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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]
Volunteer Francis Hughes died after 59 days on hunger strike 40 years ago on the 12th May 1981 in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. This video featuring Gerry Adams and...
12 de may. de 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.
23 de mar. de 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, committed and totally fearless IR...
17 de may. de 2012 · Unlike many of those who make the ultimate sacrifice Francis Hughes had already become a legend in his own lifetime and amongst his own people as one of the most capable guerrilla fighters...
Learn about the life and legacy of Francis Hughes, who died on 12 May 1981 after 59 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. He was a legendary guerrilla fighter and a cousin of Thomas McElwee, another hunger striker.
Francis Hughes was one of the 10 IRA prisoners who starved to death in the Maze Prison in 1981, demanding political status. He was a wanted man for bombing a policeman's home and his brother blamed Margaret Thatcher for his death.
