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29 July 2014

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Owen Carron and the 1981 Hunger Strike election of Bobby Sands

AT a packed event in the Ballyconnell Community Centre, County Cavan, on Friday 25 July to mark the 33rd anniversary of the 1981 H-Blocks Hunger Strike, Owen Carron, the former MP for Fermanagh & South Tyrone and election agent for Bobby Sands during the Hunger Strike, reflects on the role that he and the people of Fermanagh & South Tyrone played in the iconic election of Bobby Sands as 'The People's MP'.

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