Francis Hughes
Francis Hughes ( Irish Proinsias Ó hAodha , born February 28, 1956 in Bellaghy , County Derry , † May 12, 1981 in Maze Prison near Belfast ) was a member of the IRA and hunger striker .
Francis Hughes grew up as one of ten siblings in Bellaghy in southern County Derry. At the age of 16, like his father, he joined the Official Irish Republican Army , but later switched to the Provisional Irish Republican Army .
On March 16, 1978, Hughes and another member of the IRA attacked several soldiers of the Special Air Service (SAS) , killing one soldier and seriously injuring another. Severely wounded himself, Hughes was able to flee to a nearby field, but was found and arrested by British troops the next day. In February 1980 he was sentenced to a total of 83 years in prison for the attack on the SAS soldiers and a number of other attacks.
On March 14, 1981, he joined, as well as his cousin Tom McElwee , in prison the hunger strike around Bobby Sands that he consequently after 59 days without food died.
Individual evidence
- ↑ bobbysandsandtrust.com : Francis Hughes retrieved on December 6, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hughes, Francis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ó haodha, Proinsias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish resistance fighter and hunger striker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bellaghy , County Derry |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1981 |
| Place of death | Maze Prison near Belfast |