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Francis Hughes was a Provisional IRA volunteer and hunger striker who died in 1981. He was involved in several attacks on British forces and was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest in 1978.
May 12, 2011 · Francis Hughes was a fearless IRA Volunteer who joined the H-Block hunger strike for political status in 1981. He died on May 12th, after sixty-nine days without food, and was buried in his native Bellaghy, County Derry.
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...
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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...
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Francis Hughes was one of the 10 IRA prisoners who starved to death in the Maze Prison in 1981, demanding political status. He was a wanted man for bombing a policeman's home and his brother blamed Margaret Thatcher for his death.
Learn about the life and legacy of Francis Hughes, who died on 12 May 1981 after 59 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. He was a legendary guerrilla fighter and a cousin of Thomas McElwee, another hunger striker.
May 12, 1981 · A profile of Francis Hughes, an IRA volunteer who was captured, convicted and died on hunger strike in 1981. Learn about his life, crimes, imprisonment and legacy in the context of the Northern Ireland conflict.
