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Digital Title	mni00369
Object File Name	mni00369.tif
Photographer	Crowley, Tony
Subject	Mural painting and decoration Republican Sands, Bobby, -1981 Hunger strikes
Description	Republican mural, Shaws Road, West Belfast, 1981. Left of mural: slogan protesting death of Bobby Sands, first Hunger Striker to die. 'The Right Honourable Bobby Sands Esq MP Murdered by his Fellow Members of H[er].M[ajestys].Govt'; Bobby Sands was elected to the British Parliament as the Member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone while on Hunger-Strike in 1981. Right: 'The Lark and the Freedom Fighter' (title of collection of Sands' writings from prison). Quotation from text: 'I have the spirit of freedom that cannot be quenched by even the most horrendous treatment. Of course I can be murdered, but while I remain alive, I remain what I am, a political prisoner of war, and no one can change that'. Image of Sands, with Irish Tricolour and barbed wire.
Publisher	Claremont Colleges Library
Date mural created	1981
Affiliation	Republican
Language	eng
Source	Scanned from original photograph
Collection	Murals of Northern Ireland Collection http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/mni
Rights	Physical rights are retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley. Copyright is retained by the photographer, Tony Crowley.
Type	Image
Format	image/jp2
CONTENTdm number	491

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