... March 1981, five years after the British government withdrew political status from the prisoners,"(Adams). The second hunger strike claimed the lives of ten republican prisoners: Bobby Sands, Francis Hughes, Raymond McCreesh, Patsy O'Hara, Joe McDonnell, Martin Hurson, Tom McElwee, Kevin Lynch, Kieran Doherty and Michael Devine. Some progress has been made in the form of a ceasefire and an independent status ... ...

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