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Francis Hughes was a Provisional IRA volunteer and hunger striker who died in 1981. He was involved in several attacks on British forces and was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest in 1978.
Francis Hughes (irisch Proinsias Ó hAodha, * 28. Februar 1956 in Bellaghy im County Derry; † 12. Mai 1981 im Gefängnis Maze bei Belfast) war ein Mitglied der IRA und Hungerstreikender. Francis Hughes wuchs als eines von zehn Geschwistern in Bellaghy im Süden der Grafschaft Derry auf.
23. März 2012 · Francis Hughes was the second republican to die on the H-Block hunger-strike for political status.From Bellaghy in South Derry, Francis was a determined, com...
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Francis Hughes had been captured by the British on 16 March 1978 following a gun battle that killed an SAS soldier and left Hughes wounded in the leg. He had been branded the North’s most wanted man by the RUC and was a legendary figure in his native south Derry and beyond.
12. Mai 2011 · Francis Hughes was a fearless IRA Volunteer who joined the H-Block hunger strike for political status in 1981. He died on May 12th, after sixty-nine days without food, and was buried in his native Bellaghy, County Derry.
12. Sept. 2016 · Francis Hughes (who was later to die on hunger strike) was very active in the area. I arrested him after an IRA gun battle in which a soldier was killed. Hughes had escaped but a large chunk of...
Francis Hughes (irisch Proinsias Ó hAodha, * 28. Februar 1956 in Bellaghy im County Derry; † 12. Mai 1981 im Gefängnis Maze bei Belfast) war ein Mitglied der IRA und Hungerstreikender. Francis Hughes wuchs als eines von zehn Geschwistern in Bellaghy im Süden der Grafschaft Derry auf.
