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Kevin Lynch – Died on 1 August 1981 after 71 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh (Free article)
1 August 2017
Kevin excelled at Gaelic games and had captained the under-16 Derry team which won an all-Ireland hurling trophy in 1972
Kieran Doherty TD – Died on 2 August 1981 after 73 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh (Free article)
2 August 2017
IRA Volunteer Kieran Doherty, TD for Cavan/Monaghan, died at 7:15pm on Sunday 2 August 1981, the day after Kevin Lynch’s death. Kieran had joined the hunger strike one day before Kevin Lynch and survived one day longer.
Thomas McElwee – Died on 8 August 1981 after 62 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh (Free article)
8 August 2017
Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye.
Michael Devine – Died 20 August 1981 after 60 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh (Free article)
20 August 2017
On the death of INLA Volunteer Michael Devine at 12 minutes to eight on Thursday 20 August 1981, his brother-in-law, Frankie McCauley, said: “One thinks, ‘Ten men, how many more have to die? We have ours now over us. Next week it will be big Laurence’s people waiting for the same thing. Then the Devlins after that and another boy will go on hunger…
3 October 1981 – The H-Blocks Hunger Strike ends (Free article)
3 October 2016
The epic and heroic chapter in Irish history that was the H-Block Hunger Strike came to an end after 217 tortuous days on 3 October 1981.
Medical card restored to 102-year-old blind man after Gerry Adams raises case in Dáil (Free article)
9 July 2013
Cruel cut to medical card of blind and deaf man reversed after issue raised in parliament by Sinn Féin leader
Video - Volunteer Patrick Cannon commemoration in Dublin (Free article)
14 July 2013
Annual commemoration for Dublin IRA Volunteer killed on the Tyrone border in 1976
Video: TDs see inside 1916 HQ - Urgent meeting sought with Heritage Minister (Free article)
16 July 2013
TDs seek urgent meeting following visit to derelict National Monument, last headquarters of 1916 leaders
Video: Adams calls for real dialogue with Orange Order following fourth night of violence (Free article)
16 July 2013
Sinn Féin leader calls for dialogue following four nights of 'naked sectarian aggression' in Belfast – Willie Frazer arrested
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