Robert Gerard Sands, commonly known as Bobby Sands, was an Irish member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at which prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from mid-1971 to mid-2000?
Bobby Sands Robert Gerard Sands (Irish: "Roibeárd Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh" ; 9 March 19545 May 1981), commonly known as Bobby Sands, was an Irish member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze.
Gerry Adams Sr. Gerry Adams Sr. (1926 – 17 November 2003) was a Belfast Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who took part in its Northern Campaign in the 1940s. He has also been described as "important in the emergence of the Provisional IRA in 1970".