The National Graves Association, Belfast is a private Irish republican organisation which undertakes to care for and maintain the graves of some Irish Republican Army volunteers who are buried in Belf
The logo of the National Graves Association, Belfast
The National Graves Association, Belfast, uses Red Hand of Ulster as a symbol to identify graves under its care
Harbinson Plot
County Antrim Memorial Plot
Bobby Sands
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Robert Gerard Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland. Sands helped to plan the 1976 Balmoral Furni
National Graves Association, Belfast
…year. This plot contains the remains of 77 republicans, including some who died on hunger strike. Among those buried in the plot are: James McDade, Bobby Sands, Joe McDonnell, Kieran Doherty, Sean McIlvenna, Mairéad Farrell, Dan McCann, Sean Savage, Pearse Jordan, Thomas Begley and Pat McGeown. A number of…
Sands in Long Kesh, 1973 (aged 18–19)
Bobby Sands's grave in Milltown Cemetery
Memorial to 22 Irish Hunger Strikers Deaths Glasnevin Cemetery
The Éire Nua flute band, "inspired by Bobby Sands' ideals," commemorates the 1916 Easter Rising on its 91st anniversary (2017)