ラージーのおすすめツーリングルート

Need water proof gear heavy rain Crumlin, I just cycled on as I’ve stated skin is water proof

Perhaps the most significant development of the strike occurred when Sands entered the election campaign for a seat in the Parliament for Northern Ireland's County of Fermanagh and South Tyrone. On 10 April, after 41 days of hunger strike and to the great shock of the IRA leadership, Sands won the seat by more than 30,000 votes. His election sent shockwaves throughout Ireland and within the British government. After all, Britain's criminalisation policy was based on its claims that the IRA had little public support and was a gang of renegade criminals. Despite Sands' new political status as an MP and mounting public pressure, the British government under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refused to take even a step towards reconciliation. Sands' condition continued to deteriorate and he remained confined to the prison infirmary. Eventually, on 3 May, Sands fell into a coma. His family was called to visit and on Tuesday, May 5, 1981, Sands died after 66 days on hunger strike. Sands' death sparked enormous reactions around the world. Hundreds of thousands demonstrated in support of the prisoners' demands, the US government issued a statement of "deep regret", Irish unions went on strike, newspapers around the world condemned Thatcher's "glory" in allowing a parliamentary colleague to die, and riots broke out in the streets of Northern Ireland. His funeral procession was attended by more than 100,000 people. After Sands, nine more prisoners died before the hunger strike was finally ended on October 3, 1981. Shortly afterwards, all prisoners were granted reforms that largely met their demands.(Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bobby-Sands)

Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh; [2] 9 March 1954 – 5 May 1981) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died on hunger strike while imprisoned in HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands was involved in planning the 1976 bombing of the Balmoral Furniture Company in Dunmurry, which was followed by a gun battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Sands was arrested during an escape attempt and sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment for possession of weapons. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the abolition of Special Category Status. During Sands' strike he was elected to the British Parliament as a candidate of the Anti-H-Block movement. [3] [4] His death and that of nine other hunger strikers was followed by a wave of IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage drew attention to the hunger strikers and the republican movement in general, drawing both praise and criticism. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Garden of Remembrance (Irish: An Gairdín Cuimhneacháin) is a memorial garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland, dedicated to members of the Irish Republican Army killed during the Northern Ireland conflict, as well as civilians and deceased former prisoners. It is located on the Falls Road, which was historically a predominantly Irish Republican area during the conflict (source: Wikipedia).

Bobby Sands is pretty omnipresent. A very well-known and popular personality.

Take in the beautiful views of Lough Shore whilst cycling along this stretch of road.

Certainly the most famous of the murals in Belfast: Bobby Sands Mural, on Falls Road. Robert George “Bobby” Sands was an IRA member, hunger striker and MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone. Bobby Sands died in the prison hospital on May 5, 1981 after 66 days as a result of his hunger strike.

• Bobby Sands, a trained coachbuilder, became a member of the IRA in 1972 after traumatic experiences with Protestant violent criminals. He was sentenced to five years in prison after his arrest at a home where four handguns were seized. As a political prisoner, he could wear his civilian clothes and did not have to work. He was released in 1976. In 1977, Bobby Sands was again convicted of illegal weapons possession: After a shootout with the police, Sands, Joe McDonnell, Seamus Finucane and Sean Lavery were caught in a getaway car that also contained a revolver. After eleven months in custody, the men were sentenced to 14 years in prison in September 1977. Since 1976, there have been repeated protests by captured IRA members who wanted to have them classified as political prisoners. The British government abolished this status and forced prisoners to wear prison uniforms and work. Since they refused to wear prison uniforms, they spent their time naked in the cell covered only in blankets, which led to the Blanket Protest. Sands wrote the book “A Day in My Life” during the blanket protest in Long Kesh. He did this with a pen that he hid in his body. Bobby Sands died in the prison hospital on May 5, 1981 after 66 days as a result of his hunger strike. After him, nine more hunger strikers died before the action was officially called off by the IRA on October 3, 1981, also under pressure from relatives of the strikers. Immediately after Sands' death, there were violent clashes between demonstrators, police and the British military. His funeral procession in Belfast was attended by around 100,000 people, almost a fifth of Northern Ireland's Catholic population at the time. On October 6, 1981, the British government allowed prisoners to wear civilian clothes again. Most of the other demands were subsequently met, although the IRA prisoners were never officially recognized as political prisoners.