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Michael Gaughan, Irish Republican died on hunger strike (died 1974)

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Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)

Provisional IRA hunger striker (1949–1974)

Michael Gaughan was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker who died in 1974 in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, England. Gaughan was one of 22 Irish republicans to die while on hunger strike in the 20th century.
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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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