1981 Irish hunger strike
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A five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland culminated in a hunger strike in 1981. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976 when the British gover
A commemoration on the 2006 25th anniversary of the hunger strike
Tommy McKearney, who took part in the blanket protest, dirty protest and 1980 hunger strike
Maze prison outside of Belfast where the hunger strike took place
Memorial for those who died in the hunger strikes at Milltown Cemetery in Belfast
Brendan Hughes
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Brendan Hughes was a leading Irish republican, revolutionary socialist, and former Officer Commanding of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. His reputation with the republica
1981 Irish hunger strike
…a total of seven were selected to match the number of men who signed the Easter 1916 Proclamation of the Republic. The group consisted of IRA members Brendan Hughes, Tommy McKearney, Raymond McCartney, Tom McFeely, Sean McKenna, Leo Green, and INLA member John Nixon. On 1 December, three prisoners in Armagh Women's…
Early photograph of Brendan Hughes