"It was this spirit of resistance, this refusal to be subjugated, or to lie down, that Thatcher could never overcome." ⁣ SInn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald spoke at the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Belfast on Sunday. ⁣ Republicans attended the annual event to remember those who died during the 1981 hunger strike. 🎥 Colm Lenaghan | Irish News

H3 is a film about the 1981 Irish hunger strike in Northern Ireland. It was written by Brian Campbell and Laurence McKeown; McKeown was a former volunteer in the Provisional IRA who participated in the hunger strike. Available on DVD here: https://amzn.to/2Z1rSYr | Forgotten Ireland

52K views · 1.9K reactions | https://www.sinnfeinbookshop.com/the-diary-of-bobby-sands-40th-anniversary-edition/ To mark the 40th anniversary of the 1981 hunger strikes, a special edition of ‘The Diary of Bobby Sands’ has been launched For the first seventeen days of his hunger strike, Bobby kept a secret diary of his innermost thoughts and views on the journey that lay ahead of him. | Sinn Féin Ireland | Facebook