1981 Irish hunger strike

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dam
protest
gptkbp:endDate 3 October 1981
gptkbp:goal restoration of political status for republican prisoners
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1981 Irish hunger strike
gptkbp:impact shift in republican strategy toward electoral politics
radicalization of Irish nationalist politics
gptkbp:imprisonedAt gptkb:HM_Prison_Maze
gptkbp:location gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international media coverage
gptkbp:notableParticipant gptkb:Bobby_Sands
gptkb:Francis_Hughes
gptkb:Joe_McDonnell
gptkb:Kieran_Doherty
gptkb:Patsy_O'Hara
gptkb:Raymond_McCreesh
gptkb:Thomas_McElwee
gptkb:Michael_Devine
gptkb:Martin_Hurson
gptkb:Kevin_Lynch
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Irish_National_Liberation_Army
gptkb:Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
gptkbp:participants 23
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:The_Troubles
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:1980_Irish_hunger_strike
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:blanket_protest
gptkb:dirty_protest
gptkbp:requires right not to do prison work
right not to wear prison uniforms
right of free association with other prisoners
right to one visit, one letter, and one parcel per week
right to organize educational and recreational pursuits
gptkbp:result election of Bobby Sands as MP
increased support for Sinn Féin
international attention to Northern Ireland conflict
gptkbp:startDate 1 March 1981
gptkbp:victim 10
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
gptkb:Some_Mother's_Son
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5