Watch: National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Cork

Watch as Margaret Barry recites the poem ‘The Rhythm of Time’ by Bobby Sands at the Hunger Strike Commemoration at Kennedy Quay today.

Cork Republican Ex-Prisoners of War banner is carried in the march and rally to mark the 42nd anniversary of the 1981 hunger strike. Photo: Larry Cummins

The 2023 National Hunger Strike Commemoration took place in Cork on Sunday 27th August 2023 with thousands marching from Kennedy Quay to the National Monument, Grand Parade Cork where the keynote speaker was Michelle O’Neill , Vice President of Sinn Féin and MLA for the Mid Ulster Constituency since 2007.