Francis Hughes | |
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Born | 28 February 1956 Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
Died | 12 May 1981 | (aged 25)
Organization | Provisional IRA |
Known for | Hunger strike of 59 days, from 15 March 1981 |
Family | Thomas McElwee (cousin) |
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] At his trial, he was sentenced to a total of 83 years' imprisonment; he died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. Hughes was one of 22 Irish republicans who died on hunger-strike between 1917 and 1981.[2]