Mickey Devine
Mickey Devine (born May 26, 1954 as Michael Devine in Derry , † August 20, 1981 in the " Maze Prison " near Lisburn ) was a member of the INLA and a hunger striker .
Mickey Devine was born at Springtown Camp just outside the town of Derry, County Derry . His parents died very early, after which his older sister Margaret and her husband took over the further education.
During the protests by the civil rights movement in the 1960s, like many of his compatriots, he was a victim of police arbitrariness and brutality and had to undergo medical treatment several times.
In the early 1970s he joined the Irish Labor Party and the Young Socialists . This was followed by a series of activities in various paramilitary associations, which led to the establishment of the INLA in the mid-1970s.
In 1976 Mickey Devine was arrested along with Desmond Walmsley and John Cassidy after a gun-raising robbery in County Donegal and sentenced to twelve years in prison.
On 21 June 1981 he joined during his detention the hunger strike around Bobby Sands on, as a result he died after 60 days.
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| SURNAME | Devine, Mickey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Devine, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish resistance fighter and hunger striker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Derry |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 1981 |
| Place of death | at Lisburn |