Brendan Hughes | |
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 Early photograph of Brendan Hughes | |
| Nickname(s) | "The Dark" |
| Born | June 1948 Lower Falls, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 16 February 2008 (aged 59) Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Paramilitary | Provisional IRA |
| Rank | Officer Commanding |
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| Known for | 1980 Hunger strike |
| Battles/wars | The Troubles |
Brendan Hughes (June 1948[1] – 16 February 2008[2]), also known as "The Dark",[3] and "Darkie"[4] was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).[5] He was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike.
- ^ Moloney, Ed (2010). Voices From the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland. Faber & Faber. p.21
- ^ Anne McHardy (19 February 2008). "Obituary: Brendan Hughes". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ^ "Former hunger striker Hughes dies". BBC. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
- ^ "IRA victim's son: when I was 11, I was beaten into silence by her killers". The Herald. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Peter (1997). Provos The IRA & Sinn Féin. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2.