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Frank Stagg, Irish republican died on hunger strike (died 1976)

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Frank Stagg (Irish republican)

Irish hunger striker (1942–1976)

Frank Stagg was an Irish militant and Republican activist. He was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker from County Mayo, Ireland who died in 1976 in Wakefield Prison, West Yorkshire, England after 62 days on hunger strike. Stagg was one of 22 Irish…
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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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October 5

Day of the year

October 5 is the 278th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 87 days remain until the end of the year.
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