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Frank Stagg (Irish: Proinsias Stagg; 4 October 1941 – 12 February 1976) 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 republicans to die on hunger strike in the twentieth century.
Stagg, Frank. Stagg, Frank (1941–76), republican paramilitary and hunger-striker, was born 5 October 1941 at Bloomfield, Hollymount, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, seventh of thirteen children of Henry Stagg, a farmer, who had been an IRA member during the war of independence and who fought for the anti-treaty side in the civil war, and his wife Mary ...
Feb 11, 2022 · Frank Stagg’s wishes were for his body to be buried in the republican plot in Ballina town cemetery. Following his death, the plan was for his coffin to be flown into Dublin Airport and...
Mar 26, 2024 · Frank Stagg’s dying wishes were to be buried in the republican plot in Ballina along with his comrade and fellow hunger striker Michael Gaughan. Frank’s mother was unshakable in her love...
On 12 February 1976 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker Frank Stagg from County Mayo died in Wakefield Prison after a 62 day hunger strike. Frank Stagg’s final wish...
Remembering the Past - Frank Stagg. BY Jonathon O'Meara. In almost every decade of the last century, Irish republican prisoners held in jails in Ireland and England have been forced to embark on hunger strike as a last resort in support of their demands for political status.
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Frank Stagg was a member of the Irish Republican Army who was arrested and sentenced to ten years in Albany Prison on the Isle of Wight. He participated in several hunger strikes and died after a 62 day hunger strike in 1976.
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