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Francis Joseph Sean Hughes (28 February 1956 – 12 May 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Hughes was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest following a shoot-out with the British Army in which a British soldier was killed. [ 1 ]
May 12, 2011 · Francis Hughes was born on February 28th, 1956, the youngest son amongst ten children, into a staunchly republican family which has been solidly rooted, for most of this century, in the townland of Tamlaghtduff, or Scribe Road, as it is otherwise called.
Sep 12, 2016 · Francis Hughes (who was later to die on hunger strike) was very active in the area. I arrested him after an IRA gun battle in which a soldier was killed. Hughes had escaped but a large chunk of...
Mar 23, 2012 · Francis Hughes was the second republican to die on the H-Block hunger-strike for political status.From Bellaghy in South Derry, Francis was a determined, com...
A second IRA hunger striker, 25-year-old Francis Hughes, has starved to death in the Maze Prison near Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. His death comes a week after the death of Bobby...
Legendary Volunteer dies on Hunger Strike. • Legendary freedom fighter Francis Hughes, pictured during his capture by crown forces. Hughes lies badly injured following a gun battle. He wears combat clothing and his hair has been dyed to disguise his identity.
May 12, 1981 · For four years police and British troops pursued Francis Hughes, a guerrilla of the illegal Irish Repubican Army that is pledged to pull Northern Ireland out of Protestant Britain and unite it...
