“There's rain on the wind, the tears of spirits,
The clink of key on iron is near,
A shuttling train passes by on rail,
There's more than God for man to fear.”

—  Bobby Sands

"A Place to Rest"
Poetry, Miscellaneous poems

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Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army 1954–1981

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