Grave of Bobby Sands MP, a hunger striker, in the Republican Plot at the Catholic Milltown Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast.

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(The image is off centre because it was pouring with rain and the wind was blowing fiercely- see B50F59 - preventing a straight on shot) Bobby Sands, full name Robert Gerard Sands, died on 5th May 1981. He was the leader of the 1981 Hunger Strike.

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Location: Milltown Cemetery, Falls Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Photo credit: © Maurice Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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