Back فرنسيس هيوز Arabic Francis Hughes German Francis Hughes Basque Francis Hughes French Proinsias Ó hAodha Irish Francis Hughes Italian 프랜시스 휴스 Korean Francis Hughes NB
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| Born | 28 February 1956 Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 12 May 1981 (aged 25) |
| Organization | Provisional IRA |
| Known for | Hunger strike of 59 days, from 15 March 1981 |
| Family | Thomas McElwee (cousin) |
Francis Joseph Sean Hughes (28 February 1956 – 12 May 1981) was a volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Bellaghy, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Hughes was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest following a shoot-out with the British Army in which a British soldier was killed.[1] At his trial, he was sentenced to a total of 83 years' imprisonment; he died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in HM Prison Maze. Hughes was one of 22 Irish republicans who died on hunger-strike between 1917 and 1981.[2]
- ^ Bowyer Bell, J. (1994). The Irish Troubles. Gill & Macmillan. pp. 251–252. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2.
- ^ "Roll of Honor/Hunger 6 May 2021". 6 May 2014. at republicansinnfein.org