deaths
August 2, 1981
Kieran Doherty, Irish hunger striker and politician (born 1955)
Kieran Doherty (hunger striker)
Kieran Doherty was an Irish republican hunger striker and politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from June 1981 to August 1981. He was a volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
August 2
August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 151 days remain until the end of the year.