A shekarar 1981, fursunoni bakwai sun halarci yajin aikin farko, wanda ya ƙare bayan kwanaki 53. An yi yajin aikin na biyu a shekarar 1981 kuma ya kasance rikici tsakanin fursunoni da Firayim Ministan Burtaniya, Margaret Thatcher. An zabi wani mai yajin aikin, Bobby Sands, a matsayin memba na majalisa a lokacin yajin aikin, wanda ya jawo sha'awar siyasa daga kafofin watsa labarai na duniya. An kira yajin aikin ne bayan da fursunoni goma suka mutu da yunwa, ciki har da Sands.
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