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“All things must come to pass as one, so hope should never die. There is no height or bloody might that a freeman can’t defy. There is no source or foreign force can break one man who knows that his free will no thing can kill … and from that, freedom grows.”

Book:Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands

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Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands

This anthology brings together a selection of Bobby Sands' works, offering insights into his experiences and the broader political context of his time. more

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Bobby Sands

Bobby Sands was an Irish republican and member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is best known for his role in the 1981 Irish hunger strike, during which he died. Sands was a prominent figure in the struggle for Irish independence and his death became a symbol of the conflict. more

“There can never be peace in Ireland until the foreign oppressive British presence is removed, leaving all the Irish people as a unit to control their own affairs and determine their own destinies as a sovereign people, free in mind and body, separate and distinct physically, culturally and economically.”

People Mind Body Destiny Leaving Affair Determine British Ireland Units Sovereign Mind And Body

Book:Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison

Source: Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison

“Before the arrival of the Credit Union, people who were from the poor background or a working class background couldn't borrow from banks.”

People Poor Class Unions Credit Backgrounds Working Class Arrivals Credit Unions Poor Background

Author:John Hume

“Every child growing up will look to their parents, my mother and my father. My grandmother lived with us. I picked up quite a bit of family lore and history from her, which was interesting.”

Looks Children Mother Father Bits Parent Interesting Growing Up Growing Grandmother My Grandmother Children Growing Up Growing Children

Author:John Hume

“I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination.”

Courses Worst Example Grew Grew Up Discrimination Ireland Northern Ireland Derry