Bobby Sands and the Tragedy of Northern Ireland

by Feehan, John M.
ISBN: 9781781178546
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Overview

Bobby Sands captured the imagination of the world when, despite predictions, he was elected a Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons while still on hunger-strike in the Northern Ireland concentration camp of Long Kesh.


  • When he later died after sixty-six gruelling days of hunger he commanded more television, radio and newspaper coverage than the papal visits or royal weddings.


  • What was the secret of this young man who set himself against the might of an empire and who became a microcosm of the whole Northern question and a moral catalyst for the Southern Irish conscience?


In calm restrained language John M. Feehan records the life of Bobby Sands with whom he had little sympathy in the beginning - though this was to change. At the same time, he gives us an illumination and crystal-clear account of the terrifying statelet of Northern Ireland today and of the fierce guerilla warfare that is rapidly turning Northern Ireland into Britain's Vietnam.

  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Feehan, John M.
  • ISBN: 9781781178546
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 7.20 x 0.35
  • Number Of Pages: 152
  • Publication Year: 2023
Language: English