LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Bobby Sands funeral

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:41

Description

Report on the scene on the Twinbrook estate in Andersonstown, Belfast on the day of hunger striker Bobby Sands’ funeral and on the sequence of events of the funeral. Male field and studio reporters not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deaths; Suicide; Internal politics; Northern Ireland; UK; Political protests; Prisons; Terrorists; IRA; Propaganda; Members of Parliament; Republicanism; Funerals; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Belfast; Andersonstown; Bobby Sands

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