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Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981)

Historical image related to Francis Hughes, Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981) from February 28, 1956

Francis Hughes

Provisional IRA volunteer and hunger striker

Francis Joseph Sean Hughes 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…
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Irish republicanism

Political movement

Irish republicanism is the political movement for an Irish republic, void of any British rule. Throughout its centuries of existence, it has encompassed various tactics and identities, simultaneously elective and militant and has been both widely supported and iconoclastic.
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February 28

Day of the year

February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year.
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