Francis Hughes (Irish: Proinsias Ó hAodha; 28 February 1956 – 12 May 1981) was an Irish volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Hughes was the most wanted man in Northern Ireland until his arrest following a shoot-out with the Special Air Service (SAS) in which an SAS soldier was killed. At his trial he was sentenced to a total of 83 years' imprisonment, and he died during the 1981 Irish hunger strike in HM Prison Maze.
Read more about Francis Hughes: Background, Paramilitary Activity, Arrest and Imprisonment, 1981 Hunger Strike
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