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Hughes, Brendan. Contributed by. Maume, Patrick. Hughes, Brendan (1948–2008), IRA activist, was born at Blackwater Street off the Grosvenor Road in west Belfast in June 1948, the second of six children (five boys and one girl) of Kevin Barry Hughes, a builders' labourer.
Feb 19, 2008 · Mon 18 Feb 2008 19.01 EST. IRA commander in Belfast and leader of the H-Block 'dirty protests' of the 1970s. In the 1970s, Brendan Hughes, who has died aged 59, shared a cubicle inside Cage 11...
Feb 20, 2008 · Barry McCaffrey. @IrishCentral. Feb 20, 2008. Thousands of former Republican prisoners this week took part in the funeral procession of one of the founders of the Provisional IRA who died last...
Feb 18, 2008 · News. Obituary: Brendan Hughes - IRA leader and hunger striker. Brendan 'Darkie' Hughes. Mon 18 Feb 2008 at 01:30. Brendan Hughes was an IRA fighter who for much of his life pitted...
Sep 21, 2021 · Former IRA man Brendan Hughes. Picture by Hugh Russell. By Connla Young. September 21, 2021 at 2:00AM BST. A founding member of the Provisional IRA in Co Tyrone has said he would be willing to...
Feb 19, 2008 · DUBLIN, Ireland - Brendan Hughes, a one-time Irish Republican Army commander who broke with former comrades when they pursued peace in Northern Ireland, was cremated Tuesday after a funeral that ...
Jan 20, 2021 · News. Brendan Hughes: An Inspiration. The most recent phase of the national liberation struggle in Ireland has produced many iconic figures, notable for their courage and steadfastness in the face of all that British imperialism had to throw at them.
