Bobby Sands and the Tragedy of Northern Ireland

By Bobby Feehan and John M. Feehan

Book 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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781178542
• ISBN13: 9781781178546
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

This gerat book is a real eye opener.

I couldn't put this book down. It is amazing how the Irish Government and some cheesey media types tried and indeed are still trying to criminalize this man. It's as if the Dublin government is controlled by Britain,I now think they are. Read this great book if you need to know the other side of the story. Padraig O Braonain Galway

A True Hero

Bobby Sands is a true hero of the Republican Movement and the fight to end British injustice in the north of Ireland. Due to government censorship of all press and media coming out of the north, many people either don't know much about the War, or don't know the truth to the stuggle that continues today. Read the book-if you don't know, don't know what to think, or want to know more. It is a wonderfully well written and researched book, and it is here solely to bring you the real story. Take advantage of it.