For other uses, see Brendan Hughes (disambiguation).
Brendan Hughes
Early photograph of Brendan Hughes
Nickname(s)
"The Dark"
Born
June 1948 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died
16 February 2008 (aged 59) Belfast, Northern Ireland
Allegiance
Irish Republican Army Provisional IRA
Rank
Officer Commanding
Battles/wars
The Troubles including August 1969 riots Battle of the Lower Falls Battle at Springmartin
Battle of Lenadoon Bloody Friday 1973 Old Bailey bombing (organizer)
Brendan Hughes (June 1948[1] – 16 February 2008[2]), also known as "The Dark",[3] and "Darkie" [4] was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).[5] He was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike.
^Moloney, Ed (2010). Voices From the Grave: Two Men's War in Ireland. Faber & Faber. p.21
^Anne McHardy (19 February 2008). "Obituary: Brendan Hughes". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
^"Former hunger striker Hughes dies". BBC. 17 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
^"IRA victim's son: when I was 11, I was beaten into silence by her killers". The Herald. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^Taylor, Peter (1997). Provos The IRA & Sinn Féin. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-7475-3818-2.
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