Bernadette Sands McKevitt
Northern Irish activist
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| Intro | Northern Irish activist | ||
| Places | Northern Ireland | ||
| is | Politician | ||
| Work field | Politics | ||
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| Birth | 1 November 1958, Newtownabbey, Belfast, Belfast city council district, County Antrim | ||
| Age | 66 years | ||
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Biography
Bernadette Sands McKevitt (born in November 1958) is an Irish republican, and a founding member of the 32 County Sovereignty Movement.
Early life
She lived in the mainly loyalist Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey before her family were forced out of their home, when they moved to republican West Belfast. She is the younger sister of Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker Bobby Sands. She was unable to attend his funeral because she was on the run at the time.
Personal
Her husband Michael McKevitt was the Quartermaster General of the IRA and later a founding member of an anti-Good Friday Agreement splinter group commonly known as the Real Irish Republican Army. Bernadette and McKevitt have three children.