Martin Hurson
Edward Martin Hurson ( Irish Máirtín Ó hUrsáin ; born September 13, 1956 in Cappagh ; † July 13, 1981 in the " Maze Prison " near Lisburn ) was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army and a hunger striker .
Martin Hurson was born as one of nine children in Cappagh, County Tyrone , Northern Ireland .
After leaving school at the age of 13, Hurson worked as an apprentice welder before moving to Manchester with his brother Francis and his wife for a stay of several months .
In 1974, shortly after his return to Northern Ireland, he and other Irish young people were arrested as part of the policy of internment and held responsible for a series of attacks on the British Police in Northern Ireland, the Royal Ulster Constabulary .
Under days of interrogation and torture, Hurson confessed to the crimes he was charged with and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
On May 29, 1981, he joined the hunger strike around Bobby Sands , replacing Brendan McLaughlin , who was unable to continue the hunger strike because of a ruptured stomach ulcer .
Forty-six days later, Martin Hurson died on Irish hunger strike in 1981 at the age of 24 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ irishhungerstrike.com : Martin Hurson , accessed December 6, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hurson, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hurson, Edward Martin; Ó hUrsáin, Máirtín |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish resistance fighter and hunger striker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cappagh , County Tyrone |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1981 |
| Place of death | at Lisburn |