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Michael Gaughan (5 October 1949 – 3 June 1974 [1]) was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) hunger striker who died in 1974 in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, England. [2]
- 5 October 1949, Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland
- Provisional IRA
The funeral of Provisional IRA (Irish Republican Army) member Michael Gaughan (1949 - 1974) at the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Kilburn, London, UK, 8th June 1974. Gaughan died in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight, after a hunger strike.
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Jun 3, 2014 · BOTH the hunger-strike deaths of the 1970s took place in prisons in England. The first, on Monday 3 June 1974, was Michael Gaughan of Ballina, County Mayo, followed almost two years later by another Mayo man, Frank Stagg of Hollymount, on Thursday 12 February 1976.
The funeral procession of Provisional IRA member Michael Gaughan through Kilburn in London, UK, 8th June 1974. Gaughan died in Parkhurst Prison on...
Jun 3, 2017 · On 3 June 1974, the prison authorities announced that Michael Gaughan had died. They later explained that he died from pneumonia, a result of the force-feeding tube having pierced his lung and food lodging in his lung. He was 24 years old.
Mar 11, 2024 · Michael died on Monday, 3 June 1974, in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight. It was revealed at Michael’s inquest that at the time of his death his mouth and throat had been badly cut, with some of his lower teeth knocked out.
• Michael Gaughan died on hunger strike in Parkhurst Prison, England, on 3 June 1974 »
