Steve McQueen's historical drama Hunger. His performance...

(Irish: Proinsias Stagg; 4 October 1941 – 12 February 1976) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker from County Mayo, Ireland who...

two deaths from starvation. In the 1923 Irish hunger strikes thousands of Irish prisoners went on hunger strikes resulting in several deaths. In mid-June...

written and directed by Irish filmmaker Terry George, co-written by Jim Sheridan, and based on the true story of the 1981 hunger strike in the Maze Prison...

H3 is a film released in 2001 about the 1981 Irish hunger strike at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland, the events leading up to it, and subsequent developments...

deal with intense subject matters such as Hunger (2008), a historical drama about the 1981 Irish hunger strike; Shame (2011), a drama about an executive...

an Irish author, playwright, screenwriter, and former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who took part in the 1981 Irish hunger strike...

by-election in early 1981, when the 1981 Irish hunger strike was underway. The by-election was seized on by supporters of the hunger strike as a way to register...

screenwriter, and video artist. He is most known for the films, Hunger about the 1981 Irish hunger strike, Shame a drama about sex addiction, 12 Years a Slave (2013)...