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The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in 1976 when the British government withdrew Special Category Status (prisoner of war rather than criminal status) for convicted paramilitary prisoners.
Later in the 20th-century Irish republicans continued to use hunger strikes as the protest of last resort: Tony D'Arcy (d. 16 April 1940 after a 52-day Hunger-strike), Jack McNeela (d. 19 April 1940 after 55 days on hunger strike), Seán McCaughey (d.11 May 1946 after 23 days on hunger strike), Michael Gaughan (d. 3 June 1974 after 55 days on ...
This hunger strike drew worldwide attention and sympathy to the cause of Irish independence. [6] The nine survivors of the 1920 Cork hunger strike hold the Guinness World Record for the longest hunger strike in history, in which no food was consumed, whether as a result of force-feeding or otherwise. [7]
1923 Irish hunger strikes – thousands of Irish Republican prisoners demand release. Includes info on 1920 Mountjoy and Cork hunger strikes. Six deaths. 1980 Irish hunger strike – Protest by Irish republican prisoners from Northern Ireland against the rescindment of Special Category Status during The Troubles
Michael Joseph Whitty (7 January 1904 – 2 August 1923) was an Irish militant and Republican activist who was the youngest (at 18 years of age) of the 22 Irish republicans who died while under on hunger strike in the 20th century. [1] Decades after his death another Volunteer (Kieran Doherty) also died on 2 August during the 1981 Irish hunger ...
Brendan Hughes (June 1948 [1] – 16 February 2008 [2]) was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). [3] Also known as 'The Dark', [4] and 'Darkie', [5] he was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike.
His hunger strike began on 15 March 1981, [14] two weeks after Bobby Sands began his hunger strike. He was also the second striker to die, at 5:43pm BST on 12 May, after 59 days without food. [15] His death led to an upsurge in rioting in nationalist areas of Northern Ireland. His cousin Thomas McElwee was the ninth
Thomas McElwee (30 November 1957 – 8 August 1981) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteer who participated in the 1981 hunger strike. From Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, he died at the age of 23 after 62 days on hunger strike. [2]