“A guide to me in times of plight
A princess like a star so bright
For life would never have been the same
If I hadn’t of learned what small things came. So forgive me Mum just a little more
For not loving you so much before,
For life and love you gave to me
I give my thanks for eternity.”

—  Bobby Sands

Poetry, Dear Mum

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Irish volunteer of the Provisional Irish Republican Army 1954–1981

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