Joe McDonnell (hunger striker)

Joe McDonnell
Born
Joseph McDonnell

(1951-09-14)14 September 1951
Died8 July 1981(1981-07-08) (aged 29)
HMP Maze, Northern Ireland
Burial placeMilltown Cemetery
OrganizationProvisional IRA
Known forHunger strike of 61 days, from 9 May 1981
SpouseGoretti (1970–1981; his death)
Children2

Joseph McDonnell (14 September 1951 – 8 July 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike.